Melrose Republican City Committee Endorses Al Turco for Republican State Committee

As Chairman of the Melrose Republican City Committee, I would like to inform Melrose Republicans that the Melrose Republican City Committee at its most recent meeting voted to endorse Al Turco of Wakefield for re-election to a four-year term on the Massachusetts Republican State Committee. The State Committee election will be held on March 6, 2012, the same day as the Presidential Primary in Massachusetts.

Al Turco currently serves as a Wakefield Selectman and is a long-time Republican activist. He joined the  Wakefield Republican Town Committee in 2000 and chaired that committee from 2004 to 2009. In 2004, he chaired Richard Tisei's successful State Senate re-election effort against Democratic candidate Katherine Clark.

In 2006, Al Turco coordinated the volunteer effort for Lt. Governor Kerry Healey's campaign for Governor in this senate district. In 2010, he worked with Essex County Sheriff Frank Cousins as a Regional Co-Chair of Charlie Baker's gubernatorial campaign. In all of these capacities, Al was an unpaid volunteer.

The Republican State Committee is the institutional presence of the Massachusetts Republican Party. Its goal is to recruit and support Republican candidates for state and federal office. Its members--one man and one woman from each State Senate district in Massachusetts--are elected in Presidential Election years.

Al Turco stated, "Members of the State Committee should be sensible and responsible people. We passionately believe that Massachusetts would be a better place in which to live if we had a vibrant two-party system that would better address the concerns of our citizens. I want to do my part as an active volunteer to make that happen."

Al Turco has been endorsed for re-election to the State Committee by Richard Tisei. House Minority Leader Brad Jones also supports Al's re-election effort. The Wakefield Republican Town Committee and the Reading Republican Town Committee have already endorsed him.   

Personally, I've worked on many Republican campaigns with Al Turco. I can say from experience that no one works harder than Al or is a more dedicated volunteer. We on the Melrose Republican City Committee want to keep Al as our representative to MA GOP.

Al Turco is a retired lawyer who specialized in business law. He's a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Harvard College and a Cum Laude graduate of Harvard Law School. In the past, he served on the Wakefield School Committee and as Wakefield's Town Moderator. Currently, in addition to being a Wakefield Selectmen, he is a Director of Wakefield Cooperative Bank and a Director of the Wakefield Chamber of Commerce. He and his wife Joanne live in Wakefield.

Sincerely,

Scott F. Conway

Chairman

Melrose Republican City Committee