Michael Everett Capuano is an American politician and attorney who served as a U.S. Representative of Massachusetts from 1999 to 2019. A Democrat,his district included the northern three-fourths of Boston,as well as parts of Cambridge,his hometown of Somerville,and other communities immediately north and south of Boston. Prior to being elected to Congress,he served as an Alderman and Mayor of Somerville.
Joseph V. Doria Jr. is an American Democratic Party politician,who served as Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs in the cabinet of Governor Jon Corzine from 2007 until his resignation in July 2009. He is a former Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly,State Senator for the 31st Legislative District,and a former Mayor of Bayonne,a position he held from July 1998 to October 2007.
The Cambridge Rindge and Latin School,also known as "CRLS" or "Rindge",is a public high school in Cambridge,Massachusetts,United States. It is a part of the Cambridge Public School District. In 1977,two separate schools,Rindge Technical School and Cambridge High and Latin School,merged to form the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. The newly built high school at the time increased its capacity to more than 2,000 students in all four grades.
Paul Grattan Kirk Jr. is an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Massachusetts from 2009 to 2010,having been appointed to fill the vacancy created by the death of Ted Kennedy. From 1985 to 1989,he chaired the Democratic National Committee (DNC).
Stanley C. Rosenberg is an American politician who served as President of the Massachusetts Senate from January 2015 until December 2017. Rosenberg was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1986 and served as the representative for Amherst and Pelham until 1991 when he won a special election for the State Senate seat being vacated by Congressman John Olver. A Democrat,Rosenberg resigned from the Senate on May 4,2018,amidst a sexual harassment scandal involving his husband,Bryon Hefner.
Malcolm Anthony Smith is an American politician from New York who was convicted of public corruption. A Democrat,Smith was a member of the State Senate,representing the 10th district in the New York State Senate from 2000 to 2002 and Senate District 14 from 2003 to 2014. Smith served as New York State Senate Majority Leader in 2009 and served as Temporary President of the New York State Senate from 2009 to 2010;he is the first African-American to hold those leadership positions.
Alice K. Wolf was an Austrian-born American politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1996 to 2013,representing the 25th Middlesex District.
Dianne Wilkerson is a former Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate,representing the 2nd Suffolk District from 1993 to 2008.
Patricia Deats Jehlen is a former teacher and current Massachusetts State Senator of the Democratic Party. She represents the Second Middlesex District. That includes the cities of Cambridge,wards 9 to 11,inclusive,Medford and Somerville,and the town of Winchester,precincts 4 to 7,inclusive,in the County of Middlesex. She has served the Massachusetts State Senate since 2005. She also served the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1991–2003. She resides in Somerville,MA.
Calvin L. Hicks was an African-American journalist,activist,editor,and music educator. He died in New York.
Sal N. DiDomenico is an American state legislator who has served in the Massachusetts Senate since May 2010 and as Assistant Majority Leader since 2018. He is a Democrat representing the Middlesex and Suffolk district,which includes his hometown of Everett as well as Chelsea,Allston,Brighton,Charlestown,and parts of Cambridge and Boston. In 2010,he won a special election to succeed the retiring Anthony D. Galluccio. Before that,he spent three years as Gallucio's chief of staff. From 2004 to 2010 he was a member of the Everett City Council.
Anthony W. Petruccelli is an American politician who served as a Massachusetts state senator for the First Suffolk and Middlesex district,which includes his neighborhood of East Boston and parts of Revere,Winthrop,and Cambridge. He is a Democrat who served from 2007–2016. In 2016,Petrucelli left the Senate to join a Boston lobbying firm. Prior to serving in the Senate,he was a state representative from 1999 to 2007. Petruccelli was born and raised in East Boston,parents are Richard and Dianne (Tanner) Petruccelli. He is one of four children,Richard,Debra and Diana. He attended East Boston Central Catholic School,Boston Latin,and Boston College High School,where he was a 3 sport varsity athlete. He attended and played football at the University of Rochester in Rochester,NY. Upon completing 4 years at the University of Rochester,he returned home where he served as a Community Liaison for the East Boston Neighborhood to Mayor Thomas Menino.
John F. Keenan is a member of the Massachusetts State Senate for the Norfolk and Plymouth district.
Nick Collins is an American politician who currently serves as a member of the Massachusetts Senate. He is a Boston resident and a Democrat. Elected into the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 2010,he served four terms in the House representing the 4th Suffolk District.
Michael Daniels Brady is an American politician from Brockton,Massachusetts,who serves as the state legislator in the Massachusetts Senate representing the Second Plymouth &Norfolk District,which covers Brockton,East Bridgewater,Halifax,Hanson and Whitman in the county of Plymouth;portions of Randolph and Avon in the county of Norfolk. He is a Brockton resident and a member of the Democratic Party.
Richard R. Silva was an American politician who was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and mayor of Gloucester,Massachusetts.
The MBM scandal was an American political scandal of the 1970s which involved members of the Massachusetts Senate extorting money from McKee-Berger-Mansueto,Inc. (MBM),the consulting company supervising the construction of the University of Massachusetts Boston campus at Columbia Point.
James A. Kelly Jr. was an American politician who served as a Democrat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1959 to 1965 and the Massachusetts Senate from 1965 to 1979. In 1983,he was convicted of extortion.
The 2018 Massachusetts gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Republican Governor Charlie Baker and Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito sought reelection to a second term in office,facing Democratic challengers Jay Gonzalez and Quentin Palfrey,respectively. Candidates were selected in the primary election held on September 4,2018.
James H. "Sonny" Foley was an American athlete,coach,and official.
