SEIU Local 888 COPA members met in Somerville on June 20 and June 28 to consider candidate endorsements for Somerville. Members voted unanimously to support incumbent Alderman Matt McLaughlin for Ward 1, challenger JT Scott for Alderman Ward 2, challenger Ben Ewen-Campen for Alderman Ward 3, NAGE member Jesse Clingan for an open seat in Ward 4.  The next COPA meeting is on July 25 at the Chelsea Collaborative, 318 Broadway, Chelsea, MA 02150.

[caption id="attachment_7644" align="aligncenter" width="600"] From left to right: Ben Ewen-Campen, Jesse Clingan, JT Scott and Matt McLaughlin.[/caption]