With Congressman Joe Kennedy challenging U.S. Senator Ed Markey in the 2020 Democratic primary, some Western Massachusetts politicians are taking sides.
Democratic state representative Tricia Farley-Bouvier described Markey as a “outstanding U.S. Senator” who has been “excellent for Pittsfield,” and condemned Kennedy’s effort to unseat him.
“We have a prime objective for 2020, and that is to change who is sitting in the White House," said Farley-Bouvier. "And anything that diverts attention, money, activist hours from that objective is really shortsighted and it’s harmful to our country.”
State Senator Adams Hinds has endorsed Kennedy, while fellow Democrat state Representative Smitty Pignatelli says he’s sitting out the primary for now – although longtime friend Kennedy attended a fundraiser for Pignatelli in August.
