Jennifer Flanagan

Jennifer L. Flanagan

Member of the Massachusetts Senate from the Worcester and Middlesex district
Incumbent
Assumed office 2009
Preceded by	Robert A. Antonioni
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 4th Worcester district
In office 2005–2009
Preceded by	Mary Jane Simmons
Succeeded by	Dennis Rosa
Personal details
Political party	Democratic
Residence	Leominster, Massachusetts

Jennifer L. Flanagan is the Massachusetts State Senator for the Worcester and Middlesex district, which includes her hometown of Leominster. She is a Democrat who has served since 2009,^[1] and was elected to a fifth term in 2016.^[2] From 2005 to 2009 she was the Massachusetts State Representative for the 4th Worcester district. Prior to serving in the Massachusetts legislature, she was a legislative aide and a committee chief of staff.^[1]

When running for reelection in 2014 the signature forms to get Jen Flanagan on the primary ballot were filed with an incomplete address,^[3] so she got on the general election ballot with a write-in campaign during the primary.^[4] There was no candidate for the seat on either the Republican^[5] or Democratic^[6] primary ballots. Her general election opponent, Richard Bastien, also got on the general election ballot with a write-in campaign in the primary.

Education

Leominster High School; University of Massachusetts Boston, B.A. Political Science; Fitchburg State College, M.S. Mental Health Counseling.

Public office

Massachusetts Senate (2009–Present)
Massachusetts House of Representatives (2005–2009), serving on committees:
- Joint Committee on Public Health
- Joint Committee on Transportation

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Members of the Massachusetts Senate

189th General Court (2015) President of the Senate: Stan Rosenberg (D) President pro Tempore: Marc R. Pacheco (D) Majority Leader: Harriette Chandler (D) Minority Leader: Bruce Tarr (R)

Benjamin Downing (D, Berk., Hpsh., Frnk., Hpdn.) James E. Timilty (D, Bris., Norf.) Michael Rodrigues (D, 1st Bris., Plym.) Mark Montigny (D, 2nd Bris., Plym.) Dan Wolf (D, Cape., Isl.) Kathleen O'Connor Ives (D, 1st Ess.) Joan Lovely (D, 2nd Ess.) Bruce Tarr (R, 1st Ess., Mid.) Barbara L'Italien (D, 2nd Ess., Mid.) Thomas M. McGee (D, 3rd Ess.) James T. Welch (D, Hpdn.) Eric Lesser (D, 1st Hpdn., Hpsh.) Donald Humason, Jr. (R, 2nd Hpdn., Hpsh.) Stan Rosenberg (D, Hpsh., Frnk., Wor.) Eileen Donoghue (D, 1st Mid.) Patricia D. Jehlen (D, 2nd Mid.) Michael J. Barrett (D, 3rd Mid.) Ken Donnelly (D, 4th Mid.) Jason Lewis (D, 5th Mid.) Cynthia Stone Creem (D, 1st Mid., Norf.) Karen Spilka (D, 2nd Mid., Norf.) Sal DiDomenico (D, Mid., Suff.) Jamie Eldridge (D, Mid., Wor.) Richard Ross (R, Norf., Bris., Mid.) Brian Joyce (D, Norf., Bris., Plym.) John F. Keenan (D, Norf., Plym.) Michael F. Rush (D, Norf., Suff.) Vinny deMacedo (R, Plym., Barn.) Marc R. Pacheco (D, 1st Plym., Bris.) Michael Brady (D, 2nd Plym., Bris.) Patrick O'Connor (R, Plym., Norf.) Linda Dorcena Forry (1st Suff.) Sonia Chang-Díaz (D, 2nd Suff.) Joseph Boncore (D, 1st Suff., Mid.) Will Brownsberger (D, 2nd Suff., Mid.) Harriette Chandler (D, 1st Wor.) Michael O. Moore (D, 2nd Wor.) Anne Gobi (D, Wor., Hpdn., Hpsh., Midd.) Jennifer Flanagan (D, Wor., Mid.) Ryan Fattman (R, Wor., Norf.)

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