EMILYs List Congratulates Kim Driscoll on Advancing to the General Election

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September 6, 2022 

EMILYs List Congratulates Kim Driscoll on Advancing to the General Election for Massachusetts’ Lieutenant Governor

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, congratulates Kim Driscoll on advancing to the general election to determine who will serve as Massachusetts’ next lieutenant governor. EMILYs List President Laphonza Butler released the following statement:  

“We could not be more thrilled to stand by Kim Driscoll, a leader who has demonstrated her commitment to public service and expanding equality, as she advances to the general election. The mayor of Salem for over 15 years, Driscoll has helped revitalize the city, leading it through financial hardship and the COVID-19 pandemic. She brings a wealth of experience that will help her champion her constituents’ reproductive freedom as lieutenant governor, and we know she has what it takes to win in November.”

Kim Driscoll is a mother of three, wife of a union bricklayer, and lawyer running for Massachusetts lieutenant governor. Driscoll made history in 2006 when she became the first woman elected as mayor of Salem, Massachusetts, a position she has been reelected to every term since. Driscoll began her extensive political career in 1999 when she ran and won a seat on the Salem City Council. Her lifelong commitment to public service and successful career in city government best positions her to address the needs of the people of Massachusetts as their lieutenant governor. 

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