The Kennedy family is an American political family that has long been prominent in American politics,public service,entertainment,and business. In 1884,35 years after the family's arrival from Ireland,Patrick Joseph "P. J." Kennedy became the first Kennedy elected to public office,serving in the Massachusetts state legislature until 1895. At least one Kennedy family member served in federal elective office from 1947,when P. J. Kennedy's grandson John F. Kennedy became a member of Congress from Massachusetts,until 2011,when Patrick J. Kennedy II retired as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Rhode Island.
William Michael Bulger is an American former Democratic politician,lawyer,and educator from South Boston,Massachusetts. His eighteen-year tenure as President of the Massachusetts Senate is the longest in history. He then became president of the University of Massachusetts.
Michael Everett Capuano is an American politician and attorney who served as a U.S. Representative from 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.
William M. Straus is a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He represents the 10th Bristol District comprising the towns of Fairhaven;New Bedford:Ward 3:Precinct A,Ward 4:Precincts D,E;Marion;Mattapoisett;and Rochester.
John H. Rogers is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives,representing the 12th Norfolk District since 1992,which includes all of Norwood and parts of Walpole.
Michael F. Rush is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate,representing the Suffolk and Norfolk district. This includes Boston,ward 18,precincts 7 to 20,inclusive,22 and 23,ward 19,precincts 10 to 13,inclusive,and ward 20,in the county of Suffolk;and Dedham,Norwood and Westwood,in the county of Norfolk.
Robert Alfred DeLeo is an American former politician from the state of Massachusetts. He served as Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2009 to 2020,having succeeded Salvatore DiMasi,who resigned due to allegations of an ethics violation.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is governed by a set of political tenets laid down in its state constitution. Legislative power is held by the bicameral General Court,which is composed of the Senate and House of Representatives. The governor exercises executive power with other independently elected officers:the Attorney General,Secretary of the Commonwealth,and Auditor. The state's judicial power rests in the Supreme Judicial Court,which manages its court system. Cities and towns act through local governmental bodies to the extent that they are authorized by the Commonwealth on local issues,including limited home-rule authority. Although most county governments were abolished during the 1990s and 2000s,a handful remain.
Bradley H. Jones Jr. is a Republican member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives since January 1995. He has also been the minority leader of the House since 2003. Jones represents the 20th Middlesex district,which includes Lynnfield,parts of Middleton,North Reading and parts of Reading.
Mark James Cusack is the State Representative of Massachusetts from the 5th Norfolk District. Serving his sixth term in that capacity. Representative Cusack is a democrat from Braintree,Massachusetts. The 5th Norfolk District encompasses all precincts in the town of Braintree,Precinct 1 in the town of Holbrook and Precinct 4 in the town of Randolph. Currently,he serves as the Chairman of the Joint Committee on Revenue. He had previously served as the assistant to Braintree Mayor Joe Sullivan. He was sworn in on January 5,2011.
Harriette L. Chandler is an American politician who was the 94th President of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts State Senator for the 1st Worcester district,which includes parts of the city of Worcester,where she resides,and the towns of Boylston,Holden,Princeton,and West Boylston,and parts of Clinton and Northborough. She is a Democrat who has served since January 2001. From 1995 to 2001 she was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Prior to serving in the Massachusetts legislature,she was a member of the Worcester school committee from 1991 to 1994. She is the first woman from Worcester ever to be elected to the Massachusetts Senate.
Paul A. Schmid III has served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 8th Bristol district since 2011. In the 189th session (2015–2016),he assumed a leadership position as the Chairperson,Joint Committee on Environment,Natural Resources and Agriculture,a committee he joined in 2011.
Ann-Margaret Ferrante is an American legislator in the Massachusetts House of Representatives,representing the 5th Essex district,which consists of Gloucester,Rockport,and Essex. A member of the Democratic Party,she was first elected in 2008 after defeating incumbent representative Anthony Verga in the Democratic primary. Currently,she is the Vice Chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means and sits on the House Committee on Post Audit and Oversight,House Committee on Operations,Facilities and Building Security,and the House Committee on Steering,Policy and Scheduling. She is also co-chair of the Tech Hub Caucus,which focuses on fostering growth of Massachusetts’high-tech businesses and startups.
Nicholas A. Boldyga is an American politician who represents the 3rd Hampden District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
Thomas M. "Tommy" Petrolati is an American politician who represented the 7th Hampden district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and was a member of the Ludlow,Massachusetts Board of Selectmen from 1984 to 1986.
Josh S. Cutler is an attorney and member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He represents the 6th Plymouth district of Massachusetts,which represents every precinct in the towns of Pembroke and Hanson,and precincts 2,3,4,5,and 6 of Duxbury. Cutler was elected on November,6th 2012 becoming the first Democrat to hold the seat for the 6th Plymouth District dating back to the reconstruction era of the United States of America.
Jeffrey N. Roy is a State Representative in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,Massachusetts General Court. Roy represents the 10th Norfolk District,which includes the Town of Franklin,Massachusetts in its entirety and Precincts 2,3 and 4 of the Town of Medway,Massachusetts. Roy was elected on the 6th of November,2012.
Daniel J. Hunt is an American politician serving as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 13th Suffolk district.
Hannah Kane is a State Representative who represents the 11th Worcester District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. She represents the towns of Shrewsbury and Westborough. Kane serves as the Ranking Minority on the Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy and the Joint Committee on Public Health,and as a member on the House Committee on Ways and Means,and the Joint Committee on Ways and Means. She also serves as a Shrewsbury Town Meeting Member,and as president of the Shrewsbury Public Schools Foundation.
The 192nd Massachusetts General Court was a meeting of the legislative branch of the state government of Massachusetts. It consisted of elected members of the Senate and House of Representatives. It first convened in Boston at the Massachusetts State House on January 6,2021,during the governorship of Charlie Baker. The 192nd term ended in early 2023. Will Brownsberger,Michael Moran,and Dan Hunt oversaw decennial redistricting based on the 2020 census.
