Matthew Patrick (politician)
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Matthew C. Patrick (born April 1, 1952 in
New Brunswick, New Jersey New Brunswick is a city (New Jersey), city in and the county seat, seat of government of Middlesex County, New Jersey, Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.Democratic politician who served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He represented the 3rd Barnstable District from 2001 to 2011. During his time on
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, he was a leading
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voice in the Massachusetts General Court. He was unopposed for re-election in the
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, but was defeated by Falmouth Town Moderator David Vieira in the 2010 general election. Vieira had previously run against Patrick when he was first elected in 2000. In 2014, he ran for the Plymouth and Barnstable State Senate seat that was being vacated by outgoing Senate President Therese Murray, but was defeated by State Representative Vinny deMacedo. He ran for his former State Representative seat in 2016, and, though he won the primary election against
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Selectman Michael A. Blanton, he was narrowly defeated by Vieira in a general election rematch. Patrick was a Peace Corps volunteer in Ghana from 1977 to 1979.


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*http://www.capecodtoday.com/blogs/index.php/2010/08/15/massachusetts-largest-privately-owned-wi?blog=41 Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Living people 1952 births Politicians from New Brunswick, New Jersey People from Falmouth, Massachusetts Upsala College alumni {{Massachusetts-MARepresentative-stub