Congratulations to Blue Mass Group’s own Fred Rich LaRiccia, who believed in Katherine Clark when she first challenged an incumbent Republican State Senator when everyone said she could never win. Fred managed her first campaign when she showed she could win. And win she did on her very next outing.
Fred believes in electoral politics as democracy in action.
He and Katherine have both lived that, endured the naysayers, and have prevailed.
Congratulations Assistant Speaker Clark.
Congratulations Melrose.
Congratulations Fred Rich LaRiccia.
Our nation, bleeding, wounded, and hungry, will be well served by Katherine Clark and Joe Biden.
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Thank you, Terry McGinty, for posting this announcement and your kind words. Your friendship and support over these many years means more to me than words can say.
I am thrilled with Katherine’s election as Assistant Speaker. Those of us that know and love her have had our faith in democracy re-affirmed again today.
The Democratic Caucus Assistant Speaker secret ballot vote was 135 for Katherine Clark and 92 for fellow New Englander Congressman David Cicilline (D-RI).
Clark is now the highest ranking female lawmaker after Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the first woman Assistant Speaker.
Upon election, Assistant Speaker Clark said : “I can tell you this about our caucus: We are the guardians of people’s hopes and aspirations. And we are going to be the unified engine for change.”