Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley endorses
Lydia Edwards for State Senate
BOSTON – Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley has endorsed Lydia
Edwards in her campaign for State Senate to represent the First Suffolk and
Middlesex District.
U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley said: "Our communities
are facing overlapping crises of public health, economic inequality, and racial
injustice. At the heart of each of these issues is housing, and Lydia has been
a champion for housing justice throughout her career. On the City Council, she
has brought compassion and commitment to the fight for safe, stable housing for
every Bostonian — that brings with it the opportunity for greater economic
mobility, better health, and generational wealth building. I know Lydia will
bring that same understanding, determination, and leadership to the State
Senate, and I'm proud to endorse her campaign."
“Ayanna Pressley opened doors for people like me on the
Boston City Council. She is a pioneer who shattered glass ceilings and
literally changed the face of our elected government,” said Lydia Edwards.
“I was proud to serve with her on the council before her election to Congress
and hope that we can continue that partnership in the legislature.”
This past June, U.S. Rep. Pressley joined Councilor Edwards
in East Boston to address climate justice and to advocate for a green economy
and promote clean energy jobs with the aid of President Biden’s American Jobs
Plan. Recently, Lydia led the effort to create a
Boston-Cambridge tourism marketing
district. This partnership between cities of Boston and
Cambridge, and hotels in both communities, will create revenue to stimulate the
economy and promote local businesses, particularly critical in the wake of
COVID-19’s devastating impacts on the physical and financial health of our
communities.
Primary Election Day is December 14, 2021. Early vote
in Boston begins on December 4 and will take place at City Hall and
neighborhood locations to be announced by Mayor Wu. Boston Democratic voters
that requested mail-in ballots through the end of the year on their initial
applications should receive ballots in the mail in the coming week.
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