Elizabeth Warren lands endorsement from Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno
October 27, 2012
SPRINGFIELD - For the past year, both Republican U.S. Sen. Scott Brown and Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren have been making their rounds through Western Massachusetts, meeting with the voters while aiming to land an endorsement from the mayor of the state's third-largest city.
And on Saturday, Springfield's Democratic Mayor Domenic Sarno broke his silence, officially throwing support behind Warren at a rally with U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., and other democrats in the heart of downtown.
"I've never campaigned negatively in my life and in the past few weeks, the tenor of his campaign has turned me off," Sarno said. "It's surprised me and hasn't been about the issues. And that is not good for the city of Springfield or the commonwealth of Massachusetts. It's about her ideals and some of the key issues that are of importance to the middle class. She's consistently been a fighter for the middle class and I believe she will be a good federal partner to the city of Springfield."
Sarno and Brown are known to have a good working relationship as the junior senator didn't just show up once in the aftermath of the June 2011 tornado, but followed-up to ensure the city was able to get the FEMA money already approved for clean up.
But while Sarno says he respects Brown, and that the endorsement "isn't personal," he decided that Warren was his candidate of choice for the Massachusetts Senate race because of her performance in the Springfield debate and due to negative campaigning, which he attributes to Brown.
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Looks like Springfield, MA has a Mayor who actually has some good qualities.
