Michael Rodrigues | |
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Member of the Massachusetts Senate from the 1st Bristol and Plymouth district | |
Assumed office January 5, 2011 | |
Preceded by | Joan Menard |
Member of the MassachusettsHouseofRepresentatives from the 8th Bristol district | |
In office January 4,1996 –January 5,2011 | |
Preceded by | Edward M. Lambert,Jr. |
Succeeded by | Paul Schmid |
Personal details | |
Born | Fall River,Massachusetts | May 30,1959
Nationality | American |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Patricia |
Children | 2 [1] |
Residence | Westport,Massachusetts |
Alma mater | Southeastern Massachusetts University,B.S. Accounting (1983) |
Michael J. Rodrigues (born May 30,1959 [2] ) is a Democratic politician from Southeast Massachusetts who has served in the Massachusetts Legislature since 1996. He is currently a member of the Massachusetts Senate representing the 1st Bristol and Plymouth district. [3] He serves as Chair of the Senate Ways and Means Committee.
Prior to serving in the Massachusetts legislature,he was a member of the Westport Democratic Town Committee and chairman of the Westport Finance Committee. [4]
From 1996 to 2011 he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 8th Bristol district. [4]
He ran for the Senate in 2010,winning a three-way Democratic primary race. He has not been challenged in the primary since then and has often been unopposed in the general election. [5]
Rodrigues is a third-generation Luso-American,born in Fall River who has been a resident of neighboring Westport for decades. He has been President and Treasurer of ABC Floor Covering,Westport,Massachusetts since 1982. [1] [6]