Politics & Government

New Ad: Sciortino Remembers Coming Out to Father as … 'Massachusetts Liberal'

See State Rep. Carl Sciortino's new campaign ad with his Tea Party father.

Congressional candidate Carl Sciortino, a state representative from Medford, recently posted the above ad, “Father’s Son,” on his Youtube page.

Sciortino, 35, a fifth term representative, is one of seven Democrats running for now U.S. Sen. Ed Markey’s old 5th Congressional seat – State Sen. Will Brownsberger, State Sen. Katherine Clark, Middlesex Sheriff Peter Koutoujian, State Sen. Karen Spilka, Arlington’s Martin Long and Stoneham’s Paul John Maisano being the others.

The primary is Oct. 15.

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Sciortino, one of the few LGBT members in the Massachusetts legislature, is marrying his partner, Pem Brown, in October.

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