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.
Suffolk University Law School is the private,non-sectarian law school of Suffolk University located in downtown Boston,Massachusetts,across the street from the Boston Common and the Freedom Trail,two blocks from the State House,and a short walk to the financial district. Suffolk University Law School was founded in 1906 by Gleason Archer Sr. to provide a legal education for those who traditionally lacked the opportunity to study law because of socio-economic or racial discrimination. Suffolk is the fourth-oldest New England law school in continuous existence.
Kerry Murphy Healey is a former U.S. politician who served as the 70th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007 under Governor Mitt Romney. She is currently the inaugural president of the Milken Institute's Center for Advancing the American Dream in Washington,DC. Dr. Healey was previously the president of Babson College for six years. She served as a special advisor on the Romney for President Campaign.
Martha Mary Coakley is an American lobbyist,lawyer,and former Attorney General of Massachusetts. Prior to serving as Attorney General,she was District Attorney of Middlesex County,Massachusetts,from 1999 to 2007.
Nicola Dickson "Niki" Sauvage Tsongas is an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 2007 to 2019. She held the seat formerly held by her husband,the late Paul Tsongas,for the district numbered as Massachusetts's 5th congressional district from 2007 to 2013 and as Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district from 2013 to 2019. She is a member of the Democratic Party. In August 2017 Tsongas announced that she would not seek another term in the November 2018 election.
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.
Karyn Polito is an American attorney,businesswoman,and politician serving as the 72nd lieutenant governor of Massachusetts. Polito was a Republican member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the 11th Worcester district from 2001 to 2011. Polito was first elected lieutenant governor in 2014 with her running mate,Charlie Baker. They were both re-elected in 2018.
Katherine Marlea Clark is an American politician who has served as the United States representative for Massachusetts's 5th congressional district since 2013,and as the assistant House Democratic leader since 2021,making her the fourth-highest-ranking House Democrat. Her district includes many of Boston's northern and western suburbs,such as Medford,Framingham,Woburn,Waltham,and Clark's hometown of Melrose. A member of the Democratic Party,Clark was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2008 to 2011,and of the Massachusetts Senate from 2011 to 2013.
Charlotte Golar Richie serves as the senior vice president for public policy,advocacy and government relations for YouthBuild USA. She was a candidate for the mayor of Boston in the 2013 election.
Claire D. Cronin is an American attorney politician and diplomat who serves as the United States Ambassador to Ireland. She previously served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 11th Plymouth district from 2013-2022. Cronin was the first woman to serve as House Majority Leader.
Jay Livingstone is an American politician who has served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives since July 2013. He is a resident of Back Bay,Boston,a member of the Democratic Party. He won a special election to succeed Martha M. Walz,unopposed in the June 25 general election after winning the May 28 primary. He was sworn in July 17,2013. He has since won re-election in 2014,2016,and 2018.
Maura Tracy Healey is an American lawyer and politician serving as the Massachusetts Attorney General. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Jennifer Childs-Roshak is an American physician who is president and CEO of Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts,president of the Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts and a board member of the Boston Public Health Commission. She is the first person with a medical degree to become the chief executive of any Planned Parenthood.
The Boston mayoral election of 1925 occurred on Tuesday,November 3,1925. Malcolm Nichols,a former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Massachusetts Senate,defeated nine other candidates to be elected mayor.
The 2022 Massachusetts gubernatorial election will take place on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Massachusetts. As Massachusetts does not have gubernatorial term limits,incumbent Republican Governor Charlie Baker was eligible to run for re-election. However,in a joint press statement with Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito released on December 1,2021,Baker announced he would not seek a third term while Polito announced she also would not seek re-election nor would she run to succeed him.
Rachael Splaine Rollins is an American lawyer and politician who is the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. Rollins was formerly Suffolk County District Attorney in Massachusetts,which includes the municipalities of Boston,Chelsea,Revere,and Winthrop. Rollins was the first woman to hold the office of Suffolk County D.A. and the first woman of color to serve as a Massachusetts D.A.
Lindsay Sabadosa is an American activist and politician. She is the first woman to hold the 1st Hampshire district seat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
The 2021 Boston mayoral election was held on Tuesday,November 2,2021,to elect the mayor of Boston,Massachusetts. Incumbent mayor Marty Walsh was eligible to seek a third term. However,he resigned as mayor on March 22,2021,after being confirmed as Secretary of Labor in the Cabinet of Joe Biden.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Suffolk 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 Cambridge in Middlesex County and part of Boston in Suffolk County. Democrat Jay Livingstone of Back Bay has represented the district since 2013.
Thomas Joseph Hannon was an American politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1935 to 1941 and from 1955 to 1957 and the Boston City Council from 1942 to 1952.
