Massachusetts — 6th District

Six Democratic candidates are vying to represent the Massachusetts 6th District, replacing Rep. Seth Moulton as the North Shore’s voice in Congress.

Moulton announced last year that he would not run for reelection to the office he has held since 2015, opting instead to challenge U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass.

The winner of the Sept. 1 Democratic primary will go on to face Micah Jones, the only Republican candidate for the 6th District, in the general election in November.

MassLive asked all six candidates to answer a few questions about their experience and legislative priorities.

Their answers, which were lightly edited for clarity, are below.

Bethany Andres-Beck

Age: 41

Residence: Middleton

Education: Smith College

Occupation: Software engineer

Political Experience: Hillary For America, 2016; Middleton Town Democratic Committee

Other Civic Involvement: Member-at-large, Middleton Affordable Housing Trust (2023-present); Member-at-large, Middleton Master Plan Committee (2023-present)

Why are you running? What motivates you? What brought you into politics?

When I moved to Middleton, I found it was a red dot, filled with MAGA hats and book banners. I stood outside a school board election with a sign that read, “Support All Students.” I may have made enemies, but with the friends I made that day, I took the initiative to reboot the Middleton Town Democratic Committee, serving as secretary on the new committee after its formation. I spent the next several years fighting MAGA school board candidates and working to elect Democrats to local offices.

While I’m running because I feel uniquely suited to serve in this current moment of technological advancement causing social upheaval, I want my campaign to be a movement that continues regardless of the outcome on Sept. 1; I want my campaign to be a model of how progressive advocates in the district can actually build power.

What are the three most pressing issues for the office that you are pursuing and how would you address them?

First, address the tax subsidies and lack of regulation that are fueling the (artificial intelligence) AI bubble. We have to stand up to the anti-worker tech oligarchy at work in Washington if AI is going to work for all of us. My proposed Robot Tax will make sure companies can’t dodge their taxes by firing workers, nor can they receive subsidies to replace us with automation. We need tech workers who understand the structure and impacts of emerging technology to help craft these desperately needed regulations.

Second, address the current lawless administration. Federal forces are attacking working people, including killing union member Alex Pretti (a Minneapolis, Minnesota nurse shot and killed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in January).

We must hold federal officers, administration officials and the Supreme Court accountable to both the law and the Congress. (President) Donald Trump and every cabinet official involved in illegal conduct should be impeached. The Supreme Court must be dramatically reformed through some combination of term limits, membership expansion and jurisdiction stripping.

Third, invest in America. Our roads, bridges and public transit should be able to handle modern traffic. Our electric grid shouldn’t fall over in a heat wave. Government software should be reliable, secure and pleasant to use. And the PRO Act (Protecting the Right to Organize, a federal bill to strengthen labor protections) will put actual teeth behind worker protections. This must also include Medicare for All, because Americans work and live better without the exorbitant cost of health care and financial crises caused by medical emergencies.

How do you differ from other candidates? What sets you apart?

We cannot rely on the same playbook that got us into this mess to get us out. I’m the only candidate in this race with professional experience in the emerging technologies that shape our lives today, and I have a unique and informed perspective on what it takes to regulate these technologies and the corporations who would disadvantage the working class for an extra buck. I’m not beholden to the party bosses of Washington, DC, to the leadership on Beacon Hill or to anyone but the people of this district.

In my career as a software engineer, I was never hired to work on a project or product because everything was going swimmingly and every line of code worked well. I came in to evaluate how things got the way they were, take responsibility for things that were not my fault and build up technology that would actually help consumers. I plan to bring that same pragmatism to Congress on behalf of the people of the 6th District.

What other information would you like voters to know about you or your policy positions?

I started out in politics while at Smith College protesting the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. I have always advocated for a foreign policy of peace over war and genocide, because we’ve seen what happens when corporate interest and prejudice lead our approach to war. Now, we’re engaged in an illegal and unjust war in Iran, complicit in a genocide in Gaza and maintaining and intensifying a decades-long embargo against Cuba.

All the while, in both Iran and Ukraine, AI is changing how wars are fought, and we need people in Congress with the moral courage and technical experience to face these problems. There are some issues we simply cannot solve with a Town Meeting.

John Beccia

Age: 56

Residence: Lynnfield

Education: Undergraduate: Providence College, B.A, Political Science; Law school: Roger Williams School of Law; Boston University School of Law, Masters of Law.

Occupation: Founder of FS Vector, a financial services advisory firm, attorney, adjunct professor at Boston University School of Law

Political Experience: First-time candidate for elected office

Other Civic Involvement: Lynnfield Democratic Town Committee Member, youth sports coach

Why are you running? What motivates you? What brought you into politics?

I am running because the North Shore deserves someone who has actually built things, not another career politician. For too long, Washington has sent people who have never had to make payroll, never had to choose between a prescription and a grocery bill, and still cannot figure out why families here are falling behind.

I am the only candidate in this race who has built businesses and created jobs. I have spent my career working on financial services regulation, cracking down on fraud and protecting consumers. I am rejecting corporate PAC money and will be accountable only to the residents of the North Shore. That combination, a builder who knows how to get things done and someone with regulatory experience who knows how to hold the powerful accountable, is exactly what Washington has been missing.

I watch families paying more for groceries, health care, housing and energy while career politicians in Washington trade stocks, take corporate money and congratulate themselves for doing nothing. That is not a failure of policy. It is a failure of priorities and of who gets sent to Washington in the first place. The same people who broke Washington are not going to be the ones who fix it.

I am running to lower costs, protect health care, bring good jobs to the North Shore, clean up Congress and stand up to (President Donald) Trump. This race is a choice between proven results and the same old status quo.

What are the three most pressing issues for the office you are pursuing, and how would you address them?

Health care: No one in the richest country on earth should ration prescriptions or skip care to pay rent, yet too many people here do, and our hospitals are in crisis after Steward (Health Care)’s collapse closed facilities and stranded patients. I support Medicare for All Who Want It, a strong public option so everyone can get covered while keeping the plan they like. I will let Medicare negotiate drug prices, cap out-of-pocket costs and protect Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security from cuts.

The cost of living: Families are squeezed by housing and energy bills that climb every year. Massachusetts electricity runs far above the national average, and a family earning the median income cannot afford the median home. I will fight for tax credits for first-time buyers, federal incentives to build affordable and workforce housing and lower energy bills by expanding clean, affordable power and standing up to the utilities.

Corruption and accountability: Washington answers to billionaires, corporate (political action committees) and connected insiders instead of the people and cleaning that up is the first step to fixing everything else. I will vote to ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks, work to overturn Citizens United, push tougher ethics and transparency rules and refuse corporate PAC money. My whole career was about holding the powerful accountable, and I will bring that to Congress.

How do you differ from other candidates? What sets you apart?

I am the only candidate in this race who has built businesses, created jobs and spent a career protecting consumers as a regulatory and compliance professional. I did not climb the political ladder. I built things in the real world and held powerful interests accountable, which is the experience Washington has been missing.

I am also independent in a way that most of the other candidates in this race are not. I am not a career politician and I am not bankrolled by the special interests that fund so many campaigns. That independence means I answer to the people of the North Shore and no one else. When I vote to lower drug prices, ban congressional stock trading or take on the utilities, no donor gets a veto.

I spent my career writing the rules for emerging industries and protecting consumers from the people who cut corners. I know how the powerful operate because my job was to stop them from getting away with it. That makes me ready on day one to take on price gougers, Wall Street and a Washington that has stopped working for regular families.

Most of all, I live here. I have raised my family on the North Shore for more than twenty years. I am not looking for a title or the next rung on a ladder. I am running because this district deserves a fighter who owes nothing to anyone but the people he represents.

What other information would you like voters to know about you or your policy positions?

I want voters to know that I will be honest with them, even when it is hard, and that I will show up in every community in this district relentlessly.

Some things are non-negotiable for me. I will protect reproductive freedom and vote to codify Roe into federal law, because the government has no business in a woman’s personal medical decisions. I will defend our democracy and stand up to Donald Trump’s abuses of power every single day, while still doing the daily work of lowering costs for families. I can do both, and I refuse to accept that fighting for one means abandoning the other.

I am a pragmatist. I spent my career solving problems, building consensus and getting results, and I will work with anyone of any party who wants to deliver for the North Shore. I am also willing to take on my own party when it is too cautious or too comfortable with the status quo.

Finally, I want people to know this campaign is funded by them, not by corporate PACs. That is a promise about who I will answer to in Congress. “People Over Politics” is not a slogan to me. It is the reason I got into this race, and it is how I will govern. I am asking the North Shore for the chance to prove it.

Jamie Zahlaway Belsito

Age: 52

Residence: Topsfield

Education: Salem State University

Occupation: Founder, Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance

Political Experience: State representative, 2021-2023; Topsfield town moderator, 2023-2026

Other Civic Involvement: Organizer of 2017 Topsfield Women’s March; organizer of 2020 Topsfield Black Lives Matter rally and first Juneteenth flag raising; led Tri-Town Pride Parade for the past four years; founded Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance in 2019

Why are you running? What motivates you? What brought you into politics?

After the birth of my first daughter, I nearly lost my life to severe postpartum depression. What haunted me was that I had every advantage: private insurance, a wanted pregnancy, family support, stable housing and access to health care. Yet I still fell through the cracks and almost lost my home and my job. And (I) was told I would have to pay thousands per month to stay on my health insurance because of my experience. I kept asking myself, if this could happen to me, what happens to everyone else? That question led me to found the Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance and dedicate my career to improving maternal health care and reducing disparities among women and families. Whether advocating for immigrant families or mothers in crisis, I believe everyone deserves dignity, opportunity and the chance to thrive. I am the great-granddaughter of two Syrian immigrants who came to Boston seeking a better life, and the daughter of a union floorlayer and veteran. My great-grandmother was widowed while pregnant and forced to place her children in orphanages. Years later, she learned that her infant daughter and four stepchildren had died there. My grandfather survived in a different orphanage and returned to live with his mother at age 12. Their story inspired me to spend more than 15 years working on immigration policy and advocating for families pursuing the American dream.

What are the three most pressing issues for the office that you are pursuing and how would you address them?

Affordability, expanding health care access and reforming our broken immigration system are the most pressing issues for our district. Paying working people a base wage to have one job instead of juggling two to three will significantly help our families who are struggling to pay bills and health care insurance fees. I know what it’s like to sit with my family and make our weekly grocery budget and to be the breadwinner that my family relies on for insurance. We also must transition from a for-profit insurance system to a Medicare for All system. I began my political career as an intern in (former) Congressman Joe Moakley’s office, handling constituent immigration casework. I have watched our country’s immigration infrastructure deteriorate firsthand and will advocate for comprehensive reform and the protection of programs like (Temporary Protected Status) in Congress.

How do you differ from other candidates? What sets you apart?

When I flipped a State Representative district that had been Republican for over 160 years, I learned that my job was to represent my constituents, not party leadership. I faced this challenge head-on, sticking to my values and voting in favor of same-day voting—against the speaker’s wishes—as my first act as an elected official. I similarly support the audit of our state Legislature as a former representative and have received backlash from my former colleagues, despite its 72% approval vote. There is a stark conflict between party leadership and popular will inside the Democratic Party, from issues like Medicare for All to the billions of taxpayer dollars being sent to fund the genocide in Gaza and wars across the Middle East. We need independent, progressive voices willing to challenge the status quo and fight for everyday people, not political insiders or billionaires. I have pledged not to support (U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader Hakeem) Jeffries and to continue to speak truth to party leadership and vote as a block with other progressives. My loyalty will be to the people who elect me. Representation means having the courage to stand up to power.

What other information would you like voters to know about you or your policy positions?

I have signed the People’s Pledge to keep money from Super PACs, billionaires, the (America-Israel Political Affairs Committee), corporate PACs, weapons contractors, AI companies and fossil fuel lobbyists out of the Massachusetts 6th District race. I will fight to put our tax dollars back into our education system, a health care system that takes care of women and babies and good union jobs that built America’s middle class. I am the fighter our district needs in Congress.

Dan Koh

Age: 41

Residence: Andover

Education: Harvard College, Harvard Business School

Occupation: Former deputy cabinet secretary in the Biden-Harris administration and chief of staff at the U.S. Department of Labor

Political Experience: Former Andover Select Board Member, former deputy cabinet secretary in the Biden-Harris administration, former chief of staff to Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, former chief of staff at the U.S. Department of Labor

Other Civic Involvement: Board member at International Institute of New England and Ironstone Farm

Why are you running? What motivates you? What brought you into politics?

I’m running for Congress because I believe our country is at a defining moment. (President) Donald Trump is abusing the power of the presidency, undermining our democratic institutions and making life harder for working families. I refuse to sit on the sidelines while that happens.

As the son of Korean and Lebanese immigrants, I know firsthand the opportunities this country can provide when government works and democracy is strong. My family came to America seeking a better life, and their story is why I believe so deeply in protecting the values that make this country exceptional. Today, as the father of two young children, I’m motivated by a simple question: what kind of America will they inherit?

I’ve dedicated my career to making government deliver for working families. I’ve served as chief of staff to Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, chief of staff to Secretary Walsh at the U.S. Department of Labor and deputy cabinet secretary in the Biden administration. Along the way, I’ve helped lower prescription drug costs, strengthen our infrastructure, support American manufacturing and bring critical investments to communities across Massachusetts.

I’m running because we need leaders who are ready on Day One to stand up to Donald Trump, defend our democracy and deliver real results for families struggling with the cost of housing, health care, child care and everyday life.

What are the three most pressing issues for the office you are pursuing, and how would you address them?

First, we must protect our democracy and fight back against Donald Trump. Since taking office, Donald Trump has abused the powers of the presidency, reversed policies that lowered costs for families, gutted agencies that protect workers and consumers and attacked the institutions that keep our democracy strong. Congress needs leaders who will serve as a check on executive overreach, defend the Constitution and fight to restore competent, accountable government.

Second, we need to lower costs for working families. Across the 6th District, too many families are working hard but struggling to afford a home, pay for health care or find quality child care. We need to build significantly more housing, move toward universal health coverage, continue lowering prescription drug costs, strengthen unions and invest in an economy where working people can get ahead.

Third, we need a government that can actually deliver results. Throughout my career, I’ve focused on making government more effective, whether managing city government in Boston or helping implement major federal investments. People don’t care which level of government solves a problem; they just want government to solve it. I want to bring that practical, results-oriented approach to Congress by working across levels of government to improve people’s daily lives.

How do you differ from other candidates? What sets you apart?

What sets me apart is that I’ve spent my career delivering results at every level of government while never losing sight of why that work matters.

I’ve served in local government, helped lead one of America’s largest cities, served in the White House and the Department of Labor and worked in the private sector. Those experiences have taught me not just how policy is made, but how to make government work for working families.

I’m also raising two young children here in Massachusetts. Like so many parents, I’m thinking every day about the rising cost of raising a family, whether my children will inherit a strong democracy and whether they’ll have more opportunity than my generation. Those aren’t abstract policy debates. They’re the reason I’m running.

I believe the 6th District deserves a representative who is ready on Day One to stand up to Donald Trump and deliver meaningful results for the families who call this district home.

What other information would you like voters to know about you or your policy positions?

I’ve seen what government can accomplish when people are focused on solving problems instead of creating them. I’ve also seen how quickly that progress can be undone when leaders choose division, corruption and chaos.

I believe the 6th District deserves a representative who is willing to fight for our values while never losing sight of the people we serve. My goal isn’t simply to oppose Donald Trump; it’s to help build a country where more families can afford to succeed, more communities can thrive and the next generation has even greater opportunities than the last.

Mariah Lancaster

Age: 36

Residence: Salem

Education: UMass Amherst BS 2013; Tufts University Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine 2017

Occupation: Veterinarian, public health policy advisor

Political Experience: Volunteered on various local, state and federal campaigns since 2018, including U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign, U.S. Sen. Ed Markey’s 2020 re-election campaign, President Joe Biden’s 2020 general election campaign and Cambridge City Councilor Burhan Azeem’s 2021 campaign. Former foreign affairs officer, U.S. Department of State; science policy advisor for U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn.; legislative assistant to U.S. Rep. Julia Brownley, D-Calif.; wildlife policy advocate

Other Civic Involvement: Former president, Veterinarians for Global Solutions at Tufts University; organizer, Sunrise Movement; Massachusetts Veterinary Medical Association, Government Relations and Advocacy Committee; Women’s caucus policy chair and public policy director, Young Democrats of Massachusetts

Why are you running? What motivates you? What brought you into politics

I’m running for Congress to represent the working families of Massachusetts.

My siblings and I were raised by a single mom, scraping by in the wake of our father’s bankruptcy, grappling with grocery prices as medical bills piled up. My older sister got a job in middle school just to help put food on the table. Like millions of Americans across the country, I relied on federal student loans to get to college. In the decade since, despite never missing a payment and repaying tens of thousands, my loans have only grown by over $70,000. As a 36-year-old essential worker and civil servant, I still can’t qualify for a mortgage.

These experiences have deeply shaped my work in public service. As a Hill staffer, I watched firsthand as critical decisions that reshaped working families’ lives were made by those without the lived experience to fully understand the impact – people who didn’t have to take out student loans, whose parents owned homes and never worried about making rent, and who went to the doctor when they were sick without a pit in their stomach over the bill that would follow.

Working families deserve a champion who knows the true costs of our everyday lives. When only 2% of members of Congress come from working class backgrounds, with 98% learning about struggle via a briefing memo, our government will never meet our needs. For Congress to truly represent working people, we need to send working people to Congress.

What are the three most pressing issues for the office that you are pursuing and how would you address them?

First and foremost, we have to end corporate and government corruption. A handful of monopolies and special interests are colluding to inflate costs for healthcare, housing and groceries.

Our government has prioritized billionaire donors while leaving behind the American people. I am running this campaign free from PAC money because you can’t oppose a rigged system while being funded by it. Congress must break up monopolies, take on the insurance companies and corporate landlords driving up costs and hold this administration accountable.

The existential issue for the North Shore is climate change. We live this struggle daily, with a vulnerable coastline and critical clean energy projects being defunded by this administration. I will defend and expand investments in clean energy and environmental protection, restore EPA enforcement against polluters harming our frontline communities and ensure clean energy jobs are union jobs for our local workforce.

Every community in this district is struggling to fund their public schools. We need robust federal investments to support public education from cradle to career. The Department of Education is not only breaking its promises, but is being actively dismantled. Child care costs more than a mortgage, our public schools need funding for infrastructure and special education and federal student loan interest is economically crippling my entire generation. I will fight for universal child care, full funding for public schools, and debt-free college for every student across the country.

How do you differ from other candidates? What sets you apart?

The 6th District is substantially working class. I grew up in northeast Massachusetts and directly served this district for years as an emergency veterinarian. I have worked with families in times of crisis and guided them through life-altering decisions. Above being a candidate, I am a scientist and a caregiver, someone who diagnoses problems honestly and addresses them with evidence, not ideology.

We don’t need another wealthy representative who can’t relate to working families, whereas I have lived a similar life to most people in this district. At 36, I am the youngest and least wealthy candidate in this race, a renter, struggling with student debt and managing multiple disabilities, who continues to fight our healthcare system to access the care I need. I am the only candidate that hasn’t self-funded, taken PAC money or funneled money into a Super PAC. This campaign is entirely grassroots, funded by real people who believe in our message and movement. The only people I answer to are the voters of the 6th District.

Across the country, races like this one are defining the identity of the Democratic Party. This September, we will cast a vote for our future. The Democratic Party can represent all of us. We can be the party that delivers on our promises. We can, and must, reject the corporate interests, foreign interests and billionaires trying to buy this election. Together, we can restore the Democratic Party to one that champions human rights and fights for the working class.

What other information would you like voters to know about you or your policy positions?

I have spent my entire life fighting to make the world a better place. I became a veterinarian to care for animals and the families who love them, to protect our natural world and to safeguard our public health. I joined the federal government to serve at a higher level and make a difference for the American people.

I know how to work in the U.S. House, when to take a stand and when to compromise, and, as a scientist, how to ground legislative decisions in fact over rhetoric. As a congressional staffer, I managed constituent whistleblower inquiries, worked with state officials to open investigations and wrote legislation to address root causes.

As I watched propaganda undermine truth and corruption erode our democracy, I realized our government is broken. We have the resources to solve the everyday problems facing the people of this district, but Congress isn’t working for us. Federal resources should go to the communities that need them most, yet instead our government is spending hundreds of billions in taxpayer dollars funding genocide and lining the pockets of billionaires.

Americans deserve universal health care, access to a strong public education, affordable communities and a clean energy economy that protects our environment for the next generation. Immigrants and refugees deserve safety, opportunity and a pathway to citizenship. As Democrats, and as Americans, we have to come together to protect each and every one of our neighbors and elect leaders who will fight for all of us.

Tram Nguyen

Age: 40

Residence: Andover

Education: Tufts University, B.A., 2008; Northeastern University School of Law, J.D., 2013; Harvard Kennedy School, MC/MPA, 2024

Occupation: State representative, 18th Essex District

Political Experience: State representative since 2019

Other Civic Involvement: Former legal aid attorney at Greater Boston Legal Services

Why are you running? What motivates you? What brought you into politics?

I’m running for Congress because our federal government is failing us and we need a progressive champion in the 6th District with a lived history and a record of fighting — and winning — for working families and our shared values.

I’ve lived the American dream. As the only immigrant in this race, I came to the United States as a child fleeing an authoritarian regime. I grew up in public housing, and was the first in my family to graduate from college and dedicated myself to public interest law for those who need it most.

As the only legislator in the race, I know the importance of working with community leaders to help shape good policy. I’ve passed legislation to protect immigrants and preserve our reproductive freedom and secured more than $500 million in funding for our communities to support vital services, while putting thousands back in people’s pockets.

I’m running because who better to send to Congress than an outsider who took out an entrenched MAGA Republican in 2018, who has never been afraid to speak up against those in power and who will take on the status quo, not bend to it like too many Washington insiders and CEOs serving special interests.

I’ve lived on both sides of government. I’ve witnessed what happens when it fails you, but also what is possible when it delivers. We need someone who has lived these fights and is ready to stand up for those who are doing everything right, but can’t get by.

What are the three most pressing issues for the office that you are pursuing and how would you address them?

Across our District, affordability is crushing average families. People are struggling right now. They can’t afford groceries, gas, rent or mortgages. And yet we have a federal administration that is so out of touch with real people that they think rising costs are a joke. And we have a Congress that seems unable or unwilling to challenge the status quo or take on the big fights.

I know this struggle firsthand. When my parents and I arrived in the United States as political refugees, I was just 5 years old. We had only $100 to our name. We lived in public housing in Lawrence. I knew which of my parents’ several jobs they were working each day when they came home, because I could smell the food they had delivered on their clothes.

There is no shortage of work I want to get done in Congress, but my top priorities are to:

Fight for economic justice. We need to increase the federal minimum wage, codify PFML (Paid Family and Medical Leave) and deliver on affordability for housing, health care, child care and more.

Protect our most vulnerable communities. We need to abolish ICE, codify rights for our LGBTQ+ friends and neighbors and champion environmental justice.

Defend our democracy. We must fight to keep free and fair elections, limit money in politics and restore faith in the rule of law.

How do you differ from other candidates? What sets you apart?

We need a congresswoman who isn’t afraid to fight, and who knows how to start legislating on day one.

My combined lived experience and professional track record together equip me with the understanding of what is at stake for everyday people, and the experience of how to deliver real results as a congresswoman.

My family immigrated to the US as political refugees. My father fought alongside the Americans in the Vietnam War in the 1970s and spent eight years as a political prisoner. We came here to escape persecution. My experience growing up in Massachusetts convinced me that the government can be a force for good, not just a source of terror.

I’ve spent my entire career working to serve people like my own family. As an attorney for Greater Boston Legal Services, I fought for those too often left behind: survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, veterans, immigrants, low-wage workers and people with disabilities. I was compelled to first run for public office in 2018 to fight back against the first Trump presidency, to champion the very people I fought for as an attorney, those who I saw my own family reflected in, who just wanted a fair shake.

As a state representative, I have worked to improve our commonwealth’s education system and the conditions of its housing and workplaces. I embrace an ethic of problem-solving based on cooperation and making sure that working-class people and members of marginalized groups have seats at the table.

What other information would you like voters to know about you or your policy positions?

Since taking office in the State House, I have worked tirelessly for the people I represent. My experience as a legislator has taught me how to move policy from idea to impact. I know what it takes to build coalitions, negotiate without compromising on values and deliver wins that materially improve people’s lives. I’ve worked across government and with community advocates to pass complex legislation while never losing sight of who the policy is for. I have brought home more than $500 million for the communities in my district, making sure to lead by listening to the needs of my constituents. I have led the charge to expand unemployment benefits and create tax benefits for low-wage workers during the pandemic.

Every one of my 13 bills has had bipartisan support, including the first-ever bill passed in Massachusetts that helped undocumented immigrants.

In Congress, I can promise that, just as I do in the State House, I will operate with intentionality, with care and with purpose in all I do. Everything will be done in pursuit of delivering tangible improvements in the lives of the people I represent, and leading with moral clarity in all votes and decisions, to make the people of the 6th District and commonwealth proud, and make the best possible choice for all people in this country.