US Senate Candidate Conroy in Andover Tomorrow

This press release was provided by US Senate candidate Tom Conroy. 

State Rep. and US Senate candidate Tom Conroy (D-Wayland) set out to walk 600 miles around Massachusetts on July 2 and will be making a stop in Andover tomorrow morning.

Conroy, a third-term state representative in Lincoln, Sudbury and Wayland, is undertaking the journey in order to meet with folks from all walks of life and listen to residents from diverse communities in every region of Massachusetts. He is vying for the seat now occupied by US Sen. Scott Brown. 

Conroy will be at the on Main Street at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday morning. 

“This walk will be a wonderful opportunity for me to hear the voices of Massachusetts residents and listen to the issues they care about, the problems that keep them up at night, and the expectations they have for their elected officials” said Conroy.  “My diverse background in the business, non-profit, and public sectors, as well as my previous work overseas and in the U.S. Senate, have afforded me the knowledge and skills to solve the problems we are facing as a nation.  But I do not presume to know the minds of the residents of Massachusetts.  I want to hear their views on the challenges we must overcome, and their ideas for the solutions we must pursue.”  

In addition to meeting with people individually and in groups along his walk, Conroy has been working with community groups on service projects in the towns and cities he visits.

Conroy began his walk from his home in Wayland on July 2. Conroy’s walk has covered or will cover towns such as Acton, Boxborough, Harvard, Lincoln, Sudbury, Leominster, Fitchburg, Gardner, Greenfield, Orange, North Adams, Pittsfield, Springfield, Monson, Worcester, Brockton, Taunton, Fall River, New Bedford, Plymouth, Falmouth, Barnstable, Brewster, Wellfleet, Gloucester, Newburyport, Haverhill, Lawrence, Lowell, Burlington, Andover, Lynn, Somerville, Arlington, Newton, Quincy and Boston, where he is finishing his journey. 

Conroy’s website, www.tomconroy.org, will show his progress along the Town to Town walk, and will feature his live blog from the road.

BIO

Conroy was elected state representative for Lincoln, Sudbury, and Wayland - the 13th Middlesex District - in November 2006 and took office in January, 2007. In the Massachusetts legislature, he has served on various committees, including the House Ways and Means Committee, and is currently the Vice Chair of the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing.

Tom has authored reports on issues such as expanded gambling and post-retirement benefits for state employees, available here: Expanded Gambling Report, The Special Commission Report to Investigate and Study the Commonwealth’s Liability for Paying Retiree Health Care and Other Non-Pension Employee Benefits

Tom lives in Wayland with his wife, Sarah Sewall, a national security expert, and four daughters, 15-year-old triplets and a ten-year-old.