Anne M. Gobi is an American
state legislator
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serving in the
Massachusetts Senate
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since January 2015. She previously served in the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
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. She is a
Spencer resident and a member of the
Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to:
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. She was first elected to the state House in an October 2001 special election. She was elected to the
state Senate
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and was sworn in on January 7, 2015. She succeeded retiring Democrat
Stephen Brewer
Stephen Brewer is an American politician who served in the Massachusetts Senate from 1997 to 2015.
Early life
Stephen Brewer was born on February 10, 1948, in Worcester, MA.
He was raised in the town of Barre, Massachusetts. He received his B ...
.
She currently serves as the Senate Co-chair of the Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture and Joint Committee on Higher Education.
Gobi resigned from the Massachusetts Senate in early June to take a position as Director of Rural Affairs in Governor Maura Healey's administration.
See also
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2019–2020 Massachusetts legislature
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2021–2022 Massachusetts legislature
The 192nd Massachusetts General Court is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the state government of Massachusetts. It consists of elected members of the Senate and House of Representatives. It first convened in Boston at the Massachu ...
*
2020 Massachusetts Senate election
References
Living people
Democratic Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Women state legislators in Massachusetts
People from Spencer, Massachusetts
21st-century American politicians
21st-century American women politicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
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