December 19th, 2019

 Newton City Council President-elect and Vice President-elect, Newton School Committee Chair, Vice Chair, and Vice Chair-elect, and 31 other Newton elected officials and community leaders endorse Auchincloss for Congress

MASSACHUSETTS – Today, Newton City Council President-elect Susan Albright, Vice President-elect Rick Lipof, School Committee Chair Ruth Goldman, Vice Chair Steve Siegel, Vice Chair-elect Bridget Ray-Canada, and 31 other Newton elected officials and community leaders endorsed Jake Auchincloss for the 4th Congressional seat. 

Albright, who will serve as President of the City Council beginning in January and who has previously served as the chair of the school committee, said “I trust that Jake will lead from the front on climate change and transportation, the related crises facing our planet and our state.”

Goldman is entering her fourth term as a member of the School Committee and her fourth year as Chair, having recently settled contracts with all three of Newton Public Schools’ unions. “Jake is tenacious, analytical, hardworking and ultimately effective,” Goldman said. “I know he will get things done in Congress on climate change, transportation and healthcare – the critical issues of our time.”

The full list of elected officials endorsing Auchincloss at this time is below. Also included is a select list of community leaders endorsing Auchincloss (the community leaders’ affiliations are meant as biographical context and do not imply that those organizations have taken a position in the race).

Elected officials:

  • Alison Leary, Councilor at-Large, Vice Chair of Public Facilities Committee, Ward 1

  • Maria Greenberg, Ward Councilor, Ward 1

  • Bridget Ray-Canada, Vice Chair-elect of the School Committee, Ward 1

  • Susan Albright, President-elect of the City Council, Ward 2

  • Andrea Kelley, Councilor at-Large, Ward 3

  • Deb Crossley, Councilor at-Large, Chair of Public Facilities Committee, Ward 5

  • Andreae Downs, Councilor at-Large, Ward 5

  • John Rice, Ward Councilor, Chair of Program & Services Committee, Ward 5

  • Steve Siegel, Vice Chair of the School Committee, Ward 5

  • Alicia Bowman, City Councilor at-Large-elect, Ward 6

  • Vicki Danberg, City Councilor at-Large, Vice Chair of Zoning & Planning Committee, Ward 6

  • Ruth Goldman, Chair of the School Committee, Ward 6

  • Rick Lipof, Vice President-elect of the City Council, Ward 8

Community leaders:

  • Martha Bixby

  • Sally Brickell, Former Newton North High School PTO President

  • Amy Dain, housing and land use expert and author of “The State of Zoning for Multi-family Housing in Greater Boston” and a series of case studies about successful programs that involve collaborative leadership in the Gateway Cities, for MassINC

  • John Ficarelli

  • Jane Frantz, former member of the Newton Charter Commission

  • John Freedman, former Alderman

  • Jon Frieze

  • Bob Gaynor, former Alderman

  • Rob Gifford, former co-Chair of Move Newton Forward

  • Jennifer Huntington, former Principal of Newton North High School

  • Kathy Kaditz

  • Margot LeStrange

  • Tony Logalbo, co-founder of the Massachusetts Government Finance Officers Association

  • Josephine McNeil, R.L. Tennant Award laureate from the Newton-Needham Regional Chamber of Commerce for her work on affordable housing

  • Rosemarie Mullin

  • Jack Prior, former Treasurer for Newton Citizens for Local Representation

  • Susan Schlesinger

  • Allison Sharma, Executive Committee Member for the Council on Aging and Chair of Voters for a Vibrant Newton

  • David Spector

  • KB Spector

  • Chris Steele, former Chair of the Newton Economic Development Commission and R.L. Tennant Award laureate from the Newton-Needham Regional Chamber of Commerce for his work on economic development

  • Andy Stern, Member of the Parks & Recreation Commission

  • Kathy Winters, President of the Waban Area Council

Auchincloss was elected to the Newton City Council in 2015 and re-elected in 2017 and 2019, when he topped the ticket from his ward and was the only candidate in the city endorsed by both Progressive Newton and Mayor Ruthanne Fuller.


About Jake

Jake Auchincloss is running to represent Massachusetts’ Fourth District in Congress.

After graduating from college, Jake joined the Marines and commanded an infantry platoon in Afghanistan and a multi-national special operations mission to Panama.

Back home, Jake has continued service as a city councilor in Newton, where he graduated from the public schools. Jake's positive, thoughtful leadership over two terms, especially on transportation and the environment, earned him re-election to a third term this November.

In the private sector, Jake has worked on transportation as a manager at a Fortune 100 innovation lab in Boston and on cybersecurity at a startup. He holds degrees in finance and economics from MIT Sloan and Harvard College.

For press inquiries please contact press@jakeauchincloss.com