Politics & Government

Somerville Community Leaders Endorse Quentin Palfrey For AG

Palfrey is a former Assistant Attorney General and was the first chief of the office's healthcare division.

Former Assistant AG and candidate for Attorney General Quentin Palfrey has been endorsed by a group of elected and community leaders in Somerville.
Former Assistant AG and candidate for Attorney General Quentin Palfrey has been endorsed by a group of elected and community leaders in Somerville. (Jenna Fisher/Patch)

SOMERVILLE, MA — Former Assistant AG and candidate for Attorney General Quentin Palfrey has been endorsed by a group of elected and community leaders in Somerville, including School Committee Chair Andre Green.

These Somerville leaders have added their names to a list of more than 300 state, local and community leaders who have endorsed Palfrey’s grassroots campaign.

“Quentin is a proven stalwart for public education and other progressive causes,” Green said in a statement. “He’ll use the Attorney General’s office in innovative ways to build the world we need.”

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Palfrey is a former Assistant Attorney General and was the first chief of the office’s healthcare division. He also served in senior roles in both the Obama and Biden Administrations, and is the founder of the Voter Protection Corps, an organization that works to combat voter suppression.

“This campaign has been about standing up for our values, and taking on the big challenges as the People’s Lawyer,” Palfrey said in a statement. “I’m so honored to have the support of this impressive group of local leaders, and I look forward to the chance to partner with them as Attorney General to deliver on the most pressing issues affecting the people of Somerville and across the Commonwealth.”

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Here are the Somerville leaders who have endorsed Quentin Palfrey:

  • School Committee Chair Andre Green
  • Democratic State Committee Member Elaine Almquist
  • Democratic State Committee Member Colin Killick
  • Somerville Ward 5 Democratic Committee Chair Nathanael Clauser

These leaders join the Massachusetts Democratic Party, the Massachusetts Sierra Club, 350 Mass Action, Massachusetts’ leading progressive advocacy organizations, and over 300 grassroots endorsers from communities in every county in Massachusetts in their support of Palfrey’s campaign for Attorney General.

To view Palfrey’s full list of endorsements, click here.

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