Suzanne Bump, a Democratic candidate for Massachusetts State Auditor, today announced she has received the endorsement of five prominent area elected officials. Bump, the majority vote winner at the State Democratic Convention, has also been endorsed by dozens of additional legislators and mayors, Congressmen John Olver and Barney Frank, and retiring State Auditor Joe DeNucci. The new endorsers are:

• State Representative Alice Peisch who represents Weston, Wellesley and parts of Natick
• State Representative Ruth Balser who represents parts of Newton
• State Representative Carolyn Dykema who represents Holliston, Hopkinton, and parts of Medway, Southborough and Westborough
• State Representative David Linksy who represents Sherborn and parts of Millis and Natick
• State Representative Frank Smizik who represents parts of Brookline

“Suzanne Bump has served the Commonwealth as both a state representative and most recently as Secretary of the Massachusetts Labor and Workforce Development Office,” said State Representative Peisch. “She has always sought accountability and transparency for the state’s citizens and taxpayers, and is the best candidate to run the State Auditor’s Office.”

Bump began her public service career in 1985 when she was elected state representative in Braintree, where she served her constituents for 8 years. In 1991, while Chairwoman of the Commerce and Labor Committee, she authored a landmark bill to reform worker’s compensation costs that has brought fairness and accountability to the system and saved businesses millions of dollars every year, while delivering faster judgments to injured workers.

When she ran the Labor and Workforce Development Office she reformed and streamlined the department, reducing first-stage dispute resolution timeframes from 2-3 years to 60-90 days, consolidating the state’s labor relations agencies, creating 11,000 new summer jobs for teens and upgrading the technology to improve her department’s productivity for job training, workplace and downtown improvements, and unemployment insurance checks.

“I’m running for State Auditor because I believe no taxpayer should ever wonder if there is anyone in government who is on their side, no taxpayer should ever wonder if a dollar they give to state government will be a dollar well spent by that government, and no resident, whether taxpayer or not, who depends on a government service should ever wonder whether that service will be compromised by a failed bureaucracy or a dishonest vendor cheating the system,” said Bump. “I’m thrilled to have the support of so many state leaders from the Metro West area and look forward to serving the Commonwealth as its next Auditor.”

CONTACT:
David Jacobson for Suzanne Bump for Auditor
617-947-2543
davejacobson@verizon.net