Claire Naughton officially announced her candidacy for State Representative for the 1st Bristol District in May of 2006. After having prevously running against Virginia Coppola in the special election in February of 2006 to replace the seat formerly occupied by Coppola's late husband, Representative Michael Coppola, Naughton has decided to run for the House seat once again, after securing 45% of the vote back in February--the first Democrat to recieve more than 39% in over 20 years.

Naughton is a progressive Democrat and has been a resident of Foxboro for over 30 years. She will be campaigning to succeed Mrs. Coppola, also of Foxboro, who has decided not to seek re-election.

Naughton's announcement was followed by the news of several key endorsements, many of which also endorsed her in the Special Election. These endorsements include: the Massachusetts Federation of Teachers, Boston Teachers Union, United Auto Workers, Region 9A CAP Council, International Union of Operating Engineers Local #4, Sierra Club, Massachusetts Chapter, Clean Water Action, National Organization for Women, Massachusetts Chapter, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Mass Alliance, NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts, Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus, the Bay State Stonewall Democrats, and Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts.

Claire Naughton resides with her husband, Dennis in Foxboro. Claire is a retired school teacher for the Attleboro public school system, and Dennis is the recently retired assistant principal of Norton High School. Claire an Dennis have two sons, Matthew and Patrick. More information can be found at her website at www.clairenaughton.com.

The 1st Bristol District is comprised of the entire town of Foxborough, precincts 1, 3, and 6 in the town of Mansfield, and precincts 3, 4, and 5 in the town of Norton.