Polly Titcomb's 8th Essex Bid Gains Select Swampscott Support

SWAMPSCOTT, MA — Former Swampscott Select Board Chair Polly Titcomb's bid to represent the 8th Essex district at the State House gained a boost from some familiar faces she spent plenty of time with around the table and on Zoom calls over the past two years.

Titcomb's former Select Board colleagues, current Select Board Chair Neal Duffy, Select Board member David Grishman, former Select Board Member Donald Hause and Select Board Member Peter Spellios, issued a joint endorsement of Titcomb run for state representative.

"Together we enthusiastically announce our support for Polly Titcomb, our former colleague on the Swampscott Select Board, to be our next State Representative for the 8th Essex District," Duffy said in a statement. "Polly listens, cares, and is ready. Polly is the only candidate with a proven track record of working tirelessly for the people she represents and for unapologetically fighting for those who have been historically marginalized or left out.

"Polly comes prepared with a deep knowledge of the financial and other challenges facing our communities. We are excited by the prospect of having such a strong advocate with unwavering ethical principles working for all of us in the Essex 8th, and we urge you to join us in supporting Polly Titcomb's candidacy."

Titcomb was the Swampscott Select Board Chair for one year before opting not to run for re-election after she declared her candidacy for the state representative seat vacated when Lori Ehrlich was appointed to a regional director position with the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

She served on the Swampscott Select Board for one, three-year term and is a former member of the town's Finance Committee.

"I'm thrilled to receive the endorsement of my former colleagues, who understand that state representatives are partners in good government for the community," Titcomb said. "I am humbled by their support and look forward to bringing my experience at the local level to the State House."

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and
Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)