McGovern announces run for another term in Congress
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After thirty years in the United States House of Representatives Congressman Jim McGovern (D) announced recently he is running for another term to represent the Massachusetts second district. Spectrum News caught up with the veteran lawmaker to discuss his decision to run again. Congressman McGovern, "For me, it was a question of, you know, do I have something to offer? Do I still believe that it matters that I'm there? And I answered yes, I really do. I think it does matter who we elect to office. I think it does matter whether you have people that are willing to fight or whether people want to just retreat and give up. You know, I'm a fighter. There are two kinds of politicians. There are the talkers and the doers. I'm a doer. I believe in results."
McGovern said that after thirty years he still feels ready to fight for the citizens o…