Congressman Edward J. Markey to Endorse Mike Capuano for U.S. Senate

November 30, 2009 | Contact: Alison Mills, 617 868-2009

Today, Congressman Edward J. Markey will formally endorse Mike Capuano for U.S. Senate at a press availability in Malden.

The event will begin at 1:45pm in front of Government Center at 200 Pleasant Street in Malden.

They will be joined by Mayor Richard C. Howard of Malden.

Congressman Capuano has also been endorsed by:

Former Governor of Massachusetts Michael S. Dukakis, Speaker of the House Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi , Congressman Barney Frank, Congressman Stephen Lynch, Congressman Jim McGovern, Congressman Richard Neal, Congressman John Olver, Congressman John Tierney, First Lady of the Commonwealth Diane Patrick, Former First Lady of the Commonwealth Kitty Dukakis, Sheriff Michael G. Bellotti, Sheriff James V. DiPaola, Sheriff Robert J. Garvey, Sheriff Guy W. Glodis, Sheriff Carmen C. Massimiano, Jr, State Senator Stephen Buoniconti, State Senator Gale D. Candaras, State Senator Kenneth J. Donnelly, State Senator Jack Hart, State Senator Patricia D. Jehlen, State Senator Thomas McGee, State Senator Richard T. Moore, State Senator Anthony W. Petruccelli, State Senator Steven A. Tolman, State Senator Marian Walsh, State Representative Kevin Aguiar, State Representative Geraldo Alicea, State Representative Willie Mae Allen, State Representative Brian A. Ashe, State Representative Carlo P. Basile, State Representative Daniel E. Bosley, State Representative Bill Bowles, State Representative William N. Brownsberger, State Representative Antonio F.D. Cabral, State Representative Jennifer M. Callahan, State Representative Cheryl Coakley-Rivera, State Representative Michael A. Costello, State Representative James H. Fagan, State Representative Robert F. Fennell, State Representative John V. Fernandes, State Representative John V. Fernandes, State Representative Gloria L. Fox, State Representative Kevin G. Honan, State Representative Jay R. Kaufman, State Representative Stephen Kulik, State Representative Elizabeth A. Malia, State Representative Elizabeth A. Malia, State Representative Paul McMurtry, State Representative Aaron M. Michlewitz, State Representative Michael J. Moran, State Representative James J. O’Day, State Representative Eugene L. O’Flaherty, State Representative Matthew C. Patrick, State Representative Denise Provost, State Representative Angelo J. Puppolo Jr., State Representative John F. Quinn, State Representative Kathi-Anne Reinstein, State Representative Jeffery Sanchez, State Representative Angelo M. Scaccia, State Representative John W. Scibak, State Representative Frank Israel Smizik, State Representative Robert P. Spellane, State Representative Marie P. St. Fleur, State Representative Ellen Story, State Representative Benjamin Swan, State Representative Timothy J. Toomey, State Representative Martin J. Walsh, Mayor Tom Ambrosino, Mayor John Barrett III, Mayor Mike Bissonnette, Mayor-elect Richard Cohen, Mayor Joe Curtatone, Mayor Carlo DeMaria, Jr., EverMayor Robert Dolan, Mayor Jim Harrington, Mayor-elect Donna Holaday, Mayor Richard Howard, Mayor Thatcher Kezer, Mayor William Manzi III, Mayor Jeannette McCarthy, Mayor-elect Joe O’Brien, Mayor James Ruberto, Mayor Domenic Sarno, Mayor Denise Simmons, Mayor Joe Sullivan, Mayor Michael Sullivan, Mayor Michael Tautzni, the United Food and Commercial Workers Massachusetts locals, the Teamsters Local 122, the Retired State, County and Municipal Employees Association of Massachusetts, UNITE HERE's New England Joint Board, the Seafarers International Union, the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association, the New England Dock and Marine Council, representing 20 local unions affiliated with the International Longshoremen's Association, the Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen Local 3, the Professional Firefighters of Massachusetts (PFFM), the Salaried Employees of North America, (SENA) Local 9158, an affiliate of the United Steelworkers, Mail Handlers Union of New England, Local 301, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), AFL-CIO, National Association of Government Employees (NAGE), an affiliate of Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Laborers’ International Union of North America, Local 223 and Local 22, National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), Massachusetts Organization of State Engineers and Scientists (MOSES), National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA), Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), Boston Carmen’s Union, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 589, the Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA), The Massachusetts State Council of Machinists, the Massachusetts Rural Letter Carriers Association (MRLCA), the American Postal Workers Union (APWU), AFL-CIO Local 4553, the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 4, Progressive Democrats of America (PDA),United Auto Workers’ Union, UAW local 2324, American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Massachusetts, Fire Chiefs Association of Massachusetts, Massachusetts League of Environmental Voters (MLEV), Veterans and Military Families for Progress (VMFP), and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, represented by the System T6 Council. The T6 Council is comprised of seven IBEW local unions.