Jamie Zahlaway Belsito (born November 22, 1973) is an American politician representing the 4th Essex district in the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from 14 counties each divided into single-member ...
. Belsito was elected on November 30, 2021, in a special election following former Representative Brad Hill's appointment to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission.
Belsito is the first democrat to represent the 4th Essex district since 1858, and was sworn in on December 8, 2021.
Belsito is the first Arab American woman to be elected to office in Massachusetts.
Belsito is the founder of a national nonprofit, th
Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance based in Washington D.C.
She is the great-niece of
USAF Technical Sergeant Richard B. Fitzgibbon, Jr., the first American to die in the Vietnam War.
See also
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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 ...
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Living people
1973 births
People from Topsfield, Massachusetts
Democratic Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Politicians from Boston
21st-century American politicians
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