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Hennessy Wins Key Labor
Endorsement
08/02/06
 Mike Hennessy, candidate
for state representative for the Fifteenth Essex
District, won the endorsement of the state’s top
labor union last month.
Leaders of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO, which represents
nearly 400,000 working families in the commonwealth, met
last month to consider endorsements for the 2006 election
cycle. Hennessy received his endorsement by
unanimous vote of the union’s Executive Council.
Hennessy is one of four candidates vying for the
Democratic nomination at the September 19th primary for
the seat being vacated by Arthur J. Broadhurst.
Broadhurst is not seeking re-election this fall in order
to run for Registrar of Deeds. The Fifteenth Essex
District represents Methuen with the exception of
Precinct 7.
“I’m very pleased to receive this endorsement,”
said Hennessy, who has a lengthy background of union
involvement.
Hennessy, who after 31 years of service recently retired
from the Methuen Fire Department, also served as
president of the Methuen fire fighters union, as well as
a district vice-president of the Professional Fire
Fighters of Massachusetts, the state’s fire fighters
union. He was elected to the Methuen City Council
twice, serving for six years, completing his tenure as
chairman.
“I have devoted much of my life helping to improve
the lives of working families,” Hennessy said.
“I am extremely proud to have that acknowledged by
this recent endorsement from a group that fights for
working people.” If Hennessy wins in the primary
election on September 19th, he will face the Republican
and Independent candidates at the November 7th general
election.
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