Markey: I’ll support Pelosi’s leadership bid

Veteran Bay State lawmaker Ed Markey suppports U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s bid to remain Democratic leader when the House changes hands to Republican control in January.Markey, who represents Revere as part of Massachusetts’ 7th Congressional District, issued a statement Friday announcing his support for the congresswoman from San Francisco.”I welcome Nancy Pelosi’s announcement that she intends to stay and I intend to vote for her when the House Democratic Caucus elects its leadership team for the next Congress,” he said.”Speaker Pelosi has been a strong and visionary leader in both the minority and the majority. She helped bring Democrats out of the minority in 2006, and she has fought successfully for new laws that have saved or created millions of jobs, ensured affordable and quality healthcare for all Americans, protected Social Security and Medicare, and reduced our nation’s dependence on foreign oil.”Last Tuesday, incumbent Democrat Markey defeated Republican candidate and Woburn chiropractor Gerry Dembrowski, 66 percent to 34.Markey has represented the district since 1976(State House News Service and Associated Press material was used in this report.)