Paul Joseph Perry LoscoccoPAUL J. PERRY LOSCOCCO
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2010 Massachusetts gubernatorial election The 2010 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 2010. Incumbent Democratic Governor Deval Patrick was re-elected to a second term. Party primaries were held on September 14, though all four candidates ran unopposed in thei ...

.'I won't give in,' Cahill declares as he vows to stay in race
/ref> In January 2010, Loscocco announced his intention to unenroll from the Republican Party in order to run for lieutenant governor as an independent in the

. State Treasurer and former Democrat

Tim Cahill Timothy Filiga Cahill (; born 6 December 1979) is an Australian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder but also played as a striker on many occasions. A box-to-box midfielder, Cahill became recognised for "his ag ...

had selected Loscocco to be his running mate. After months of campaigning, on October 1, 2010, Loscocco withdrew from the race and endorsed Republican candidate

Charlie Baker Charles Duane Baker Jr. (born November 13, 1956) is an American politician and businessman serving as the 72nd governor of Massachusetts since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Baker was a cabinet official under two governors of Massach ...

.Cahill's running mate quits, supports Baker
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Early life and career

He is the son of Anthony P. Loscocco and R. Marie (''nee'' Perry) Loscocco. He graduated from

Holliston High School Holliston High School is the public secondary school serving Holliston, Massachusetts, United States. As of 2018, the school enrolled 809 students. The current principal is David List. MCAS, ACT, and SAT scores of Holliston High School students ...

in 1980, and then attended

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, where he earned his B.A. in 1984.STATE REPRESENTATIVE PAUL J. P. LOSCOCCO
/ref> He then enrolled in

Boston College Law School Boston College Law School (BC Law) is the law school of Boston College. It is situated on a wooded campus in Newton, Massachusetts, about 1.5 miles from the university's main campus in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. With approximately 800 studen ...

where he earned his J.D. in 1987 and has practiced law as an attorney for the Boston-based law firm of Riemer & Braunstein since graduating.

Political career

He ran for 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 ...

in 2000 and won his first bid for elected office. Loscocco served the 8th Middlesex District from 2001 until 2009. He did not run for re-election in the 2008 elections.

2010 campaign for lieutenant governor

He was running for lieutenant governor as an independent with State Treasurer Tim Cahill, a former Democrat. On October 1, 2010, Loscocco left the Cahill campaign and endorsed Republican Charles Baker, citing Cahill's falling poll numbers.Cahill running mate quits, backs GOP
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Personal life

Loscocco and his wife Ann are the parents of three children. They live in

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References

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