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Melrose Democrats endorse Katherine Clark for Congress

MELROSE – Katherine Clark has earned the unanimous endorsement of the Melrose Democratic City Committee. Melrose Democrats endorsed Katherine because she will stand up to the extremist Republicans trying to turn the clock back on women’s rights when they should be focusing on finding commonsense solutions to help our families and communities.

“Katherine has been such an important Democratic leader in our city and on our city committee,” said Jean Gorman, chair of the Melrose Democratic City Committee. “We voted unanimously endorse her because we know she represents the values and goals of our community: standing up for women’s rights, investing in early education, and increasing the minimum wage.”

Katherine’s spent more than decade serving Melrose, first on the Melrose School Committee and then as a state representative and state senator. Katherine supported full-day kindergarten in Melrose elementary schools, advocated for fairness in state aid to local schools, secured state funding for the city’s roads and bridges, and has worked with Melrose community organizations like the Melrose Alliance Against Violence. In Congress, Katherine will fight for progress on measures to improve local communities like restoring budget cuts from the sequester that are damaging programs like Head Start, addressing climate change, and passing important gun safety reforms.

“I’m so grateful to have my friends and colleagues in Melrose behind me as I run for Congress,” Clark said. “I’ve worked for years to make Melrose a better place for our families, and in Congress I’ll stand up for families across the 24 cities and towns in the Fifth Congressional District.”

Katherine has been endorsed by EMILY’s List, the Women's Campaign Fund, Attorney General Martha Coakley, Melrose Mayor Robert Dolan, State Rep. Marjorie Decker, D-Cambridge, and State Rep. Paul Brodeur, D-Melrose. She also has the backing of the Winchester Democratic Town Committee, APWU Local 100, IBEW Local 2222, IBEW Local 2321, the United Steelworkers Union Local 12012, Ironworkers Local 7, NAGE/IBPO/SEIU Local 5000, Teamsters Local 25, and the IBEW Local 123.

About State Senator Katherine Clark
Katherine was sworn in for her second term as a Massachusetts state senator representing Malden, Melrose, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield and Winchester on January 2, 2013. She was first elected in March 2008 to the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

Senator Clark serves as the Chair of the Joint Committee on the Judiciary and Vice Chair of the Joint Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse. She also serves on the Joint Committees on Public Health and Public Safety and Homeland Security. Senator Clark is a member of the Advisory Council for the Department of Early Education and Care. In 2011, Senator Clark was appointed to the Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy Advisory Board at the University of Massachusetts Boston.

Katherine and her husband Rodney are raising their three school-age boys in Melrose.

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