Dear Chutze,
US Representative Stephen F. Lynch, co-founder of the House Congressional Labor & Working Families Caucus, endorsed Boston City Councilor-At-Large Erin Murphy re-election campaign citing Murphy’s record of providing constituent services across all of Boston’s neighborhoods and her commitment to substance abuse prevention and recovery.
A former ironworker who grew up in Boston public housing and has climbed the leadership ladder in Congress, Lynch said Murphy has distinguished herself in her first term with an uncommon work ethic and focus on improving city services.
“National politics have been taken hostage by extremists, and we need level-headed public servants like Erin to prevent the same thing happening in our cities,” said Lynch, who has represented Boston and the Massachusetts 8th Congressional District since 2001, serving as a senior member of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
“She brings a sense of compassion that’s rare among elected officials, and she puts it into action across the city,” added Lynch. “She is a consistent, fierce advocate for her constituents, and someone we can count on to mind the store back home while we’re staving off some of the lunacy in Washington.” Murphy said Lynch’s career had served as a model for how she has served since her 2021 election.
“Congressman Lynch has never forgotten where he came from, and those are the interests he serves in Congress – the people he grew up with and worked with, not the special interests and the loudest voices in Washington,” Murphy said. “I’m honored that he has endorsed my candidacy for re-election, and I look forward to continuing to collaborate with him on the issues that matter most to Bostonians.” Lynch said he has known Murphy for over a decade and recalled presenting her with the James F. Gavin Award in 2015 for her tireless work in the field of substance abuse prevention and recovery.
“Erin grew up here, she taught for more than 20 years in the Boston Public Schools, and she raised her three kids here as a single mother,” Lynch said. “She knows the struggle that working-class people face in Boston, what it’s like to navigate the school system, how important it is to keep our neighborhoods safe. She’s a crucial, reliable voice at City Hall, and we need to send her back for another term.”
Lynch said he plans to campaign for Murphy prior to the September 12th preliminary election, with details to be provided at a later date.
Congressman Lynch was born and raised in the South Boston public housing projects, then became an ironworker after high school as a member of Ironworkers Local 7. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management at Wentworth Institute of Technology, attending classes on nights and weekends. He received a law degree from Boston College Law School, working as a labor and employment attorney.
Lynch was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives, then the State Senate. In 1999, he earned a Master's Degree in Public Administration from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.
In addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Lynch serves as a senior member of the Committee on Financial Services, where he is the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion. He also sits on the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, an investigative subcommittee of the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Along with the Congressional Labor and Working Families Caucus, which works to protect workers’ rights and educate Members of Congress on issues that impact American families, Lynch co-chairs the House Caucus on Prescription Drug Abuse, the House Caucus on Anti-Terrorism and Proliferation Financing, and the House Quiet Skies Caucus, which works on aircraft air and noise pollution issues. He and his wife, Margaret, live in South Boston, where they raised their daughter, Victoria, and niece Crystal.
Boston City Councilor At-Large Erin Murphy was first elected in 2021, after a more than 20 years as a Boston Public Schools teacher. A lifelong Dorchester resident, she attended BPS, worked her way through the University of Massachusetts Boston and her Master’s degree from Fitchburg State University, while raising her four children in the city as a single mom.
Since taking citywide office, Murphy has delivered on her promise to be the “go-to call at City Hall” for constituents in every neighborhood, delivering on a broad range of her priorities, including education, senior services, substance abuse and recovery, job growth, safer streets, veterans’ priorities, and increased opportunities for small businesses and people of color. Murphy has been working hard to earn votes in every neighborhood in advance of the November 7th general election. | 
