The reelection campaign of state senator Will Brownsberger was endorsed Thursday by governor Maura Healey, who called his work “a crucial part of so much of our state’s progress in the last decade.”
Brownsberger, whose Suffolk and Middlesex district covers West Cambridge, Belmont, Watertown, Allston, Brighton and Fenway, is Senate president pro tempore and a committee chair who first served as state representative for the 24th Middlesex District from 2007 to 2012, then ran for senator. Brownsberger, 68, has a bachelor’s degree and law degree from Harvard, lives in Belmont and has raised three daughters there with his wife.
He faces his first contested primary since 2011 from a newcomer: Daniel Lander, a 34-year-old aide to Boston mayor Michelle Wu who lives with his husband in the Fenway. He declared his candidacy Dec. 15.
Since launching, Lander said Thursday, “we’ve built a strong grassroots movement. We’ve received the endorsement of IBEW 2222, we’ve raised over $100,000 and hundreds have signed up to volunteer from across the district. Voters are sending a clear message that the status quo on Beacon Hill is broken. We need leaders who will fight the Trump administration and prioritize making Massachusetts more affordable and a better place to live.”
Brownsberger and Healey have worked closely on a number of initiatives, including passage of the Mass Leads Act, which invested $400 million into the AI, climate tech and life sciences sectors, according to a campaign press release. “Their partnership was instrumental in passing the historic $5.2 billion Affordable Homes Act to increase the supply of homes to bring down costs,” the press release said.
“We need him back on Beacon Hill next year,” Healey said via the Brownsberger campaign.
About the race districts
The 2nd Middlesex (a state Senate seat held by Pat Jehlen, in the office since 2005 but is retiring) includes the cities of Somerville and Medford; and parts of Cambridge and Winchester. Sought by: Burhan Azeem, Christine Barber, Tom Hopcroft, Matt McLaughlin, Neheet Trivedi, Erika Uyterhoeven
The 25th Middlesex (a state House seat held by Marjorie Decker, in the office since 2013) includes the central slice of Cambridge, following Massachusetts Avenue from Central Square through Harvard Square and just past Porter Square. Sought by: Evan MacKay
The 26th Middlesex (a state House seat held by Mike Connolly, in the office since 2017) includes East Cambridge and East Somerville. Sought by: Neil Miller
The 27th Middlesex (a state House seat held by Erika Uyterhoeven, in the office since 2021 but running for Jehlen’s state Senate seat) includes much of Somerville. Sought by: Ben Ewen-Campen
The 34th Middlesex (a state House seat held by Christine Barber, in the office since 2015 but running for Jehlen’s state Senate seat) includes parts of Somerville and Medford. Sought by: Will Mbah
The Suffolk and Middlesex (a state Senate seat held by Will Brownsberger, in office since 2009 and running for reelection) includes the cities of Watertown and Belmont and parts of Cambridge and Boston. Sought by: Daniel Lander
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