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US House
9th District
Steve Lynch
http://www.house.gov/lynch/biography.htm
Congressman Stephen F. Lynch was first sworn in to the United States Congress in October 2001, following the sudden passing of legendary Congressman John Joseph Moakley.
The son of Francis Lynch, an ironworker, and Anne Lynch, a postal clerk, Congressman Lynch was born and raised in the public housing projects of South Boston .
Upon graduation from South Boston High School in 1973, Congressman Lynch entered the Ironworkers Apprenticeship Program and later joined his father as a member of Boston 's Ironworkers Local 7. He worked as a structural ironworker for 18 years and was eventually elected to serve as president of The Iron Workers Union, the youngest president in the history of the 2000 member union.
Congressman Lynch continued his education at Wentworth Institute of Technology on nights and weekends, earning a Bachelor's degree in Construction Management. He later received a law degree from Boston College Law School , was admitted to both the Massachusetts and New Hampshire Bar, and continued his advocacy for working people as a labor and employment attorney.
In 1994, Congressman Lynch was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives. After just fourteen months in office, he was elected to the Massachusetts State Senate in a special election. In the Senate, he served as the Chair of the Joint Committee on Commerce and Labor.
In 1999, he earned a Master's Degree in Public Administration from Harvard University 's John F. Kennedy School of Government.
During his career as an ironworker, Congressman Lynch worked at the General Motors Plant in Framingham , Massachusetts , the General Dynamics Shipyard in Quincy , Massachusetts and the U.S. Steel Plant in Gary , Indiana , all of which were shut down due to foreign competition and unfavorable trade conditions. Congressman Lynch's first-hand experience in seeing the effects of plant closings on American workers and on local communities has led him to focus on efforts to improve U.S. Trade Policy and protect American jobs.
In the 109th Congress, Congressman Lynch serves on the Committee on Financial Services and the Committee on Government Reform, where he recently became the Ranking Member on the newly created Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs. The Subcommittee oversees regulatory changes to independent agencies such as the Securities and Exchange Commission, the EPA, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Internal Revenue Service, the FCC, the US Postal Service, the Social Security Administration, OSHA and Amtrak.
Congressman Lynch continues to serve as a member of the Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations, which also has jurisdiction over the Department of Veterans Affairs. Congressman Lynch is a co-founder of the Congressional Labor and Working
Families Caucus, which was formed to protect workers rights and educate Members of Congress on issues that impact American families.
He continues to live in his lifelong hometown of South Boston with his wife Margaret and their seven-year-old daughter Victoria.
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Secretary Of State
Bill Galvin
http://www.billgalvin.org/biography.htm
In his inaugural address on January 1, 1995 , Secretary of the Commonwealth William Francis Galvin pledged to "seek to open as wide as possible to meaningful participation by citizens the processes that affect our daily lives." From elections to business transactions, from warning and protecting investors to registering record numbers of voters, Secretary Galvin has constantly renewed that pledge.
Elected to the Commonwealth's third-ranked constitutional office in 1994 and re-elected twice, Secretary Galvin has acted as the chief information officer of Massachusetts to spotlight issues that affect the average citizen: fraud in the finance industry, credit card pressures on students, or HMO costs.
He began his political career in 1972 as an aide to the Governor's Council while an undergraduate, and won a special election to the General Court as state representative from the Allston-Brighton district the same year he graduated from Law School . He is a member of the Massachusetts and Federal Bars.
He served as Chairman of the Committee on Government Regulations and was the Democratic nominee for state treasurer in 1990. In 1994, he was elected the 28th Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Sensitive to the Commonwealth's rich and storied history, Secretary Galvin, the chairman of the Massachusetts Historical Commission, has overseen the awards of preservation grants to sites in numerous communities, and a grant program that helps cities and towns preserve their historical records. Because, as he said in his inaugural, "I know that if that heritage is not preserved now it will be lost to future generations."
Besides being the Commonwealth's chief elections officer, Galvin is one of the state's premier election law specialists, an experience that helped prompt him to decertify the Votomatic punch card system in Massachusetts three years before its notoriety in Florida .
Overseeing the "Motor Voter Law" which made it more convenient for people to register to vote, Secretary Galvin implemented the Central Voter Registry, the first statewide network of election records. In 2000, the number of registered voters in Massachusetts topped four million for the first time.
Designated the state liaison with the U.S. Census Bureau, Secretary Galvin targeted traditionally undercounted populations in a campaign that saw the Massachusetts census count become larger than predicted.
He has moved to streamline the process of new business formation, and has made the Commonwealth's Corporations Division a welcoming point of entry for new economic activity. Corporations today can file their annual reports through the Internet, and other on-line filings will follow, saving companies money and time.
During his term, the General Court placed several Registries of Deeds in the Office of the Secretary, including those in Berkshire, Essex, Franklin , Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Suffolk and Worcester .
Secretary Galvin, as the state's chief securities regulator, has aggressively protected investors against fraud and recovered millions of dollars for victims of scam artists and rogue dealers. All financial planners and advisors must register with the Securities Division, as do brokers and dealers. To counter new angles to old schemes, he created an Internet Fraud Unit in the Securities Division. As he promised in his inaugural, he set up "a toll-free information line where investors will have the opportunity to look before they leap."
Galvin has been an active participant in the National Association of Secretaries of State, serving first as Chairman of the Standing Committee on Securities, then as Co-Chairman of the Committee on Presidential Primaries.
At the state and national levels, Secretary Galvin has acted to achieve the goals of public service that he described as he began his second term, "advancing the opportunity of our citizens: the opportunity to speak out, to vote, to obtain justice, and to pursue health and happiness, to create strong communities brimming with hope for our citizens and our children. |
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Governor's Council 1 st Dist.
Carole Fiola |
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Governor's Council 7 th Dist.
Thomas Foley
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Governor's Council 8 th Dist.
Thomas Merrigan
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State Sen. – Berkshire , Hampshire, Franklin
Benjamin Downing
http://www.bendowning.org/bio.html
Ben attended Pittsfield Catholic Schools, graduating 3rd in his class from St. Joseph Central High School . He then went on to Providence (RI) College, from which he graduated summa cum laude, with a BA in Political Science. At Providence , he was active in community service and outreach activities, the Political Science department, and intramural athletics.
After college, Ben moved to Washington , D.C. where he worked in the offices of U.S. Representative William Delahunt (D-Quincy) and Richard Neal (D-Springfield), before joining the staff of U.S. Representative John W. Olver (D-Amherst). As a member of Rep. Olver's staff, he was quickly promoted to a senior position. He served as the Representative's senior advisor on housing, budget, tax, homeland security, and foreign affairs. Additionally, he worked with local elected officials and citizens to address various issues where the federal government was involved.
Currently, Ben is completing a MA in Public Policy at Tufts University 's Department of Urban and Environmental Policy & Planning. In his free time, he has volunteered in the Hurricane Katrina and Rita relief efforts in the Gulfport , Missisisippi area of the Gulf Coast .
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State Sen. – 1 st Hampden & Hampshire
Gale Candaras
http://www.galecandaras.org/meet_gale.htm
Rep. Candaras has served as State Representative since 1997. She represents over 40,000 constituents in the 12 th Hampden District consisting of East Longmeadow, Wilbraham, and Springfield .
Rep. Candaras' first committee appointments coming into the legislature through 2001 were on the Committee on Government Regulations, the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Personnel, all of which she ultimately served on simultaneously. Since then, Candaras has served as Vice Chair under Representative Dempsey on the Committee on Public Service and was later appointed as Chair of the House Committee on Ethics. In January 2003 she was promoted to a leadership position in the House of Representatives, when she received the post of Third Division Floor Leader. In January 2005, Candaras was appointed First Division Chair.
Rep. Candaras previously served in Wilbraham on the Planning Board, Finance Committee and as a Town Selectman for six years.
Rep. Candaras is an attorney in private practice in Wilbraham. She specializes in estate planning, real estate and personal injury law.
Rep. Candaras is a 1983 graduate of Western New England College School of Law and is licensed to practice in New York , New Jersey , Connecticut and Massachusetts .
After law school, Rep. Candaras worked for the Equity Trading and Arbitrage Division at Goldman-Sachs on Wall Street in New York City .
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State Sen. - 4 th Middlesex
Robert Havern
http://www.mass.gov/legis/member/rah0.htm
DISTRICT REPRESENTED: FOURTH MIDDLESEX. — Woburn , ward 1, wards 3 to 7, inclusive, Arlington , Billerica , Burlington and Lexington , precincts 1 and 2 and 4 to 7, inclusive.
EDUCATION: Arlington High School ; Harvard College ; Suffolk University Law School .
PROFESSION: Attorney.
ORGANIZATIONS: Massachusetts Bar Association.
PUBLIC OFFICE: Selectman 1978-'86 (chairman 1979-'80, 1982-'83, 1985-'86); Mass. House (1987-'90); Mass. Senate (1991-2006, Assistant Majority Whip 2003-'04). |
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State Sen. - 2 nd Suffolk
Diane Wilkerson
http://www.diannewilkerson.com/bio.html
Background:
Senator Wilkerson holds a B.S. in Public Administration from American International College and a J.D. from Boston College Law School . In 1991, she became the first African American female to obtain a partnership in a major Boston law firm. In 1993, she was sworn in as the first African American female to serve in the Massachusetts Senate and is currently the highest-ranking Black elected official in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts .
Wilkerson's Senatorial District:
Wilkerson's Senate District, which includes some of Boston 's wealthiest and poorest citizens, includes the Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Chinatown , Jamaica Plain, Mission Hill, Roxbury, the South End, and parts of the Fenway, Dorchester , and Mattapan.
Massachusetts Senate Committee Memberships:
Wilkerson currently serves on the following legislative committees:
- Senate Chair, Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight
- Vice-Chair, Joint Committee on Financial Services
- Member, Senate Committee on Ways and Means
- Member, Joint Committee on Education
- Member, Joint Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse
- Member, Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets
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State Sen. - 1 st Worcester
Harriette Chandler
http://www.chandlerforsenate.com/bio.shtml
Senator Harriette L. Chandler (D-Worcester) was first elected to the Massachusetts State Senate in November of 2000 and was sworn into office on January 3, 2001 . She was re-elected to the State Senate in November of 2002. She serves as Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on Housing and Urban Development. The Joint Committee on Housing and Urban Development is responsible for all matters concerning housing and urban renewal, subdivision control, condominium laws, the Metropolitan District Commission and other matters as may be referred.
Senator Chandler also serves as Vice-Chair of the Joint Committee Transportation, and as a member of the Senate Ways & Means Committee, the Senate Committee on Long Term Debt, the Joint Committee on Health Care, the Joint Committee on Public Safety, and the Joint Committee on Energy.
The first woman from Worcester ever to be elected to the Massachusetts State Senate, she served three terms in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1995-2001. In her last two terms in the House she served as House Chair of the Joint Committee on Health Care. She also served on the Worcester School Committee from 1991-1994.
Senator Chandler earned degrees from Wellesley College (B.A.), Clark University (Ph.D.) and the Simmons College Graduate School of Management (M.B.A.). She is married to Worcester attorney Burton Chandler and has three grown children.
Senator Chandler is a member of the Central Massachusetts Caucus, the Massachusetts Legislature.s Tobacco Control Caucus, the Worcester Economic Development Council, the City Task Force on Crisis Management, the Mayor.s Advisory Committee on At-Risk Youth, the United Way of Central Massachusetts , the Worcester Women.s History Project, the Worcester Democratic City Committee and the Massachusetts Democratic State Committee.
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State House
4 th Barnstable
Sarah Peake
http://www.sarahpeake.org/BIO.htm
Elected Positions
Provincetown Selectman, Vice-Chair
Charter Enforcement Commission (1994 - 2002)
Appointed Positions
Elder Services of Cape Cod and the Islands , Advisory Council
Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, Board of Directors
WOMR-FM Executive Director Search Committee
Provincetown High School Site Council
Memberships
Cape Cod Selectman and Councilor's Association, Vice-President
Massachusetts Municipal Association
American Bar Association
Massachusetts Bar Association
Barnstable County Bar Association
Provincetown Business Guild (President, 1995 - 1997)
Provincetown Chamber of Commerce
Education|
Pace University, JD.
Admitted to practice law in Massachusetts , Connecticut , and New York .
Colgate University , AB.
Employment History
Co-owner of Heritage House, B&B in Provincetown , since 1993.
Keane & Beane, P.C., White Plains, NY, 1985-1988 Law Clerk, 1988-1993. Attorney, with emphasis on municipal law, real estate, and land use.
Pace University, Pleasantville , NY 1980-1985. Assistant Director, Residential Life & Housing.
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4 th Berkshire
Smitty Pignatelli
http://www.mass.gov/legis/member/wsp1.htm
DISTRICT REPRESENTED: Fourth Berkshire . - Consisting of the towns of Alford, Egremont, Great Barrington, Lee, Lenox, Monterey , Mount Washington, New Marlborough, Otis, precinct 5B of the city of Pittsfield , the towns of Sandisfield, Sheffield, Stockbridge, Tyringham and West Stockbridge, all in the county of Berkshire ; and the towns of Blandford, Chester and Tolland, all in the county of Hampden .
EDUCATION: Lenox Memorial High School , 1977; Babson College for Financial Studies, 2001.
PROFESSION: State Representative.
ORGANIZATIONS: Berkshire Red Cross (board of directors); Laurel Lake Preservation Association (board of directors).
PUBLIC OFFICE: Lenox Planning Board (1987-1992); Lenox Selectman (1992-2003); Berkshire County Commissioner (1995-1999); Mass. House (2003-present).
Committees on which the legislator serves:
Joint Committee on Higher Education
Joint Committee on Public Service
Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development
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1 st Bristol
Claire Naughton
http://www.clairenaughton.com/about.html
Claire Naughton has been working to improve our communities for her entire life. As a teacher, a parent, and an active community member, Claire has shown her commitment to our families:
• A Teacher for 31 years - now retired
• Foxboro Democratic Town Committee -- Former Chair
• Democratic State Committee -- Elected Member
• Foxboro Registrars of Voters -- Chair
• Foxboro Historical Society -- Former Chair
• Foxboro League of Women Voters -- Former Co-Chair
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4 th Bristol
Steven D'Amico
http://www.sdamico.com/about.htm
I grew up in Seekonk, graduated from Seekonk High School , and attended UMass Amherst where I graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BA in Sociology. After college I took a job in Providence as a community organizer.
We helped train and organize city residents to fight for their fair share of city services, won funding for low interest loans and mortgages, joined with other groups from around the country to win passage of the Community Reinvestment Act, and built a state-wide coalition that lead to the creation of the RI Housing Court .
I then married my college sweetheart, Ann Marie (also from Seekonk), and moved to Boston where I helped working families fight for utility reform and organized blood drives for the American Red Cross.
In 1983, I volunteered as a ward coordinator for reform-candidate Ray Flynn's first mayoral campaign. I managed Boston 's Office of Taxpayer's Assistance and later, directed an energy conservation program for the city. Christina, our first child, was born in 1985, and we decided it was time to come home to Seekonk so that she could grow up with the love and support of our extended families. I took a job with The Allied Group, selling print and fulfillment services - a job I hold to this day.
In 1989, we were blessed with our second child, Adam. For the next several years, Ann was a stay-at-home mom, devoting her time and love to raising our wonderful children. As you can guess, money was tight, but somehow we managed to squeak by. (If we were starting-out today, this would not be an option. The cost of housing is far too high.)
I first learned the value of community service as an eagle scout, so when I returned home to Seekonk, I found it difficult to sit back when I knew I could make a difference.
I organized a campaign to stop an expensive and unnecessary project that could have resulted in Attleboro dumping their toxic sewer sludge in Seekonk; fought for better education funding; organized and led the effort to renovate two schools – the Martin Elementary School and Seekonk High School –which brought in over $15 million in State funds to the community. I joined the Town Democratic Committee; served as town campaign coordinator for Congressmen Jim McGovern and State Senator Jim Timilty; managed John Kerry's get-out-the-vote phone bank in Dover, NH; helped elect many local “good government” candidates and served as Assistant Scoutmaster (2002-2004) and Scoutmaster (2004 – 2006). |
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7 th Bristol
Robert Correia
http://www.mass.gov/legis/member/r_c1.htm
DISTRICT REPRESENTED: Seventh Bristol . - Consisting of precincts B, C and D of ward 1, precincts A, B and C of ward 2, precincts A, B and C of ward 3, precincts A and B of ward 4, and precinct A of ward 5, of the city of Fall River , in the county of Bristol.
EDUCATION: University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth , B.S.; Bridgewater State College , M.Ed.
PROFESSION: Legislator.
ORGANIZATIONS: Holy Name Society; National Education Association; St. John's Club; Liberal Club.
PUBLIC OFFICE: Port Authority; Trustee of the Earl E. Hussey Hospital ; Democratic City Committee; Mass. House (1977-2002, Majority Whip 1985-1990).
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13 th Bristol
Antonio Cabral
http://www.mass.gov/legis/member/afc1.htm
DISTRICT REPRESENTED: Thirteenth Bristol . - Consisting of precincts A, B, C, F and G of ward 4, all precincts of wards 5 and 6, of the city of New Bedford , in the county of Bristol .
EDUCATION: Bristol High School ; Bristol Community College ; University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth , B.A.; Brown University (graduate studies).
PROFESSION: Teacher/Legislator.
ORGANIZATIONS: Our Lady of the Angels Band; Luso-American Business Association; WHALE, LTYC; Rotch-Duff House Garden Museum; Portuguese-American Federation; Friends of the Zeiterion.
PUBLIC OFFICE: Ward 5 Democratic City Committee; Mass. House (1991-2002).
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9 th Essex
Mark Falzone
http://www.falzone.org/about/bio.html
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12 th Essex
Joyce Spiliotis
http://joycespiliotis.com/Biography.htm
Joyce Burns Spiliotis was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives by the people of Peabody in November 2002. She currently represents 5 out of Peabody 's 6 Wards and is in her 16th year of public service having served 10 years on the Peabody City Council and 2 years as a Peabody Institute Library Trustee. Active in the Democratic Party, Joyce has been a member of the Massachusetts State Democratic Committee since 1984. Prior to becoming a full time Lawmaker, Joyce worked at the Salem District Court. She is a strong advocate for Peabody and is committed to constituency service.
Joyce is Vice-Chair of the House Steering, Policy and Scheduling Committee. She also serves on the Joint Committe on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure and the Joint Committe on Financial Services. Joyce is considered a valuable member of the House Leadership Team.
Representative Spiliotis was born in Peabody , Massachusetts , on December 27, 1946. She is the daughter of Virginia Cox Burns and the late Charles "Chuck" Burns. Her father worked for the Peabody Electrical Light Department and was President of Local Council 93 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. Her mother was a homemaker. She is married to Richard Jarvis a well known political activist and local TV Talk Show Host. She has two grown daughters, Bethann and Baine, and two grandchildren. |
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3 rd Hampden
Rosemary Sandlin
Rosemary Sandlin, candidate for State Representative from the Third Hampden District has spent over twenty years as a member of the Agawam School Committee and Agawam Housing Authority. She served twenty two years as Chief Administrative Aide to the former Senate Majority Leader.
Rosemary has also served as President of Massachusetts Association of School Committees (MASC) Executive Committee, Board of Directors chair of Division V, MASC Nominating Committee and represented MASC on the MIAA Game Officials Committee.
A strong advocate for children and families in her community, she has volunteered with a number of community organizations.
She currently serves as a member of the Massachusetts State Committee.
A graduate of the Agawam Public Schools, Ms. Sandlin is presently the Springfield Office Manager for the Division of Professional Licensing. She is also matriculated into the Public Policy and Administration program at the University of Massachusetts .
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11 th Hampden
Benjamin Swan
DISTRICT REPRESENTED: Eleventh Hampden. - Consisting of precincts A, D and E of ward 3, all precincts of ward 4, precincts A, B, E and F of ward 5, precinct A of ward 7, and precinct C of ward 8, of the city of Springfield, in the county of Hampden.
EDUCATION: Fashion-Art School , B.F.A.; Howard University ; University of Massachusetts at Amherst, M.Ed.
PROFESSION: Consultant.
ORGANIZATIONS: NAACP; Black Men of Greater Springfield; Richard Allen Lodge #30; P.H.F.A.M.; Springfield Sunrise Rotary; Arise for Social Justice; The Association for the Study of Classical African Civilization; National Black Caucus of State Legislators; Elks Harmony Lodge #140; The American Legion; AARP; UMASS-Amherst Alum Association and Phi Delta Kappa.
PUBLIC OFFICE: Mass. House (1994-present).
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5 th Suffolk
Marie St. Fleur
DISTRICT REPRESENTED: Fifth Suffolk . - Consisting of precinct 10 of ward 7, precincts 5 and 7 of ward 8, precinct 6 of ward 12, precincts 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 of ward 13, precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 9 of ward 15, precinct 1 of ward 16, and precinct 2 of ward 17, of the city of Boston, in the county of Suffolk.
EDUCATION: University of Massachusetts at Amherst ; Boston College Law School , J.D., '87
PROFESSION: Legislator.
PUBLIC OFFICE: Mass. House (1999-present).
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6 th Suffolk
Willie Mae Allen
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