Brookline State Rep. Candidate Celia Segel Endorsed By Barney Frank

BROOKLINE, MA – Celia Segel, a candidate for state representative serving West Roxbury, Roslindale, Jamaica Plain, and Brookline, has been endorsed by former congressman Barney Frank.

Frank represented Brookline as a member of the 4th congressional district for more than 30 years until he retired in 2013, and served as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee.

“Celia Segel has already demonstrated leadership in her advocacy to control the costs of health care and prescription drugs,” Frank said in a news release. “She brings incredibly valuable policy expertise and knows how to build coalitions to pass legislation that will serve the 10th Suffolk and all of Massachusetts. Celia has my enthusiastic support.”

Along with Frank’s endorsement, Reproductive Equity Now, EMILYs List, the Massachusetts Teachers Association, the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund, Senate Majority Leader Cynthia Creem, and several other members of the Massachusetts legislature have endorsed Segel.

Segel announced her candidacy for state representative in March, and has been a resident of Jamaica Plain for 12 years, where she lives with her wife, five year old son, and three year old twins.

She has worked as an organizer at Health Care For All, before becoming Political Director at NARAL Pro Choice Massachusetts (now known as Reproductive Equity Now) and Director of Policy at the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review.

Most recently, she has worked at the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission, and was responsible for a state law providing oversight and transparency to prescription drug prices at Medicaid.

“I am honored to be endorsed by such an effective legislator and dedicated public servant in Congressman Barney Frank,” Segel said in the news release. “Congressman Frank knows that I am someone who can bring our communities together and form the partnerships necessary to deliver for every neighborhood of this district on Beacon Hill.”