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John Drinkwater

Massachusetts State House, 17th Middlesex

  • 2026
  • Massachusetts
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Massachusetts State House, 17th Middlesex

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    Candidate briefing

    John Drinkwater is a 2026 Democratic candidate for the Massachusetts House in the 17th Middlesex District. InsideLowell reports he is a former Lowell city councilor (2020–2024) who spent nearly 18 years on staff at the Massachusetts AFL-CIO. The Working Families Party has endorsed him.

    Why Political Revolution supports him: he is a Working Families Party–endorsed labor advocate and former Lowell city councilor.

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