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Eric Thornton Turkington1965 Lawrence High School Yearbook
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/ref> is an American lawyer and politician. He is a former Democratic member of the
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, who represented the Barnstable, Dukes and
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District from 1989-2009.


Career

On November 7, 2006, he won his race against
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Jim Powell in the 2006 elections. He did not run for reelection in 2008, instead running for Barnstable Register of Probate. He served as a co-chair of the ''Rachel Carson'' sculpture committee.


Personal life

He is married to his wife Nancy and they have two children. They live in
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Massachusetts House of Representatives profile
1947 births Living people People from Gouverneur, New York People from Falmouth, Massachusetts University of Pennsylvania alumni Boston College Law School alumni Massachusetts lawyers Democratic Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives {{Massachusetts-MARepresentative-stub