Robert Charles Winthrop was an American lawyer,philanthropist,and Whig Party politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States House and Senate from 1840 to 1851. He served as the 18th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and was a political ally and colleague of Daniel Webster. After a rapid rise in Massachusetts and national politics and one term as speaker,Winthrop succeeded Webster in the Senate. His re-election campaign resulted in a long,sharply contested defeat by Charles Sumner. He ran for Governor of Massachusetts in 1851 but lost due to the state's majority requirement,marking the end of his political career and signaling the decline of the Massachusetts Whig Party.
Robert Edward Travaglini is an American politician and lobbyist. From 2003 to 2007,Travaglini served as President of the Massachusetts Senate. He represented the first Middlesex and Suffolk senate district,encompassing portions of Boston,Cambridge,Revere,and Winthrop.
Massachusetts's 7th congressional district is a congressional district located in eastern Massachusetts,including roughly three-fourths of the city of Boston and a few of its northern and southern suburbs. The seat is currently held by Democrat Ayanna Pressley.
John A. Hart.,Jr. is an American lawyer and former state legislator who served as a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate from 2002 to 2013. He was educated at Boston College High School,Worcester Academy,Tufts University (B.A.),and Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University (M.P.A.). Hart also graduated from New England Law - Boston (J.D.).
James Bradley Eldridge is an American politician and lawyer. He serves as a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate from the Middlesex and Worcester District. Eldridge previously served three terms in the Massachusetts House of Representatives,where he sat on the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business,the Joint Committee on Election Laws,and the Joint Committee on Public Service.
Sean Garballey is the current Massachusetts State Representative for the 23rd Middlesex District representing Arlington and West Medford. He was elected in a special election on 4 March 2008,after the incumbent,J. James Marzilli Jr. won a 2007 special election for a seat in the Massachusetts Senate.
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 to 2003. She resides in Somerville,MA.
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 to 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.
William N. Brownsberger is an American politician and the President pro tempore of the Massachusetts Senate representing the Second Suffolk and Middlesex District which includes his hometown of Belmont,as well as Watertown,and parts of Allston,Brighton,Fenway-Kenmore,and Back Bay which are neighborhoods of Boston. From 2007 to 2012,he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2013 special election to succeed Ed Markey in the U.S. House of Representatives.
The 2013 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts was held on June 25,2013,in order to fill the Massachusetts Class 2 United States Senate seat for the remainder of the term ending January 3,2015.
Nick Collins is an American politician who currently serves as a member of the Massachusetts Senate,representing First Suffolk District. Collins serves as the Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight and the Senate Vice Chair of the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses. Additionally,he serves a member of the Senate Committee on Bills in the Third Reading,and a member on the Joint Committee's on Bonding,Capital Expenditures and State Assets;Mental Health,Substance Use and Recovery;and Public Service. 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.
Diana DiZoglio is an American politician who is the current Massachusetts State Auditor. A member of the Democratic Party,DiZoglio had previously represented the 1st Essex District in the Massachusetts Senate from 2019 to 2023. The district included her home city of Methuen as well as Newburyport,Haverhill,Merrimac,Amesbury,Salisbury,and four of eight precincts in North Andover.
A special election for Massachusetts's 5th congressional district took place on December 10,2013,due to the resignation of Democratic Congressman Ed Markey following his election to the United States Senate in a special election on June 25,2013. Primary elections were held on October 15,in which Democratic state senator Katherine Clark and Republican Frank Addivinola won their party nominations. State law required that Governor Deval Patrick call a special election between 145 and 160 days after the vacancy became official. On December 10,Clark easily defeated Addivinola with almost 2/3 of the vote,holding the seat for the Democrats. Clark's win marked the 92nd consecutive U.S. House loss by Republicans in Massachusetts since 1996.
Joseph J. C. DiCarlo was an American politician who served in both houses of the Massachusetts General Court. He was expelled from the Senate in 1977 after he was convicted of extortion. He is the first Massachusetts State Senator to be expelled.
Lydia Marie Edwards is an American attorney and politician. She served as a member of the Boston City Council from the 1st district from 2018 to 2022 and has served as a member of the Massachusetts Senate from the 1st Suffolk and Middlesex district since 2022. She resigned from the Boston City Council at the end of April 2022.
Massachusetts Senate's 1st Suffolk district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate. It covers portions of Suffolk county. Democrat Nick Collins of South Boston has represented the district since 2018.
Massachusetts Senate's 1st Suffolk and Middlesex district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate. It covers 1.5% of Middlesex County and 20.6% of Suffolk County population in 2010. Democrat Lydia Edwards has represented the district since 2022.
Elections to the Massachusetts Senate were held during 1788 to elect 40 State Senators. Candidates were elected at the county level,with some counties electing multiple Senators.
