Related Research Articles
Freetown is a town in Bristol County,Massachusetts,United States. The population was 9,206 at the 2020 census.
Agawam is a city in Hampden County,Massachusetts,United States. The population was 28,692 at the 2020 census. Agawam sits on the western side of the Connecticut River,directly across from Springfield,Massachusetts. It is considered part of the Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area,which is contiguous with the Knowledge Corridor area,the 2nd largest metropolitan area in New England. Agawam contains a subsection,Feeding Hills. The Six Flags New England amusement park is located in Agawam,on the banks of the Connecticut River.
Melrose is a city located in the Greater Boston metropolitan area in Middlesex County,Massachusetts,United States. Its population,per the 2020 United States Census,is 29,817. It is a suburb located approximately seven miles north of Boston. It is situated in the center of the triangle created by Interstates 93,95 and U.S. Route 1.
The following offices were up for election in the United States Commonwealth of Virginia in the November 2009 general election:
Carolyn (Coyne) Dykema was the Massachusetts state representative from the Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Middlesex district from 2009 until her resignation to take a private sector job in 2022.
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.
Steven V. Angelo is a former state representative and Town Manager.
Aneesh Paul Chopra is an American executive who served as the first Chief Technology Officer of the United States. He was appointed in 2009 by President Barack Obama and was at the White House through 2012. Chopra previously served as Virginia's Secretary of Technology under Governor Tim Kaine. Chopra was a candidate in 2013 for the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. He is the author of Innovative State:How New Technologies Can Transform Government (2014) and co-founder and president of CareJourney. In 2015 he joined Albright Stonebridge Group as a senior advisor.
Katherine Marlea Clark is an American politician who has served as the U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 5th congressional district since 2013. She has been House Minority Whip since 2023 and was Assistant House Democratic Leader from 2021 to 2023. Her district includes many of Boston's northern and western suburbs,such as Medford,Framingham,Woburn,Waltham and her home city of Melrose. Clark was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2008 to 2011 and the Massachusetts Senate from 2011 to 2013.
Patricia A. Haddad is an American politician who represents the 5th Bristol district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and formerly served as Speaker pro Tempore of the House.
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.
Edward M. Lambert Jr. is an American politician and government official who currently served as vice chancellor for government relations and public affairs at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
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.
Antone S. Aguiar Jr. was an American judge and politician. He spent 18 years as a judge in the Attleboro District Court and two in the Fall River District Court before retiring in late 1999. He previously served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1965 until 1982,when he was appointed to the bench by Governor Edward King. He was a Democrat who spent much of his life in Swansea,Massachusetts.
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' 4th 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. Republican Steven Howitt of Seekonk has represented the district since 2011.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th 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 Pat Haddad of Somerset has represented the district since 2001.
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' 13th 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 New Bedford in Bristol County. Since 1991,Antonio Cabral of the Democratic Party has represented the district.
References
- ↑ "Public officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts". 1945.
- ↑ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (2009-2010), p. 82
- ↑ "Aguiar wins House seat". Associated Press. March 5, 2008. Archived from the original on 2011-06-28. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Legislature profile". Archived from the original on 2011-02-10. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
- ↑ Richmond, Will. "Fall River schools hiring state Rep. Aguiar as adjustment counselor". Archived from the original on 2015-02-04. Retrieved 2015-02-04.
 | This article about a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |