BOSTON — Attorney General and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Martha Coakley picked up the endorsement of Taunton Mayor Tom Hoye on Tuesday.
Hoye is the seventh big city mayor to endorse Coakley in her bid for for the corner office.
“Martha Coakley has been a champion for working families inTaunton and is an effective manager who knows how to partner with cities and towns to solve our toughest challenges,” said Hoye in a statement.
Hoye is the second South Coast mayor to endorse Coakley. Fall River Mayor Will Flanagan endorsed Coakley in June.
Boston Magazine’s David Bernstein notes in a Tuesday post that not many big city mayors in Massachusetts have endorsed in the gubernatorial race, making the endorsements of Hoye and Flanagan particularly valuable.
Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh has stayed out of the governor’s race though he did have kind words for Republican candidate Charlie Baker during a recent appearance on WBZ’s Nightside. Walsh ultimately told WBZ host Dan Rea that he would support the Democratic nominee for governor in November.
The other mayors that have endorsed Coakley include Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse, Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll, North Adams Mayor Richard Alcombright and Medford Mayor Michael McGlynn.
Open all references in tabs: [1 – 3]