Leombruno, McGrath Running For Re-Election

Framingham residents Ed McGrath and Janet Leombruno will be on the March 1, 2016 ballot, running for re-election to the Republican State Committee from the Second Middlesex and Norfolk District.

The two individuals filed the necessary paper work with the Massachusetts Secretary of State’s Office earlier this month.

Their district is comprised of Ashland, Framingham, Precincts 5,6,8 in Franklin, Holliston, Hopkinton, Medway, and Precincts 1-5 and 8 in Natick.

The Massachusetts Republican State Committee includes an elected man and woman from each of the state’s 40 state senate districts.

The State Committee establishes the policies of the Massachusetts Republican Party and assists the party’s ward and town committees. State Committee members are responsible for recruiting, supporting and electing Republican candidates.

In April, McGrath was appointed new Chief Administrative Magistrate for the Division of Administrative Law Appeals for the Commonwealth.

McGrath serves as Chair of the Framingham Republican Town Committee and has worked to build the grassroots of the Republican Party. He has recruited and helped numerous Republican candidates, including Charlie Baker and Karyn Polito. During the most recent election, he was responsible for managing the Republican Field Office in Framingham, where he supported the efforts of several Republican candidates running for office in MetroWest. He also served the members of the Massachusetts Republican Party as the Party’s pro bono General Counsel.

Leombruno serves as the Vice-chair of its Republican Town Committee. An elected member of Framingham Town Meeting she is involved in numerous activities to get more people involved in government.

Leombruno serves as Vice-Chair of Framingham First.

She has been involved in countless political campaigns both locally and statewide. For example, she was a member of the Baker/Polito team acting as Special Assistant to Lt. Governor candidate Karyn Polito in 2014 and in 2010 for Mary Z. Connaughton for State Auditor.