Michael A. Costello is a former State Representative for the Massachusetts House of Representatives,who represented the first district of Essex County,Massachusetts. Costello graduated from Salem State University in 1989 with a Bachelor of Science,and from Suffolk University Law School with his Juris Doctor in 1996. Costello served in the House from 2003 to 2014.
Massachusetts held a special election to fill a vacancy in Massachusetts's 5th congressional district on October 16,2007. Democrat Niki Tsongas won election to Congress,defeating Republican Jim Ogonowski in an election that was closer than expected.
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.
Eileen Donoghue is an American politician who is the former city manager of Lowell,Massachusetts (2018–2022),a former member of the Massachusetts Senate,where she has represented the First Middlesex District from 2011 to 2018,as well as a former city councilor (1996–2008) and mayor (1998–2002) of Lowell. She ran in the Massachusetts' 5th Congressional District special election in 2007 to fill the United States House of Representatives seat vacated by Marty Meehan,narrowly losing the Democratic primary to Niki Tsongas. In the Massachusetts Senate,Donoghue has been a staunch advocate for small businesses,economic development in gateway cities,and public higher education. She has spearheaded efforts to reduce student loan debt and create pathways to stable jobs.
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.
Linda Dorcena Forry is a former Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate,who represented the 1st Suffolk district from June 2013 - January 2018. She previously represented the 12th Suffolk District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives after winning a special election in April 2005. Haitian-American,Dorcena Forry,is the former House Chair of the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business.
Erik Philip Paulsen is an American businessman and politician who represented Minnesota's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2009 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1995 to 2009 and as majority leader from 2003 to 2007.
Charles A. "Charley" Murphy is the former representative of the 21st Middlesex District to the Massachusetts House of Representatives and the Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means.)
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.
Kevin Wayne Yoder is an American lawyer and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Kansas's 3rd congressional district from 2011 to 2019. A Republican,Yoder was the Kansas State Representative for the 20th district from 2003 to 2011. In his 2018 reelection bid,he was defeated by Democrat Sharice Davids by a nine percent margin.
William Richard Keating is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 9th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party,he first entered Congress in 2011,representing Massachusetts's 10th congressional district until redistricting. Keating's district currently includes Cape Cod and most of the South Coast. He raised his profile advocating for criminal justice issues in both houses of the Massachusetts General Court (1977–1999) before becoming district attorney of Norfolk County where he served three terms prior to his congressional tenure.
Susan Williams Gifford is a Republican member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. She has represented the Second Plymouth since 2003.
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.
Patrick Michael Natale is an American politician who was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
Christine E. Canavan is a former American state legislator who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1993 to 2015. She was the state representative for the 10th Plymouth District,which consists of West Bridgewater,Ward 4,Precincts B&C;Ward 5,Precincts B,C &D;and all of Ward 6 of Brockton,Precinct 3 of Easton,and Precinct 1 of East Bridgewater. She declined to seek re-election in 2014.
Aaron Vega is an American state legislator who previously represented the 5th Hampden district of the Massachusetts House of Representatives,co-owner of a yoga business,and a former film editor. He has been nominated for the Argentine Film Critics Association's Silver Condor Award for Best Film for directing jazz documentary Van Van - Empezóla fiesta!,and has worked on several PBS documentaries including American Experience and Ken Burns' Jazz. A member of the Democratic Party,Vega began his political career in 2009 when he successfully ran as a city councilor in Holyoke,and subsequently ran successfully for state representative for the 5th Hampden district in 2012. In 2020,then-Mayor Alex Morse appointed Vega as Director of the City of Holyoke's Office of Planning and Economic Development,replacing outgoing director Marcos Marrero;Vega assumed the office on January 21,2021,and would subsequently lead Mayor Josh Garcia's transition team.
Mike Cierpiot is a Republican member of the Missouri Senate. He represents the 30th District,which encompasses a part of Jackson County.
Stephen W. Moriarty is an American politician from Maine. Moriarty is a graduate of Bowdoin College (1972) and the University of Maine School of Law (1978). He joined the law firm Norman,Hanson,&DeTroy in 1981.
Rady Mom is an American politician and a representative in the Massachusetts House of Representatives,representing the 18th Middlesex district. The district was formerly represented by Kevin Murphy,who vacated his seat in 2014 when he was hired as the city manager of Lowell. Mom is the first Cambodian-American to be elected to the Massachusetts state Legislature as well as the first Cambodian American elected to a state legislature in the country.
Lori Ann Trahan is an American businesswoman and politician who serves as the U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district,having been elected in November 2018. The district covers the Northwestern suburbs of Boston and includes Lowell,Lawrence,Concord,and her hometown of Westford. A Democrat,she previously served as chief of staff to former Representative Marty Meehan in Massachusetts's 5th congressional district.
