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Muriel Kramer
Muriel Kramer (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Massachusetts Governor's Council to represent District 2. She lost in the Democratic primary on September 3, 2024.
Biography
Muriel Kramer served in the United States Air Force. Her career experience involves working as a clinical social worker. Kramer has served in Hopkinton Town government.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Massachusetts Governor's Council election, 2024
General election
General election for Massachusetts Governor's Council District 2
Tamisha Civil defeated Francis T. Crimmins Jr. in the general election for Massachusetts Governor's Council District 2 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tamisha Civil (D) | 57.2 | 236,666 |
 | Francis T. Crimmins Jr. (R)  | 42.7 | 176,430 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 521 | ||
| Total votes: 413,617 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Massachusetts Governor's Council District 2
Tamisha Civil defeated Sean Murphy, Muriel Kramer, and David Reservitz in the Democratic primary for Massachusetts Governor's Council District 2 on September 3, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tamisha Civil | 38.7 | 27,702 |
 | Sean Murphy | 22.3 | 16,002 | |
 | Muriel Kramer | 22.0 | 15,767 | |
 | David Reservitz | 16.7 | 11,975 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 155 | ||
| Total votes: 71,601 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Massachusetts Governor's Council District 2
Francis T. Crimmins Jr. advanced from the Republican primary for Massachusetts Governor's Council District 2 on September 3, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Francis T. Crimmins Jr. | 99.0 | 22,357 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.0 | 226 | ||
| Total votes: 22,583 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Kramer in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Muriel Kramer did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign website
Kramer’s campaign website stated the following:
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My name is Muriel Kramer, and I am excited to be running for Governor’s Council in District 2, and I am proudly planning to focus my candidacy and my service on elevating the concerns of those who have been marginalized by our legal system and increasing equity and social justice. Now more than ever we need new voices and new priorities represented on the Governor’s Council. The Governor’s Council (Council) considers and appoints judges, clerk magistrates, parole board members, as well as appointees to the Appellate Tax Board and the Industrial Accident Board. They also consent to appointments of justices of the peace and notaries public, act on pardons (relief from some or the entirety of a legal sentence) and commutations (lessening of a legal sentence) as recommended by the Governor while also considering some bills and payments. We all know how important judicial appointments can be as we watch the Supreme Court lay waste to freedoms and rights we have in my lifetime fought to secure – for women, for Black, Indigenous and other People of Color (BIPOC), for those that identify as LGBTQ+, and more. For justice involved individuals, the work of the Governor’s Council is even more critical. In the last fifty years the incarcerated population in MA has increased 309% with 62% of people behind bars being held pretrial.[i] And while progress is being made to reduce the incarcerated population in MA, much more needs to be done. Massachusetts has the lowest incarceration rate in the US but still ranks 17th in the world, higher than Iran, Colombia, and most Democratically run countries.[ii] We can and must elevate judges, clerk magistrates, and parole board appointees that understand how important it is to confront and address bias, explicitly and implicitly; how important it is to provide access to treatment, diversion, and restorative justice pathways especially for Veterans, individuals with substance use disorder, those struggling with mental illness, and those who are from historically marginalized populations. [2] |
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| —Muriel Kramer’s campaign website (2024)[3] | ||
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Facebook, "Muriel Kramer for Governor's Council post from March 2, 2024," accessed July 30, 2024
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Muriel Kramer’s campaign website, “Home,” accessed July 30, 2024
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