Natalie Blais | |
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Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 1st Franklin district | |
Assumed office January 2, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Stephen Kulik |
Personal details | |
Political party | Democratic |
Natalie Blais is an American politician. She is the State Representative for the 1st Franklin District of Massachusetts,which covers an area of 511.3 square miles. She was elected in 2018 following the retirement of Stephen Kulik. Blais is a member of the Democratic Party. [1]
Buckland is a town in Franklin County,Massachusetts,United States. The population was 1,816 at the 2020 census. The town shares the village of Shelburne Falls with neighboring Shelburne. The town center at Shelburne Falls is the western end of the Bridge of Flowers,a local tourist attraction.
Monroe is a town in Franklin County,Massachusetts,United States. The population was 118 at the 2020 census. By area,population,and population density,it is the smallest town in the county;and is the second-smallest town by population in the Commonwealth,with only Gosnold having fewer residents.
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Natalie Maria Cole was an American singer,songwriter,and actress. She was the daughter of singer and jazz pianist Nat King Cole. She rose to prominence in the mid-1970s,with the release of her debut album Inseparable (1975),along with the song "This Will Be ",and the album's title track. Its success led to her receiving the Grammy Award for Best New Artist at the 18th Annual Grammy Awards,for which she became the first African-American recipient as well as the first R&B act to win the award. The singles "Sophisticated Lady" (1976),"I've Got Love on My Mind",and "Our Love" (1977) followed.
Marie-Claire Blais was a Canadian writer,novelist,poet,and playwright from the province of Quebec. In a career spanning seventy years,she wrote novels,plays,collections of poetry and fiction,newspaper articles,radio dramas,and scripts for television. She was a four-time recipient of the Governor General’s literary prize for French-Canadian literature,and was also a recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship for creative arts.
Madeleine Blais is an American journalist,author and professor in the University of Massachusetts Amherst's journalism department. As a reporter for the Miami Herald,Blais earned the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing in 1980 for "Zepp's Last Stand",a story about a self-declared pacifist and subsequently dishonorably discharged World War I veteran. Blais has worked at The Boston Globe (1971–1972),The Trenton Times (1974–1976) and the Miami Herald (1979–1987). She has also published articles in The Washington Post,the Chicago Tribune,the Northeast Magazine in the Hartford Courant,The Philadelphia Inquirer,Newsday,Nieman Reports,the Detroit Free Press and the San Jose Mercury News. She is from Amherst,Massachusetts.
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Stephen Kulik was an American politician who represented the 1st Franklin District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1993 to 2019,was a member of the Worthington,Massachusetts Board of Selectmen from 1983 to 1994,and was a Hampshire County Commissioner from 1989 to 1992.
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Susannah M. Whipps is a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives,first sworn in on January 7,2015. A seventh generation resident of Athol,Massachusetts,she was elected as a Republican to represent the 2nd Franklin District,but changed her party affiliation to independent in August 2017. The 2nd Franklin District consists of 12 communities in central and western Massachusetts.
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Joanne M. Comerford is an American politician who currently serves in the Massachusetts Senate. She is the first woman to hold the seat. Before being elected senator she had worked for the National Priorities Project,the Center for Human Development,the American Friends Service Committee,The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts and MoveOn.
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.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Franklin 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 Franklin County and Hampshire County. Democrat Natalie Blais of Sunderland has represented the district since 2019. Blais is running unopposed for re-election in the 2020 Massachusetts general election.
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