Conroy Exits One Race, Announces Candidacy in Another
Tom Conroy will not be running for a U.S. Senate seat in 2012, but he will pursue re-election as the incumbent representative for the 13th Middlesex District.
Tom Conroy officially announced Monday he is withdrawing from the 2012 U.S. Senate campaign and, subsequently, his intention to run for a fourth term in the Massachusetts House. “It’s the right thing to do for me, for my family, for the people of the 13th Middlesex District,” Conroy said in a phone call with Patch. Conroy, a Democrat from Wayland, entered the 2012 Senate Democratic primary race in June and soon thereafter launched a 650-mile walk throughout the Commonwealth geared toward meeting constituents and talking through issues. When Harvard Law professor Elizabeth Warren entered the race in September, Conroy said, her candidacy gave the other individuals already in the race “a lot of pause” and caused them “to reevaluate the …
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