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Valentino Capobianco, candidate for State Representative in the 19th Suffolk District, announced sixty-seven endorsements from Revere, Winthrop, and around the Commonwealth. These endorsements showcase the outpouring of support for Capobianco’s campaign.
The list includes elected officials from Winthrop and Revere, such as Councilor at Large Rob DeMarco (Winthrop) and Fmr. City Councilor John Correggio (Revere) and local community leaders like Donna Reilly, Jason Griffin, and Bettie Dalton. Other elected officials backing Capobianco include State Senator Paul Feeney, Suffolk County Clerk of Courts Maura Hennigan, Governor’s Councilor Terrence Kennedy, and Suffolk County Register of Deeds Stephen Murphy.
Liberal activists accros Massachusetts politics are also throwing their support behind Capobianco, including Jackie Ryan, the first openly transgender elected official in Massachusetts, Deb Kozkikowski, the Massachusetts Democratic Party Vice Chair, and Kate Donaghue , a member of the Democratic State Committee and vaunted door-to-door canvassing enthusiast. In total, Capobianco received the endorsement of forty-three current and former members of the Massachusetts Democratic State Committee.
Capobianco has also notably earned the support of organized labor, having won the endorsement of Shore Educational Collaborative’s Union (LEA Professional Association Local 0394), Transport Workers Local 2054, and the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Local 453, both of which represent numerous members that reside in the 19th Suffolk District.
Regarding the endorsements, Capobianco issued the following statement: “I am honored to have the support of so many community leaders, activists, and labor organizations at this stage in my campaign – including a number of people I had the pleasure of working with in local government, state government, and on the Democratic Party’s State Committee. They know my record of service, they know my values, and they know that I will be ready for the job on day one. I am truly grateful to have the opportunity to fight alongside them for better public schools, relief for small businesses
and workers, and quality, affordable healthcare.â€
Capobianco currently serves as the Chief of Staff to State Senator Paul R. Feeney (D-Foxboro).
In addition to serving on the Winthrop School Committee for the past five years, Capobianco serves as an elected member of the Massachusetts Democratic State Committee and as a member of the Shore Educational Collaborative’s Board of Trustees. He previously served as an aide to Middlesex Sheriff Peter Kotoujian and to former House Speaker Robert DeLeo.
Capobianco, a graduate of Winthrop High School and Suffolk University, is 32 years old and resides with his dog Bernie at 53 Prospect Ave in Winthrop.
The full list of endorsements is as follows:
Councilor Rob DeMarco, Winthrop Councilor At Large
Julie Demarco-Barry, Winthrop School Committee Member
Suzanne Swope, Winthrop School Committee Member
Fred Silck, Winthrop Housing Authority
Tom Reilly, Former Winthrop Town Council President
Ron Vecchia, Former Winthrop Town Council President
Hal Abrams, Former Revere School Committee Member
John R. Correggio, Former Revere City Councilor At-Large
Donna Segreti-Reilly, Former Winthrop School Committee Member
Marilyn Petitto Devaney, Governor’s Council District 3
Eileen Duff, Governor’s Council District 5
Terrance Kennedy, Governor’s Council District 6
Maura A. Hennigan, Suffolk County Clerk of Courts, Former Boston City Councilor
Stephen J. Murphy, Suffolk County Register of Deeds
Karen Cosmas, Executive Director, March Forward Massachusetts
Bettie Dalton, Exalted Ruler, Winthrop Lodge of Elks #1078
Jason Griffin, Host of Down 4 The Cause Podcast & Winthrop High School Boys
Basketball Assistant Coach
Tajah Thomas, Winthrop Community Activist
State Senator Paul Feeney, State Senator, Bristol and Norfolk District
State Senator Edward Kennedy, State Senator First Middlesex District & Democratic State Committee Member
Shelly MacNeil, Stoneham Selectboard
Hanna Switlekowski, Sharon Selectboard
Phil Johnston, Former State Representative and Former Democratic State Committee
Chair
Jacquelyn Ryan, Democratic State Committee Member & Southbridge Town Councilor, first
openly transgender elected official in Massachusetts
Debra Kozikowski, Massachusetts Democratic Party Vice Chair, Democratic State Committee
Member
Melvin Pointdexter, Democratic National Committee Member & Democratic State Committee
Member
Kate Donaghue, Democratic State Committee Member & Former DNC
Bruce Samuel Adams, Democratic State Committee Member
Mabel Amar, Democratic State Committee Member
Benjamin Bloomenthal, Democratic State Committee Member
Estelle Borges, Democratic State Committee Member & Taunton City Councilor
Rhonda Bourne, Democratic State Committee Member
Bill Bowles, Democratic State Committee Member & Former State Representative
John Businger, Democratic State Committee Member and Former State Representative
Bob Colt, Democratic State Committee Member
Edward Collins, Democratic State Committee Member
Dori Dean, Democratic State Committee Member
Cathy Dwyer, Democratic State Committee Member
Marsha Finkelstein, Democratic State Committee Member
Ted Gross, Democratic State Committee Member
Lida Harkins, Democratic State Committee Member & Former House Majority Whip
Marilyn Hazel, Democratic State Committee Member
Joe Kelly, Democratic State Committee Member
Susan Kennedy, Democratic State Committee Member
Fred Koed, Democratic State Committee Member
Denise LoConte, Democratic State Committee Member, Winthrop Library Board of Trustees
Diane Masters, Democratic State Committee Member
Chris Matthews, Democratic State Committee Member
Thomas McGrath, Democratic State Committee Member
Lisa Mosczynski, Democratic State Committee Member
Claire Naughton, Democratic State Committee Member
Dennis Naughton, Democratic State Committee Member
Jason Palitsch, Democratic State Committee Member & Shrewsbury School Committee
Ellen Parker, Democratic State Committee Member
Robert Peters, Democratic State Committee Member
Lesley Phillips, Democratic State Committee Member
Linda Pinti, Democratic State Committee Member
Tina Pointdexter, Democratic State Committee Member
Marilyn Powers, Democratic State Committee Member
Mary Richards, Democratic State Committee Member
Ervin “Tootsie” Russell, Democratic State Committee Member
Rosemary Sandlin, Democratic State Committee Member & Former State Representative
Randall Tatum, Democratic State Committee Member
Ty Waterman. Democratic State Committee Member & Attleboro City Councilor
TWU Local 2054 Transport Workers Union of America
OPEIU Local 453 Office and Professional Employees International Union
LEA Professional
Association Local 0394
South Shore Educational Collaborative Union, affiliated with American
Federation of Teachers