It will take a long time and a lot of money to build the 200,000 units officials believe Massachusetts needs. Gov. Maura Healey’s proposed Affordable Homes Act will cost $4 billion and expects to produce 40,000 homes over the next five years.

I am writing to thank the voters of Cambridge who nominated me as the Democratic candidate for state Senate in the Second Middlesex District last week.

It has been my great honor to represent the people of North and West Cambridge in the state Senate since 2013, and I ask for their support to continue to work with them on the many issues that face us in the commonwealth and our communities.