Released: September 2, 2008

BURLINGTON, VT – DemocracyForAmerica.com, our nation’s largest progressive political action community, has endorsed Jamie Eldridge’s campaign for Massachusetts State Senate, Middlesex & Worcester District.  
 
“Jamie Eldridge is a perfect example of the culture of activism and community involvement who is dedicated to his constituents and Democracy for America is proud to endorse his campaign,” said Jim Dean, Chair of DFA. “Listen, Jamie Eldridge has been working for change his whole life and has a progressive record that can’t be matched.” 
 
A lifelong Acton resident, State Representative Jamie Eldridge (D-Acton) is a product of the region’s public schools, graduating from Acton-Boxborough Regional High School in 1991.  Rep. Eldridge is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and Boston College Law School where he served as President of the Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF).   
 
In 2001, Rep. Eldridge was elected as a member of the Acton Housing Authority and was appointed by the Acton Board of Selectmen as an Associate Member to the Acton Planning Board.  Jamie Eldridge has served as State Representative for the 37th Middlesex district since January 2003, where he has displayed leadership and independence on behalf of his constituents, after being elected the only Clean Elections candidate to public office in Massachusetts history in 2002.  Rep. Eldridge is endorsed by retiring current State Senator Pam Resor and her predecessor Bob Durand. 
 
Democracy for America is a key endorsement in this race, bringing donations from progressives and providing volunteers to participate in door-to-door, grassroots outreach.  DFA has helped elect over 550 progressives to office from Governor Deval Patrick in Massachusetts to Rep. Donna Edwards in Maryland’s 4th Congressional District. 
 
"My campaigns for office have always been people-powered, grassroots efforts, and civic engagement has always been a hallmark of my personal life and my professional life," said Rep. Eldridge.  "As such, I am very pleased to have earned the endorsement of Democracy for America, whose purpose is to encourage grassroots activism and whose members truly create change, from the local level to the national level." 
 
“In the State Senate, Jamie Eldridge will continuing fighting for the things that matter: greater funding for public schools and creating jobs and economic opportunity for working men and women,” said Arshad Hasan, Executive Director of DFA.  “Jamie Eldridge is an experienced public servant who has been out front on issues like environmental protection and increasing resources for towns and cities.”

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