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If you can strip away Niki Tsongas' lockstep voting record with Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, it's easier to rationalize her bid to be returned to Washington as our Fifth Congressional District representative. She's held dozens of Town Hall meetings and "Congress on Your Corner" get-togethers, and brought home $29.6 million in federal aid for transportation, education, health care and defense-related projects. If you think that is what a federal lawmaker should do, vote for Niki Tsongas. But if you believe there must be another dimension to the enormous responsibility and power held by the person representing the Fifth Congressional...

My story isn't remarkably different from millions of Americans who have tried to work with their elected officials only to find arrogance and detachment. Well, I say ENOUGH! I'm supporting Jon Golnik for Congress against Niki Tsongas. And not just with my vote. For the first time, I'm going to get involved and do all I can to make it happen.