Menino Throws Support to Schofield

It appears that Robert McCarthy won't get all the high-profile endorsements in the four-way race to be state senator from the Second Suffolk and Middlesex.

Mayor Thomas M. Menino announced today, Dec. 6, that he is backing Brighton Attorney Tim Schofield in next week’s special election to replace former State Senator Steve Tolman on Beacon Hill.

"I’m supporting Tim Schofield for State Senate because he will put people
ahead of politics," Menino said in a press release from the Schofield campaign.

The endorsement comes days after McCarthy, the former head of the state's professional firefighters union, won the backing of Tolman and former US Rep. Joe Kennedy.

"I have always admired the way that Mayor Menino puts people first, and
that's what I will do as State Senator," Schofield said in the release.

"The people in our district want a bold progressive leader who will be a strong voice for our working families, and I'm proud to earn the support of those who show that same leadership," said Schofield.

And Menino's endorsement will come with the backing of the powerful City Hall election machine which has proven since Menino took office in 1993 to have a very effective Get-Out-The-Vote operation in Boston. 

Sections of Back Bay, Fenway and Brighton neighborhoods are part of the Second Suffolk. 

"In the years that I have known Tim Schofield, he has always demonstrated
a dedication in his daily life to helping those in need," Menino wrote. "From fighting for a neighborhood’s interests against institutional expansion to protecting individual civil rights, I have been honored to know and to work with Tim on many issues that impact the residents of Boston."