Tom Gallagher

Tom Gallagher – native of Hunts Point section of the Bronx – but a lifelong Dodger fan, which he can explain if he chooses to! Anti-war activist and community organizer in Boston. He represented Allston Brighton neighborhood of Boston in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. First socialist state representative since the Sacco and Vanzetti era in Massachusetts. In 1986 he ran in the Democratic primary in a very crowded field to succeed Tip O’Neil. Subsequently chaired the Boston chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America. Later relocated to SF where he lives on Bernal Heights, is a substitute teacher in SFUSD and has written about his experiences in a book called Sub. Elected as a Bernie Sanders delegate to the 2016 Democratic Presidential Nominating Convention. (Also served in same capacity for George McGovern in 1984.) He is a member of the Bernal Heights Democratic Club, the Progressive Democrats of America, and the Democratic Socialists of America.