John Foster Furcolo was an American lawyer,writer,and Democratic Party politician from Massachusetts. He was the state's 60th governor,and also represented the state as a member of the United States House of Representatives. He was the first Italian-American governor of the state,and an active promoter of community colleges.
Paul Andrew Dever was an American Democratic politician from Boston,Massachusetts. He served as the 58th Governor of Massachusetts and was its youngest-ever Attorney General. Among his notable accomplishments was the construction of Boston’s circumferential highway Route 128,then called "Dever’s Folley," which was later expanded to Interstate 95,one of the most used national highways.
Byron Rushing is an American politician who represented the Ninth Suffolk district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1983 to 2019. He represented the South End neighborhood of Boston. A Democrat,he was first elected in 1982,before losing his 2018 bid for reelection to Jon Santiago in the Democratic primary.
Michael J. Sullivan was the mayor of the City of Lawrence,Massachusetts. A Republican,Sullivan became the mayor in 2001 after beating Isabel Melendez. He was re-elected in 2005 beating Marcos Devers in non-partisan elections.
John E. Hurley was an American politician who served as a Massachusetts State Representative,and the Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts.
George Keverian was an American Democratic Party politician who served as the Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1985 until 1991. In his role in the legislature,he was an advocate for greater openness in leadership,free speech and government reform.
Marcos A. Devers is a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives,since January 2019,after having served in the same position from 2011 until 2017. Devers also is a former acting mayor of Lawrence,Massachusetts;when he served as acting mayor from September to November 2001,he became the first Dominican-American to execute the role of mayor in the United States and the first Latino mayor in Massachusetts.
The 1952 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 4,1952. Republican Christian Herter defeated Democratic incumbent Paul A. Dever,Socialist Labor candidate Lawrence Gilfedder,Peace Progressive candidate Florence H. Luscomb,and Prohibition candidate Guy S. Williams.
Althea Garrison is an American politician from Boston,Massachusetts who previously served a single term in the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1993–1995) and a partial term as an at-large councilor on the Boston City Council (2019–2020). She is considered the earliest transgender person known to have been elected to a state legislature in the United States. She was outed against her will by the Boston Herald after her 1992 election. She is a perennial candidate,having been an unsuccessful candidate for political office at least 44 times.
Walter Edward Lawrence was an American politician and city manager who served as a member of Massachusetts House of Representatives and as Mayor of Medford.
Martin Joseph Walsh is an American politician and trade union official who served as the mayor of Boston from 2014 to 2021 and as the 29th United States Secretary of Labor from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,Walsh resigned from his position as the US Secretary of Labor in March 2023 in order to accept a position as executive director of the National Hockey League Players' Association. Before his mayoralty,he served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives,representing the 13th Suffolk district from 1997 until 2014. As a trade union member,Walsh worked his way up to serve as the head of the Boston Building Trades Council from 2011 until 2013.
The 2018 Massachusetts gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Republican governor Charlie Baker and lieutenant governor Karyn Polito sought reelection to a second term in office,facing Democratic challengers Jay Gonzalez and Quentin Palfrey,respectively. Candidates were selected in the primary election held on September 4,2018.
The 2022 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Massachusetts. Republican former state representative Geoff Diehl,Democratic state Attorney General Maura Healey,and Libertarian Kevin Reed sought to succeed incumbent Governor Charlie Baker,who did not seek re-election after two terms. The race was one of six Republican-held governorships up for election in 2022 in a state carried by Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election and the only race in which the incumbent was retiring despite being eligible for re-election.
The 1946 Massachusetts general election was held on November 5,1946,throughout Massachusetts. Primary elections took place on June 18.
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. This left the Boston City Council president,at the time Kim Janey,to hold the role of acting mayor until the victor of the election would take office.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 16th Essex 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 the city of Lawrence and Methuen in Essex County. Since January 4,2023 Francisco E. Paulino of the Democratic Party has represented the district following the 2022 Massachusetts House of Representatives election.
Katherine Alena (née Carr) Foley was an Irish-American politician who represented the 3rd Essex district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1935–1938. She was the first woman to receive a major party's nomination for statewide office in Massachusetts.
The 1944 Massachusetts general election was held on November 7,1944,throughout Massachusetts. Primary elections took place on July 11.
Jose L. Santiago is an American politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the 16th Essex District from 1999 to 2003.
