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Susan Pope | |
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| Member of the MassachusettsHouseofRepresentatives from the 13th Middlesex district | |
| In office 1997–2006 | |
| Preceded by | Nancy "Hasty" Evans |
| Succeeded by | Tom Conroy |
Susan Pope is an American Republican politician from Wayland,Massachusetts. [1] She represented the 13th Middlesex district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1997 to 2006. [1]
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