CONCORD -- Helen Brady is ready to "Give 'Em Helen!" again, but this time in a race against Democratic State Auditor Suzanne Bump, Brady announced Tuesday.

"I am stunned at the state auditor's inability to play an active and aggressive role in rooting out waste, fraud and abuse," Brady said in a statement. "The auditor's refusal to stand up and fight for taxpayers is made all the more shameful by her willingness to accept a massive increase to her taxpayer-funded salary. It's about time the commonwealth elects a person of the people who will work for the people."

Brady, who worked for the Boston Symphony Orchestra for 30 years, works as Boston Pops sales and business director.

In 2016, Brady ran a spirited campaign against state Rep. Cory Atkins, who was re-elected with just over 60 percent of the vote. Atkins is retiring, and Brady passed the wide-open 14th Middlesex District seat .

Brady said she is running on a platform of transparency, neutrality and accountability and pledges to be an impartial advocate for the taxpayers.

"As a political outsider, I'll be accountable to my constituents, not the Beacon Hill bureaucracy," Brady said. "As a respected executive at one of the world's most prestigious nonprofit organizations, I understand the importance of being a good steward and running programs in the most efficient manner while meeting the expectations of patrons and donors. I will use my experience to improve our state government.



Brady has lived in Concord since 2005 with her husband of 25 years, Bob, and their four children.

She grew up in South Weymouth in a large, traditional Irish-Catholic family. They were proudly Democratic but she gravitated toward the Republican party later in life. Brady has described herself as socially liberal and fiscally conservative.

She holds a bachelor degree in retail marketing from UMass Amherst, and remains involved in the university as a member of the Steering Committee for Women for UMass Amherst.

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