State Senate Candidate Thankful For Campaign Contributions

State Senate candidate Steve May’s campaign finance numbers were released earlier this week.

May, a Democratic Candidate from Hull who will oppose State Senator Robert Hedlund (R-Weymouth) on the ballot in November has contributed nearly $16,500 to his campaign  from July to Dec. 31 and May said he is thankful for all who have donated.

“We are heartened by the fact that the vast majority of our donations came from ordinary folks not large moneyed interests,” May said. “We continue to believe that elections and campaigns are opportunities to put the concerns and aspirations of regular people front and center.”

May will oppose Hedlund who is a nine-term Republican incumbent who has won every election since 1994.  The last election in 2010, Hedlund won every town in the Plymouth and Norfolk District, which includes Duxbury, Hingham, Hull, Marshfield, Norwell, Scituate, Cohasset and Weymouth.  That year, Hedlund finished with about 80 percent of the vote compared to his opponent  Paul Kearney of Cohassets who only took 20 percent.

Hedlund was first elected to the Legislature in 1990 but lost his seat in 1992. He won it back in 1994.

May is the Executive Director of the Forum on Genetic Equity, a non-profit organization addressing genetic discrimination and privacy issues. Previous to his work at the Forum, May has worked in a variety of capacities at the state level, having served as National Director of State Affairs for the Hemophilia Federation of America, a Political Action Committee (PAC) Director for the National Association of Social Workers, and a Legislative Fellow in the New York State Senate in the aftermath of the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.

Locally in Hull, May  is a member of the Hull Transportation Committee, an alternate to the Hull Historic District Commission, Secretary of the Hull Democratic Town Committee, and Hull’s Representative to the South Shore Democratic Caucus.