Press Releases

For Immediate Release May 6, 2013

Contact: Lilly Benham
Aide to Councilor Decker 617-349-4276

On April 29th, 2013, State Representative and Cambridge City Councilor Marjorie C. Decker was honored by Riverside Community Care’s 22nd Annual Appreciation evening for her work on issues of domestic violence.

05-06-2013 | Read More

CAMBRIDGE- On Friday, March 22nd, The Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership (MBHP) led a lively discussion on a host of housing issues concerning Cambridge residents. The meeting was hosted by the Cambridge YWCA.

04-17-2013 | Read More

On Monday, April 1, 2013, the Cambridge City Council passed my resolution stating the city's commitment to protecting a woman's right to choose and have access to critical health care services. The text is below:

Councillor Marjorie C. Decker

WHEREAS: On January 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a historic and landmark decision, ruled in Roe v. Wade that the US Constitution safeguards a woman’s right to make her own personal medical decisions on when or whether to have children; and

04-03-2013 | Read More

I am honored to have been elected as the Democratic nominee for State Representative for the 25th Middlesex District.  I want to thank the many voters who have taken the time to share their thoughts and concerns with me over the last 14 years and especially over the last 4 months as I campaigned to follow in the great footsteps of Representative Alice Wolf.   I wish to thank Representative Wolf not only for the confidence and support she has honored me with supporting my candidacy in this election.  I want to thank her for her leadership and service to our community as a

09-07-2012 | Read More

As you know, tomorrow is Election Day. We hope you'll take a look at Marjorie's profile in the Boston.com VoterGuide and learn more about the candidates on your ballot this Primary Election. It's important that everyone knows who is on their ballot this Thursday, so please take a look at this helpful resource.

We respectfully ask you to consider voting for Marjorie to be the next State Representative of the Middlesex 25th District.

09-05-2012 | Read More

The National Association of Social Workers Massachusetts Chapter – Political Action for Candidate Election (NASW MA PACE) has endorsed Marjorie Decker for State Representative to the 25th Middlesex district.  NASW MA Chapter is the largest social work organization in the state with 8,400 social worker members.

08-23-2012 | Read More

On Thursday, August 2nd, Sierra Club, joined by Cambridge City Councilor Marjorie Decker will hold a press conference to release a new report that exposes the coordinated attack on renewable energy.

The event will highlight the findings from the new report, Clean Energy Under Siege, including exposing the money trail behind attacks on renewable energy in politics and covert misinformation campaigns. The findings shed a new light on Congress’s current struggle to renew the Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind energy.

08-02-2012 | Read More

The state of our economy and the creation of jobs continues to be the #1 concern of Americans - and rightfully so!  Jobs and the economy will absolutely be my #1 focus as your next State Representative.  We need to put America back to work NOW.

Although we fare better than most states in this respect - our unemployment rate is holding steady at 6% - there are still many among us who are unemployed or underemployed, especially many of our recent college graduates who are also carrying large student loan debt.  

07-24-2012 | Read More

July 20, 2012 - Cambridge City Councilor Marjorie Decker is honored to have the support of the current Cambridge Mayor Henrietta Davis as well as former Cambridge Mayors; Barbara Ackermann, Francis (Frank) Duehay, Alice Wolf, Kenneth Reeves, Sheila Russell, Anthony Galluccio, Michael A. Sullivan, E. Denise Simmons, and David Maher. They have all come together in a strong effort to elect the next State Rep from the 25th Middlesex District.

07-21-2012 | Read More

CAMBRIDGE - State Representative candidate Marjorie Decker celebrated her official Campaign Kick-Off Event on Thursday June 28th at her new campaign headquarters at 1678 Massachusetts Ave in Cambridge.

Decker’s supporters, family, friends and elected officials came together to officially kick-off her campaign for State Representative. Among those in attendance was current State Representative Alice Wolf, who now holds the seat that Decker is hoping to acquire.

06-29-2012 | Read More

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