By Andrew Kenneally
GateHouse News Service
Posted Nov 10, 2009
Boston — Many run for office for many different reasons. After more than 10 years of working in politics at the federal and local level, I had all the qualifications one needed to run for office. However, the timing never seemed right for me.
That is until that fateful day in September when doctors told me I had a benign tumor at the base of my brain. Read more »
We have one final hurdle to jump, one final mountain to climb, and that is the General Election tomorrow.
We have received many new and diverse endorsements as well as write ups in the paper, but the true power lies in your hands. With one day before the Election I ask you for three things:
Coloring ‘new Boston’ with ‘shades of gray’
In another time, another Boston, Andrew Kenneally would have run for the Boston City Council with both feet firmly planted in the predictable confines of his West Roxbury roots.
But this is a different Boston, a “new Boston.” Four years before he ever thought of running for an at-large council seat, Kenneally migrated across town - leaving Westie to settle in the vibrant ethnic stew that is East Boston.
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The City Council is prone to the dramatic. At any given hearing one will hear big picture thinking and philosophical posturing. It can be easy to forget that the cornerstone of its members’ jobs- what they were elected to do - is constituent service. It is with this in mind that we endorse Andrew Kenneally.
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Boston, MA | 9/28/2009 – Days after a strong finish in the preliminary election, the Sierra Club endorsed Andrew Kenneally for one of the four at-large seats on the Boston City Council. This latest endorsement underscores Kenneally’s credentials both as an environmentalist and a progressive. Read more »
Last Tuesday, thanks to all of your hard work and support, our grassroots campaign made it through the preliminary and sent a message to Boston that together we will get Boston moving again!
I am proud of how our campaign received support from all over the city. The network of volunteers and the infrastructure we built over the last year came out in force. But we must expand our network and push our organizing resources even further if we are to be successful again in November. We are so close to victory.
Boston, MA | 9/09/2009 – With less than 15 days before the September 22nd preliminary election, the Kenneally Campaign continues to pick up speed and strength with a new and diverse set of endorsements.
This latest announcement comes on the heels of Greater Boston Labor Council’s endorsement and reflects Kenneally’s broad and deep support across the city:
Candidate, Staffers Mourn Loss of Massachusetts Senator
Boston, MA – Thursday, August 27, 2009-The campaign to elect Andrew Kenneally announced late Wednesday evening that all campaign activities will be temporarily put on hold in honor of the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts.
The Senator’s dedication to public service has always served as a source of inspiration for Kenneally, who says that Senator Kennedy’s courage during his struggle with brain cancer gave him guidance as he faced his own diagnosis of a benign brain tumor eleven months ago.
My prayers go out to Senator Kennedy’s wife, his children and to all the Kennedy Family.
Senator Kennedy was my senator and will be remembered by Bostonians - first and foremost - as a fighter. For nearly a half-century in the Senate, Kennedy fought to reform our schools, strengthen our civil rights, help seniors and working families, lift up the poor, and to ensure every American has access to quality and affordable health care.
I will most remember him for the eulogy he gave for his brother Bobby in 1968. The description he gave his brother also sums up what he was to many as someone who “saw wrong and tried to right it, saw suffering and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it.”
We are exactly 30 Days Away from the Preliminary Election on Tuesday, Sept. 22nd and I wanted to share with you how excited I am about the progress our campaign is making!
I am proud of how our campaign has been working to recruit support from all over the city. The network of volunteers and the infrastructure we are building will give us an enormous opportunity to win. Read more »
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