Jo Ann Sprague (born November 3, 1931) is a former

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(1993–1998) and

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(1999–2004) from Walpole. In the Massachusetts Senate she represented the Norfolk, Bristol, and

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district, but moved in 2003 to the Bristol and Norfolk district. Previously she was a

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from the 9th Norfolk district. She is a member of the

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Biography

Sprague was born in Nashville, Tennessee. She graduated from the University of Massachusetts Boston in 1980 with a B.A. in

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. She served as a selectman in Walpole, Massachusetts from 1977 to 1980, a member of the Walpole Capital Budget committee from 1980 to 1992, a member of the Walpole Republican Town Committee. She was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives and served from 1993 to 1998, then served in the Massachusetts Senate from 1999 to 2004. She ran for the United States House of Representatives in 2001 to represent , but lost to

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opponent Stephen Lynch.

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