Jake Oliveira is the great-grandson of immigrants from Portugal and Poland, who settled in Ludlow, Springfield and Palmer. They worked in the Ludlow Mills and put down strong roots in Western Massachusetts. Jake’s grandfather Bolac Bastek helped to build the Quabbin reservoir.
I fought to lift the ban on state support for school buses, provided tens of millions of dollars for public higher education, and prioritized vocational education. I’ll continue to ensure we get our fair share of school dollars from Boston.