Dartmouth is a coastal town in Bristol County,Massachusetts. Old Dartmouth was the first area of Southeastern Massachusetts to be settled by Europeans,primarily English. Dartmouth is part of New England's farm coast,which consists of a chain of historic coastal villages,vineyards,and farms. June 8,2014 marked the 350th year of Dartmouth's incorporation as a town. It is also part of the Massachusetts South Coast. The local weekly newspapers are The Dartmouth/Westport Chronicle and Dartmouth Week. The Portuguese municipality of Lagoa is twinned with the town;along with several other Massachusetts and Rhode Island towns and cities around Bristol County.
The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth is a public research university in Dartmouth,Massachusetts. It is the southernmost campus of the University of Massachusetts system. Formerly Southeastern Massachusetts University,it was merged into the University of Massachusetts system in 1991.
Martin Thomas Meehan is an American academic administrator,politician,and attorney. Since July 2015,Meehan has served as the President of the University of Massachusetts after serving as Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Lowell since September 2007.
The University of Massachusetts School of Law is a public law school in Dartmouth,Massachusetts. The only public law school in Massachusetts,it is the successor to Southern New England School of Law,a private law school that donated its campus and its assets to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. It is accredited by the American Bar Association and part of the University of Massachusetts system.
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts were held on Tuesday,November 6,2012,to elect the nine U.S. representatives from the state of Massachusetts,a loss of one seat following the 2010 census,for service in the 113th Congress from January 3,2013,to January 3,2015. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including a quadrennial presidential election. The candidate elected in each of the state's congressional districts was a member the Democratic Party.
Robert Correia was an American politician who represented the 12th and 7th Bristol Districts in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1977 to 2008 and served as the 41st Mayor of Fall River,Massachusetts from 2008 to 2010. He ran for re-election as Mayor in 2009 but finished third in the mayoral primary behind City Councilor Cathy Ann Viveiros and Attorney William Flanagan.
Alan Silvia is an American state legislator representing the 7th Bristol District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives since 2013 as a member of the Democratic Party..
William A. Flanagan is American politician and attorney who served as the 42nd Mayor of Fall River,Massachusetts,from 2010 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party,Flanagan served as an intern in the city of Taunton's legal department,later joining the Bristol County District Attorney's office as an Assistant District Attorney. He served as Assistant City Solicitor of Taunton before being elected Mayor of Fall River in 2009,succeeding Robert Correia,who was defeated in a preliminary election.
Daniel M. Donahue is an American politician serving in the Massachusetts House of Representatives since September 2013. He is a Worcester resident and a member of the Democratic Party. His district includes Grafton Hill,Vernon Hill,College Hill,the Massasoit Road area,Green Island,and Quinsigamond Village within Worcester.
Shawn C. Dooley is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in the 9th Norfolk district,succeeding Dan Winslow. The 9th Norfolk District constitutes all or parts of the Towns of Medfield,Millis,Norfolk,Plainville,Walpole,and Wrentham. A member of the Republican Party,he was sworn in January 29,2014. In 2022,he vacated the seat to run for the Massachusetts State Senate,he was defeated by incumbent Becca Rausch.
Clifford Samuel “Sam”Sutter is an American attorney and politician who served as the District Attorney of Bristol County,Massachusetts,from 2007 to 2014,and then as the 43rd Mayor of Fall River,Massachusetts from 2014 to 2015.
Jasiel F. Correia II is a former mayor of Fall River,Massachusetts. He was arrested twice on charges related to fraud and extortion while in office. Defeated in the November 2019 mayoral election,his term expired on January 6,2020. In May 2021,Correia was convicted of multiple federal charges in a trial held in Boston;on September 21,2021,Correia was sentenced to six years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release. On April 22,2022,Correia reported to the Federal Correctional Institution,Berlin,New Hampshire to begin serving his six-year sentence.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 10th Bristol district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers parts of Bristol County and Plymouth County. Democrat Bill Straus of Mattapoisett has represented the district since 1993.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 12th Bristol district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers parts of Bristol County and Plymouth County. Republican Norman Orrall of Lakeville has represented the district since 2019.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 6th Bristol district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of Bristol County. Democrat Carole Fiola of Fall River has represented the district since 2013.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 7th Bristol district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of the city of Fall River in Bristol County. Democrat Alan Silvia of Fall River has represented the district since 2013.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Bristol district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of Bristol County. Democrat Paul Schmid of Westport has represented the district since 2011.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 9th Bristol district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of Bristol County. Democrat Christopher Markey of Dartmouth has represented the district since 2011.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 11th Bristol district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of Bristol County. Democrat Chris Hendricks of New Bedford has represented the district since 2019.
