Pat Jehlen Certifies For Senate Reelection, Announces Kickoff Event

State Senator Pat Jehlen announced today that she has certified enough signatures to appear on the 2016 ballot in Massachusetts, making her re-election bid official. She will hold a campaign kickoff reception, that is open to the public, on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 from 6 to 8 pm at the Medford VFW Post 1012, 114 Mystic Ave, Medford. All are invited and encouraged to attend.

Pat Jehlen is a proven progressive with over 25 years of service to her constituents in Massachusetts. She served on the Somerville School Committee, was elected as State Representative and was later elected to the State Senate in 2005. She and her husband Alain have three children and two granddaughters, all educated in Somerville Public Schools.

“I am proud of my record as a proven progressive and look forward to highlighting my decades of service,” Jehlen said. “I am taking nothing for granted and will run a strong, issues-based race against any challenger.”

Senator Jehlen’s numerous recent accomplishments include: a bill to close the wage gap between women and men that passed this year; securing funding for the Assembly Square Orange Line extension, the first new MBTA station in 27 years; securing funding to clean up the Mystic River; a parental leave bill that passed this year; creating 1,000 units of supportive housing for seniors, people with disabilities and veterans and much more.

Senator Jehlen is proud to have been endorsed by Congressman Michael Capuano, Senate President Stan Rosenberg, Sheriff Peter Koutoujian, Somerville Mayor Joe Curtatone, Representative Christine Barber, Representative Mike Day, Representative Marjorie Decker, Representative Paul Donato, Representative Sean Garballey, Representative Denise Provost, Representative Dave Rogers, Senator Sal DiDomenico, Senator Jason Lewis, former Representative Alice Wolf, former Representative Will Brownsberger, former Somerville Mayor Gene Brune, former Somerville Mayor Dorothy Kelly Gay, and former Medford Mayor Mike McGlynn.

Senator Jehlen was named Legislator of the Year by Home Care Alliance, Mass. Developmental Disabilities Council & the Arc of Mass., Citizens for Public Schools, Assisted Living Federation, National Organization for Women, Friends of the Middlesex Fells, National Association of Elder Law Attorneys, Equal Justice Coalition, Animal Control Officers Association and Grey2K

– Submitted by Sen. Jehlen’s campaign. File photo