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Phone (617) Address for newly District Senator/Representative First Name Last Name 722- Room # Email elected legislators Boston Representative Aaron Michlewitz 2220 Room 254 [email protected] Boston Representative Adrian Madaro 2263 Room 473-B [email protected] Natick, Weston, Wellesley Representative Alice Hanlon Peisch 2070 Room 473-G [email protected] East Longmeadow, Springfield, Wilbraham Representative Angelo Puppolo 2006 Room 122 [email protected] Boston Representative Rob Consalvo [email protected] NEW MEMBER Needham, Wellesley, Natick, Wayland Senator Becca Rausch 1555 Room 419 [email protected] Reading, North Reading, Lynnfield, Middleton Representative Bradley H. Jones Jr. 2100 Room 124 [email protected] Lynn, Marblehead, Nahant, Saugus, Swampscott, and Melrose Senator Adam Gomez [email protected] NEW MEMBER Longmeadow, Hampden, Monson Representative Brian Ashe 2430 Room 236 [email protected] Springfield Representative Bud Williams 2140 Room 22 [email protected] Springfield Representative Carlos Gonzales 2080 Room 26 [email protected] Sudbury and Wayland, Representative Carmine Gentile 2810 Room 167 [email protected] Boston Representative Chynah Tyler 2130 Room 130 [email protected] Woburn, Arlington, Lexington, Billerica, Burlington, Lexington Senator Cindy Friedman 1432 Room 413-D [email protected] Boston Senator Nick Collins 1150 Room 410 [email protected] Newton, Brookline, Wellesley Senator Cynthia Stone Creem 1639 Room 312-A [email protected] Boston, Milton Representative Dan Cullinane 2020 Room 527-A [email protected] Boston, Milton Representative Fluker Oakley Brandy [email protected] Boston, Chelsea Representative Daniel Ryan 2060 Room 33 [email protected] Boston Representative Daniel J. Hunt 2450 Room 155 [email protected] Arlington, Belmont, Cambridge Representative David Rogers 2370 Room 36 [email protected] Boston Representative David Biele 2425 Room B1 [email protected] Natick, Sherborn, Millis Representative David P. Linsky 2575 Room 146 [email protected] Dover, Needham, Medfield Representative Denise Garlick 2060 Room 33 [email protected] Chicopee, Southwick, Tolland, Westfield Senator John Velis 1415 Room 413-A [email protected] NEW MEMBER Lynnfield, Saugus, Lynn, Wakefield Representative Donald H. Wong 2488 Room 541 [email protected] Brookline, Boston Representative Edward Coppinger 2080 Room 26 [email protected] Boston Representative Elizabeth A. Malia 2380 Room 238 [email protected] Springfield, East Longmeadow, Hampden, Longmeadow, Ludlow and Wilbraham, Senator Eric Lesser 1291 Room 413-C [email protected] Foxborough Representative Fred Jay Barrows 2488 Room 542 [email protected] Ashland, Framingham Representative Jack Lewis 2460 Room 443 [email protected] Marlborough, Acton, Harvard, Sudbury Senator James Eldridge 1120 Room 320 [email protected] Springfield, Agawan, West Springfield Senator James Welch 1660 Room 413-B [email protected] Melrose, Reading, Wakefield, Lynnfield Senator Jason Lewis 1206 Room 511-B [email protected] Boston Representative Jay D. Livingston 2013 Room 472 [email protected] Hingham, Cohasset, Hull, Scituate Representative Joan Meschino 2320 Room 34 [email protected] Newton, Waltham, Watertown Representative John Lawn 2877 Room 174 [email protected] Westfield, Hampden Representative John Velis 2877 Room 174 [email protected] Braintree, Quincy, Rockland Senator John F. Keenan 1494 Room 413-F [email protected] Medfield, Norwood, Walpole Representative John H. Rogers 2092 Room 162 [email protected] Boston Representative Jon Santiago 2425 Room B2 [email protected] Springfield, Chicopee Representative Orlando Ramos [email protected] NEW MEMBER Boston, Revere, Cambridge Senator Joseph Boncore 1634 Room 112 [email protected] Framingham, Natick, Franklin Senator Karen E. Spilka 1500 Room 332 [email protected] Newton Representative Kay Khan 2011 Room 146 [email protected] Bedford, Burlington, Wilmington Representative Kenneth Gordon 2575 Room 146 [email protected] Boston Representative Kevin G. Honan 2470 Room 38 [email protected] Boston Representative Liz Miranda 2425 Room B2 [email protected] Lynn, Marblehead, Swampscot Representative Lori Ehrlich 2810 Room 167 [email protected] Sharon, Stoughton, Walpole Representative Ted Philips [email protected] Framingham Representative Maria Robinson 2425 Room B2 [email protected] Braintree, Holbrook Representative Mark J. Cusack 2637 Room 544 [email protected] Boston, Brookline Representative Michael Moran 2014 Room 39 [email protected] Springfield Representative Michael Finn 2220 Room 254 [email protected] Boston, Westwood, Dedham and Norwood Senator Michael F. Rush 1348 Room 511-C [email protected] Lexington, Arlington and Woburn Representative Michelle Ciccolo 2425 Room B1 [email protected] Bedford, Concord, Lexington, Lincoln, Sudbury, Carlisle, Weston Senator Mike Barrett 1572 Room 416 [email protected] Agawan, Southwick Representative Nicholas Boldyga 2810 Room 167 [email protected] Boston, Brookline Representative Nika Elgurado 2425 Room B1 [email protected] Scituate, Marshfield Representative Patrick Kearney 2425 Room B1 [email protected] Hingham, Scituate, Cohasset Senator Patrick M. O'Connor 1646 Room 520 [email protected] Foxborough, Sharon, Walpole Senator Paul Feeney 1222 Room 507 [email protected] Phone (617) Address for newly District Senator/Representative First Name Last Name 722- Room # Email elected legislators Lipper- Melrose, Stoneham, Wakefield Representative Kate Garabedian 2013 Room 473 [email protected] Westwood, Dedham Representative Paul McMurtry 2582 Room 448 [email protected] Woburn, Reading, Stoneham Representative Rich Haggerty 2425 Room B1 [email protected] Boston Representative Russell Holmes 2220 Room 254 [email protected] Newton Representative Ruth B. Balser 2396 Room 136 [email protected] Boston, Chelsea, Cambridge, Everett, Somerville, Revere, and Saugus Senator Sal DiDomenico 1650 Room 208 [email protected] Arlington, Medford Representative Sean Garballey 2090 Room 540 [email protected] Walpole, Millis, Wrentham Representative Shawn Dooley 2810 Room 167 [email protected] Boston Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz 1673 Room 111 [email protected] Acton, Concord, Carlisle, Chelmsford Representative Tami Gouveia 2425 Room [email protected] Lexington, Waltham Representative Thomas M. Stanley 2230 Room 167 [email protected] Belcherville, Chicopee, Ludlow, Springfield Representative Jake Oliveira [email protected] NEW MEMBER Brookline Representative Tommy Vitolo 2425 Room B2 [email protected] Braintree, Sharon, Canton, Milton Senator Walter Timilty 1643 Room 213-B [email protected] [email protected] Boston, Belmont, Cambridge Senator William Brownsberger 1280 Room 504.
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