With 63% in favor, members of Our Revolution Massachusetts voted to endorse Quentin Palfrey for Attorney General of Massachusetts! The outcome was determined by ranked choice voting with Andrea Campbell and Shannon Liss-Riordan also garnering support in the early rounds. As Quentin said in his response to our questionnaire, “Our criminal justice system is…
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ORMA Endorses Chris Dempsey for Auditor
With a vote of 85% PERCENT, the Members of Our Revolution Massachusetts are OFFICIALLY ENDORSING Chris Dempsey for Auditor of Massachusetts. Chris was the only candidate to complete our questionnaire and therefore the only candidate interviewed. As Chris said in his response to our questionnaire, “I am the only candidate in this race with…
ORMA endorses Tanisha Sullivan for Secretary of the Commonwealth
With 87% in favor, members of Our Revolution Massachusetts have endorsed Tanisha Sullivan for Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts! As Tanisha said in her response to our questionnaire, “Our democracy is at an inflection point. I truly believe that proactive leadership in the Office of the Secretary of Commonwealth could help to address many…
An Act Establishing Medicare for All Forum
Bernie Sanders’ speech: an election between Trump and democracy.
Senator Sanders delivered the following remarks at George Washington University in Washington, DC on September 24, 2020, his first in-person political event since ending his 2020 Democratic presidential campaign. This country faces an unprecedented set of crises. We are struggling with a pandemic that has already cost us over 200,000 lives. We have an economy…
Post-Presidential Election Statement
ORMA was founded on a set of principles and priorities that reflect those of our endorsed presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders. Senator Sanders endorsed Biden the week after Sanders ended his own presidential run and he continues to support Biden. Biden has responded by saying, “I’m going to need you, Bernie, not just to win but…
Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman’s poem “The Hill We Climb” for Joe Biden’s Inauguration
Recited at the Inauguration of Joe Biden, at the U.S. Capitol building, January 20, 2021 When day comes we ask ourselves, where can we find light in this never-ending shade? The loss we carry, a sea we must wade We’ve braved the belly of the beast We’ve learned that quiet isn’t always peace And the…
Education
Massachusetts Democrats believe that all Massachusetts residents should have access to high-quality educational opportunities from birth through adulthood. We believe that our public education system should successfully prepare our children for lifelong learning; it should give them the tools to make contributions to our communities and to the intellectual, cultural, and civic life of the…
Labor
Massachusetts Democrats believe that all working people – regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, race, religion, income, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, immigration or refugee status – should have the right to quality, family-sustaining jobs that provide a living wage, and access to education and training to make them employable and contributors to a healthy economy.…
Healthcare and Human Services
Massachusetts Democrats believe that healthcare is a human right, so that every person enjoys a good quality of life and great health and wellbeing. We believe that high-quality and affordable health care should be available to all through a single payer government sponsored program like Medicare, regardless of employment status. Massachusetts Democrats say: We should be able to…