Bryan P. Barash, general counsel for Massachusetts Senate President Emerita Harriette Chandler, is campaigning in a special election in Ward 2 of the Newton (MA) City Council. He worked on Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, followed by stints with New Mexico Senator Tom Udall, Senator Elizabeth Warren, Representative Joe Kennedy, and the presidential campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden. He is a member of the Newton Human Rights Commission and chapter co-leader of Progressive Newton.