REPRESENTATIVE CANAVAN WINS PRIMARY

REPRESENTATIVE CHRISTINE CANAVAN

     Representative Christine Canavan of Brockton won the primary on Tuesday against Matthew Albanese of West Bridgewater. The race was close with the incumbent beating Albanese for the 10th Plymouth District seat. Representative Canavan an 18 year veteran of the State house runs against Republican John Cruz of West Bridgewater in November.
     Representative Canavan who is a registered nurse has been in office since the early 90s and adds a unique perspective to issues such as health care because of her experience and also has worked hard on issues of public safety, senior care, the environment, building and maintaining parks and open space, economic revitalization and cultural programs for her district.
     She has authored and now law about patient/staff ratio requirements for out-of -hospital dialysis clinics to ensure patient safety and expand the scope of duties for nurse-practitioners. She sits on several committee's including the House Ways and Means and is a member of the Special Legislature Committee's on Foster Care and Cervical Cancer and the House Libraries Caucus. Representative Canavan can be reached at Representative Christine Canavan's Office.
     Republican John Cruz who was born in Brockton will be running against Representative Canavan in November. He held the 10th Plymouth District seat back in 1990. Mr.Cruz now lives in West Bridgewater and is owner of Consolidated Plumbing Corporation and is very active in his community. He is an on-call fire fighter, Chairman on the Board of Health, member of West Bridgewater Housing Authority, Registrars of Voters for West Bridgewater and has taught courses at South Eastern Regional High School.
     When Mr.Cruz was State Representative he was a member of the Judiciary, Human Service & Elder Affairs and Housing & Urban Development Committees. He helped secure funding for the city of Brockton with state funds and has a record for fighting tax raises and overspending by the state. On the issues from his website he has signed the "No New Tax Pledge" and states "People should be able to keep more money in their paychecks". To date Mr.Cruz is the only candidate who has signed this pledge and on the site states "He will oppose all attempts to take more money out of your paycheck". You can check out more on his stance on the issues from immigration to improving our economy here John Cruz on the issues.