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Clean Water Action is proud to announce our endorsements for the 2026 general election. These candidates have demonstrated a strong commitment to advancing environmental and public health priorities at both the federal and state levels.
United States Senate:
Ed Markey (incumbent)
For decades, Ed Markey has been one of the nation's strongest environmental champions. He continues to lead efforts to hold fossil fuel companies accountable, lower energy costs through clean energy investments, strengthen climate resilience, protect public lands and waters, and safeguard communities from the growing impacts of climate change. Markey co-authored and introduced the Senate Green New Deal, establishing a bold framework for federal climate policy making climate equity, investment, and resilience central to the debate over America’s energy future.
United States House of Representatives:
9th District: Bill Keating (incumbent)
Rep. William Keating is the current representative for Massachusetts’ 9th Congressional District and a longtime champion of environmental conservation, coastal restoration, clean energy, and water quality. He has focused on addressing Cape Cod’s nitrogen pollution and wastewater challenges while supporting investments in clean water infrastructure, coastal wetlands, and marine habitat.
Massachusetts State Legislature:
For State House of Representatives:
1st Barnstable District: Chris Lambton
Christopher Lambton, an oyster farmer, small-business owner, and Dennis Select Board Chair, has made protecting Cape Cod’s waterways and addressing the environmental challenges facing coastal communities central priorities in his campaign for State Representative in the 1st Barnstable District. His work as a shell fisherman has informed his focus on ocean plastics, solid-waste reduction, carbon emissions, and preserving environmentally sensitive land and shorelines. As a Select Board member, he has worked on conservation efforts involving land near wetlands.
3rd Barnstable District: Jack Richardson
Jack Richardson has prioritized protecting local water resources, advancing climate justice, and expanding clean energy throughout his campaign. He supports offshore wind as a competitive advantage for Massachusetts, with the potential to lower energy costs, create union jobs, and support the next generation of climate leaders. Richardson has also called for greater investment in wastewater infrastructure, stronger drinking water protections, passage of PFAS legislation, aggressive regulation of data centers, and stronger accountability for polluters.
3rd Barnstable District: Jim Hawkins (incumbent)
Representative Jim Hawkins has worked alongside firefighters and environmental advocates to pass landmark legislation reducing toxic PFAS chemicals in firefighter protective equipment. Rep. Hawkins is also a leader in the fight against childhood PFAS exposure, sponsoring a bill that removed dangerous chemicals from children’s products.
3rd Bristol District: Lisa Field (incumbent)
Lisa Field has worked with community advocates to advance a cleaner, more equitable future. She has supported efforts to protect clean air, oppose polluting industries, and strengthen protections against PFAS exposure for firefighters. As both a union leader and a legislator, she has secured wins for workers. As a community organizer, she helped block the construction of a sludge gasification plant in Taunton.
16th Essex District: Celina Reyes
With over 20 years of public service in the City of Lawrence, Celina Reyes has a deep understanding of the challenges people face in Lawrence, Methuen, and along the Merrimack River. She is committed to advancing environmental justice and ensuring communities have the resources they need to prepare for extreme heat, flooding, and other climate impacts.
18th Essex District: Connor Murray
Connor Murray has made climate accountability and modern infrastructure central priorities in his campaign for State Representative. He supports moving Massachusetts away from fossil fuel dependence, holding major corporate polluters accountable, expanding distributed energy resources, and strengthening clean transportation options. In the Merrimack Valley, Murray has also emphasized the need to address combined sewer overflows, sewer main breaks, and outdated water infrastructure that threaten local rivers, drinking water, and quality of life.
1st Franklin District: Lora Wondolowski
Lora Wondolowski, founding executive director of the Massachusetts League of Environmental Voters, has made climate action and affordable clean energy central priorities in her campaign. Her work has focused on moving Massachusetts from climate goals to concrete action while ensuring implementation is equitable and responsive to rural communities. In Franklin County, she has emphasized building resilience for farms, rivers, watersheds, roads, and infrastructure while making clean energy affordable and accessible and opposing new fossil-fuel infrastructure paid for by ratepayers.
12th Hampden District: Angelo Puppolo Jr. (incumbent)
Representative Angelo Puppolo Jr. is the longest-serving House member in his region and Dean of the area delegation. He has been a strong advocate for public health and environmental protections, including sponsoring legislation to reduce toxic chemicals in firefighter personal protective equipment and protect first responders from harmful exposures. He is a state policy leader on cybersecurity and has taken steps to raise awareness about the nexus of dangers to privacy, the environment and energy availability raised by data centers.
1st Middlesex District: Margaret Scarsdale (incumbent)
Representative Margaret Scarsdale has been a proven leader on climate and conservation, championing legislation to protect open space, preserve pollinator habitat, conserve energy, and safeguard Massachusetts' natural resources for future generations. This past year in the State House, she helped prevent a proposal to roll back our state's emission reduction mandates.
16th Middlesex District: Lorena Betts
Lorena Betts is committed to building affordable, sustainable communities by expanding weatherization and community solar, cleaning up local waterways including the Merrimack River and Freeman Lake, and advancing clean energy solutions that lower pollution and utility costs for working families.
17th Middlesex District: John Drinkwater
John Drinkwater brings a strong background in labor and environmental advocacy to his campaign for State Representative. As Chief of Staff and Legislative Director for the AFL-CIO, he has advocated for policies including the Clean Energy Workforce Standards and Accountability Act. As a Lowell City Councilor, he has also signed municipal support letters calling for stronger protections against environmental pollution and public health risks in local communities.
22nd Middlesex District: Daniel Darris-O'Connor
Daniel Darris-O'Connor has made evidence-based public health policy and affordable clean energy central priorities in his campaign. Drawing on his local government experience, he has emphasized practical investments to modernize long-neglected municipal water systems, replace lead service lines, strengthen flood resilience, and protect source water. Darris-O'Connor also supports expanding clean energy access for low- and moderate-income families and redirecting resources away from new gas infrastructure toward electrification and grid upgrades.
25th Middlesex District: Marjorie Decker (incumbent)
Representative Marjorie Decker has made climate and environmental protection a top priority during her 12 years in the House. As Chair of the Joint Committee on Public Health, she has successfully secured environmental provisions in each climate package passed during her tenure. In the 2024 climate omnibus, she secured language establishing workforce standards for clean energy procurement, helping advance a just transition to a clean energy economy.
32nd Middlesex District: Leila Migliorelli
Leila Migliorelli is committed to building more sustainable communities and advancing policies that will strengthen Melrose and the surrounding region through responsible environmental leadership. As a city Councilor, she was instrumental in passing vital infrastructure projects, ensuring the future safety of the greater Melrose community.
6th Norfolk District: Lisa Lopez
Lisa Lopez has championed efforts to make clean energy more affordable and accessible to residents, including supporting Canton’s municipal energy aggregation program, Canton Electrical Choice, which delivers cleaner and more affordable electricity to local families. She has also worked to preserve and revitalize important community assets, including the former Plymouth Rubber site, which became the Paul Revere Heritage Site.
9th Norfolk District: Tom Melville
Tom Melville is a lifelong environmentalist and first-time candidate who has made climate action a central priority in his campaign. Drawing on his experience in journalism and as communications director at the MIT Energy Initiative, he has committed to advancing clean energy, reducing PFAS contamination, protecting drinking water wells, and investing in land and water conservation. Melville also plans to create a district environmental justice and advocacy advisory panel to keep community voices at the center of policymaking.
5th Plymouth District: Lori Childs
Lori Childs has made clean water, public health, and clean energy central priorities in her campaign. She supports improving indoor air quality in schools, housing, care facilities, and other highly impacted settings, paired with capital funding to turn monitoring into real fixes. Childs has also emphasized healthy local food, support for Massachusetts farms and fishermen, fully funding the Healthy Incentives Program, reducing food waste, and advancing affordable clean energy while protecting low- and moderate-income households from rising energy costs.
12th Plymouth District: Kathy LaNatra (incumbent)
Kathy LaNatra has made coastal resilience, responsible water management, and public health central priorities in her campaign. As a coastal legislator and House Chair of the Coastal Caucus, she has focused on helping communities prepare for rising seas while protecting public health, water quality, and local economies. LaNatra has also emphasized responsible management of Silver Lake, Monponsett Pond, and surrounding waterways, as well as meaningful local input on major energy decisions, including issues related to the decommissioned Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station.
4th Worcester District: Natalie Higgins (incumbent)
Representative Natalie Higgins has been a strong advocate for climate action and community resilience. This past year in the State House, she helped prevent a proposal to roll back our state's emission reduction mandates. As a Leominster leader, she helped organize her community to defeat a home rule petition that would have expanded a local landfill into the protected Leominster State Forest. In response to major flooding in 2023, Higgins has worked to strengthen climate resilience, make clean energy options more affordable and practical for residents, homeowners, and small landlords, and advance healthier, more sustainable communities.
18th Worcester District: Jen Heck
Jen Heck has made clean and safe water, reducing toxic pollution, and building a cleaner, more reliable and affordable energy system central priorities in her campaign. As a parent of young children and a first-time candidate, she has emphasized that environmental policy has immediate stakes for families, communities, and future generations. Heck supports practical, science-based legislation on PFAS and toxic pollution, clean energy policies that reduce long-term costs and create good jobs, and sustained engagement with small-town communities through town halls and local conversations.
For State Senate:
Middlesex & Worcester District: Jamie Eldridge (incumbent)
Jamie Eldridge is a progressive champion who has made climate accountability, clean energy, water protection, and pollinator health central priorities in his work in the State Senate. He supports advancing the Climate Change Superfund to hold major polluters accountable and protect water resources. In the Middlesex & Worcester District, Eldridge has also emphasized stronger drought management, including codifying the Drought Management Task Force and giving municipalities tools to enforce those protections.
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