The national Working Families Party has endorsed Francia Wisnewski for state representative in the 1st Franklin District.
“Francia has been fighting for social, racial and economic justice in Western Massachusetts for a long time. We know she will continue to walk the walk on Beacon Hill. We are proud to support her,” said Georgia Hollister Isman, the Working Families Party’s New England political director.
The Working Families Party is a national political organization working in more than 1,000 large and small races this year to elect more progressive leaders and end Republican control of Congress and in state legislatures.
Wisnewski, an educator specializing in early intervention and literacy, chairs the Hampshire/Franklin Commission on the Status of Women and is an elected member of Montague Town Meeting. She is one of seven Democrats running in the Sept. 4 primary for the 1st Franklin District House seat.
CHARLEMONT — Jay McMahon, a GOP nominee running for Massachusetts attorney general, will be at the Cold River Cafe, 31 Main St., on Sunday morning. He will head a procession of motorcycles and classic cars from West Springfield to Greenfield, then stop at the cafe for coffee some time between 9:30 to 10 a.m. McMahon hopes to meet the public and answer questions.
McMahon, of Bourne, is vying with fellow Republican Dan Shores of Hingham in the Sept. 4 state Republican primary. The winner will face Democratic incumbent Maura Healy in the General Election on Nov. 6.