The people of the 2nd Essex District deserve a representative who listens, leads with common sense, and never forgets who they're fighting for.
For too long, too many families have felt overlooked by Beacon Hill.
We deserve better.
We Deserve Better.
Our Seniors Deserve Better
Our elders are more than a quarter of every town in this district. Many are disabled, many are facing dementia, and most are struggling to make ends meet. They deserve a State Representative who actually shows up.
Visit and work closely with the Council on Aging in every one of our six towns.
Advocate for additional state aid and seek out resources to help our elders stay independent.
Show up — not one hour a month, but every week — to listen and learn from their wisdom.
Our Veterans Deserve Better
Our veterans earned their benefits the hard way. Beacon Hill has not made delivering them a priority. That ends with me. If you served this country, this district owes you more than a handshake at a parade.
Full state-level funding of benefits, healthcare, mental health, and housing assistance.
Targeted property-tax relief for veterans and surviving spouses.
Standing meetings with County Veterans Services Departments, Veterans Outreach Programs, and local VFW posts.
Our Coastal Communities Deserve Better.
A clean environment and an affordable life are not a trade-off. We deserve both. Beacon Hill’s “environmental” policy has turned into a cost-driver, not a stewardship plan.
An all-of-the-above energy strategy that keeps prices down.
Protect open space, farmland, and shoreline.
Partner with our farmers, fishermen, clam diggers, oystermen, and conservation groups.
Our Local Businesses Deserve Better
The businesses in our six towns employ our residents, sponsor our youth sports, donate to our food pantries, and keep our downtowns alive. They have been getting a cold shoulder from Beacon Hill. I will not continue that.
Tax and regulatory relief targeted at small operators.
Stand against energy policy that drives up costs.
Reengage and help organize local business associations, chambers, and downtown groups.
Establish liaisons between town governments and the business community for regular meetings with associations and large employers.
Keep Our Clam Diggers Digging
Our communities are clam-digging towns, and if elected, I intend to keep them that way.
Long before the Puritans came north to settle Cape Ann, the people of this area were digging clams. Clam digging is synonymous with the coastal towns in this district; it is the lifeblood of many working men and women, and it attracts tourists and eager commercial buyers, bringing needed revenue.
Right now, that industry is facing one of its gravest threats — not from the dreaded green crab or the vicissitudes of tide, wind, and rain, but from big government. Despite consistent testing by the Ipswich Shellfish Constable showing that the Ipswich River is within acceptable limits for wastewater effluent, the State’s Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have closed the Ipswich River flats indefinitely because of the location of the town’s wastewater treatment outfall pipe.
State and federal regulators seem oblivious to the consistent clean-water findings, the first-class rating of the Ipswich treatment plant, and the fact that there is no record of any illnesses linked to local shellfish. We don’t need another task force or blue-ribbon panel.
As State Representative, I will spend every day working with the DMF and the administration to bring common sense back to shellfish regulation — and keep our clam diggers digging.
Working Families Deserve Better
Our towns are populated with electricians, mechanics, paralegals, nurses, plumbers, contractors, small-business owners, farmers, fishermen, clam diggers, oystermen, retirees on fixed pensions — and the next generation that cannot afford to stay. The 2nd Essex is not a postcard. It is a working community.
Tax and regulatory relief targeted at working families.
An aid formula that stops treating our towns as donors.
A working family lens on every bill.
Our First Responders Deserve Better
Our first responders in all six towns are working with antiquated equipment in dilapidated buildings. Beacon Hill has shrugged. Our public-safety professionals show up for us. I will show up for them.
Real state aid for local public-safety capital needs.
Standing meetings with chiefs and union representatives.
Bring stakeholders together — resources and necessary training for law enforcement to address the mental-health and addiction crises they sadly confront on a regular basis.
Our Children Deserve Better
Our children deserve safe, welcoming, and well-designed schools so they can thrive and achieve excellence. Our citizens deserve roads and bridges that are open, structurally sound, and allow for movement within our towns. Dan will work every day to ensure the small towns of this district get their fair share of state-allocated funds.
Fight for a fair Chapter 70 distribution — we are not “rich.”
Generate state aid for specific projects, by name, in each town.
Publish a transparent, ranked, district-wide infrastructure list every year.
For too long, our small towns have been overlooked while resources are directed elsewhere. The people of the 2nd Essex deserve a representative who will fight for our communities, stand up to Beacon Hill when necessary, and earn your trust through transparency and accountability.
Putting the 2nd Essex First.
The people deserve a government that is transparent and accountable.
Support the State Auditor's authority to audit the Legislature.
Evaluate every bill on its merits—not party pressure.
Regularly publish votes, office activity, and updates so constituents know how I'm representing them.
Independent Leadership
Fight for Our Fair Share
Our communities deserve their fair share of state resources
—not to be treated as an afterthought.
Fight to bring more state aid back to the 2nd Essex.
Work across the aisle to deliver results for our towns.
Advocate for the unique needs of our coastal and small-town communities.