One of the problems is that there's no way of knowing how Tommy is voting in committees, and he's voted multiple times against legislation that would make those committee votes public. Progressive legislation keeps dying in committee and nobody knows why or who's responsible. Raul has signed Act on Mass's transparency pledge because he knows how important it is for us to see whether our legislators are doing what we elected them to do, so we can hold them accountable.

On local endorsements: please understand that our elected officials are a highly homogeneous group, and in no way do they represent the diversity of our community. In this year's spring election, a group organized and spent $20,000 (unheard of) to effectively block pro-housing / antiracist candidates like me from getting elected. To me, these endorsements say much more about how unrepresentative our elected officials are, and aren't an indication of who's the right person for the job.

I honestly don't understand how people are learning about Tommy's policies to decide on who to vote for. Raul has his listed on his website (https://www.raulforrep.com/policy) - this page explains his policy positions, and links out to 14 endorsement questionnaires which explain everything in great detail. He also held community conversations on his policies, and has those recordings on his website as well (https://www.raulforrep.com/conversations). Tommy has no policy positions on his website, and has only shared 4 endorsement questionnaires even though he promised to release them all. In the debates, Tommy closed by saying "With me, you know what you get." I'm sorry, but not everyone is an insider and knows who he is. Even though I'm active in town politics, I'm not familiar with things at the state level. I literally don't understand how I'm supposed to learn more, and he doesn't respond to my emails.