Erika Uyterhoeven | |
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Member of the MassachusettsHouseofRepresentatives from the 27th Middlesex district | |
Assumed office January 6, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Denise Provost |
Personal details | |
Born | Boston,Massachusetts,U.S. | July 26,1986
Political party | Democratic |
Other political affiliations | Democratic Socialists of America |
Education | Wellesley College University of Toulouse Harvard Business School |
Erika Uyterhoeven (born July 26,1986) is a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the 27th Middlesex district. [1] Uyterhoeven is a member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). Prior to serving in elected office,Uyterhoeven was a political activist and antitrust economist. [2]
Uyterhoeven was born on July 26,1986,to a single mother born in Japan. [3] Her mother was a union flight attendant,and has cited the rise of neoliberalism and the decline of the labor movement beginning in the 1980s as formative for her political development. [2]
Uyterhoeven attended Wayland High School in Wayland,Massachusetts,graduating in 2004. She received her bachelor's degree from Wellesley College in 2010,and received a master’s degree from the University of Toulouse in 2014. In 2019,Uyterhoeven graduated with a master’s in business administration (MBA) from Harvard Business School. [4]
In 2020,Uyterhoeven ran to replace retiring incumbent Denise Provost as the member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 27th Middlesex district. [1] Running as a self-described democratic socialist,Uyterhoeven's successful campaign emphasized support for increased government transparency. [5]
She previously organized with Momentum,a socialist organization in the United Kingdom. [6] Uyterhoeven is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).
Uyterhoeven ran successfully reelection in the 2022 election,after successfully winning the nomination against a primary challenger. [7] Her campaign literature cited endorsements from the Massachusetts Nurses Association,the Massachusetts Teachers Association,Reproductive Equity Now,Massachusetts AFL-CIO,SEIU Local 509,Somerville Municipal Employees Assoc.,United Auto Workers,IBEW 2222,Boston DSA,Massachusetts Sierra Club,Progressive Massachusetts,and LIUNA (Laborers International Union North America). [8]
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