Anne M. Gobi is an American

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serving in the

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since January 2015. She previously served in the

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. She is a Spencer resident and a member of the

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. She was first elected to the state House in an October 2001 special election. She was elected to the

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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.

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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) {{Massachusetts-MASenate-stub

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