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Richard Canavan-Wagner

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Richard Canavan-Wagner
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Richard Canavan-Wagner (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Massachusetts House of Representatives to represent the 6th Essex District. He lost in the Democratic primary on September 1, 2020.

Canavan-Wagner completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.

Elections

2020

See also: Massachusetts House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 6th Essex District

Incumbent Jerry Parisella defeated Euplio Marciano in the general election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 6th Essex District on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jerry Parisella
Jerry Parisella (D)
 
79.8
 
17,910
Image of Euplio Marciano
Euplio Marciano (Unenrolled Independent)
 
20.2
 
4,526
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
2

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 22,438
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 6th Essex District

Incumbent Jerry Parisella defeated Richard Canavan-Wagner in the Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 6th Essex District on September 1, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Image of Jerry Parisella
Jerry Parisella
 
77.2
 
7,201
Image of Richard Canavan-Wagner
Richard Canavan-Wagner Candidate Connection
 
22.7
 
2,114
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
15

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 9,330
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2020

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Candidate Connection

Richard Canavan-Wagner completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Canavan-Wagner's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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My name is Ricky Canavan-Wagner and I'm a democratic candidate for state representative in Beverly, Massachusetts. I previously volunteered with Wolf-PAC Massachusetts, a grass-roots organization working to get money out of politics. As an activist, I saw the dysfunction of our state government up close. I saw how party leadership and big money organizations make backroom deals to kill initiatives every day. I think it's shameful that Massachusetts is one of only a handful of states which keeps its citizens in the dark to how their law makers are voting. We need to bring transparency to our state government, hold our law makers accountable, and fight for economic security for the working class. As a law maker, I will use my platform to elevate voices that are so often drowned out by big money and special interests. I will fight for our undocumented neighbors, for real racial justice and equality, reproductive justice, economic justice, and more. We need to be doing a lot more to ensure this state remains affordable and accessible to everyone.
  • We need to bring transparency to the Massachusetts state house. I think it's shameful that committee votes are not public information and that the citizens are kept in the dark about how their representatives are voting. Most bills die in committee before they ever make it to the floor for a vote, so a transparent process is especially important so we can hold our law makers accountable for their records.
  • Most law makers have no idea how hard it is for millions of people across the state. They don't know what it's like to not be able to see a doctor when you're sick or to struggle keeping up with the increasing cost of rent. Because these problems are abstract to them, they don't take them seriously and they don't act with the kind of urgency they demand. As someone who knows these experiences first hand, I'll do whatever it takes to put an end to them which means standing up without fear to insurance companies, drug companies, and predatory landlords and lenders.
  • I will use every tool available to fight for our legislative priorities. I will co-sponsor legislation, testify in committee hearings, attend protests and demonstrations, make noise on social media, and lobby my fellow legislators. My opponent has no co-sponsored the ROE act, the Safe Communities Act, the Fair Work Week Bill, or any other legislation to help working people. I will use my platform to fight as effectively as possible to win the change we need.
Though not the most exciting issue, the influence of money in our political system is by far the most important and consequential issue of our time. It's the main reason why we don't see any meaningful change in public policy, even when the majority of people support change. If we don't pass a new Constitutional amendment to get money out of politics then we'll never have economic justice for working people again.

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