Peter J. Durant is an American politician who represents the 6th Worcester District in the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
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and is a former member of the
Spencer, Massachusetts
Spencer is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 11,992 at the 2020 census.
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Board of Selectmen.
2010 election and 2011 special election
The 2010 election for the 6th Worcester seat resulted in an exact tie between Durant and Democratic incumbent
Geraldo Alicea
Geraldo Alicea (born September 27, 1963 in Southbridge, Massachusetts) is an American politician who represented the 6th Worcester District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives
The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower h ...
. A special election for the seat was scheduled for May 10, 2011. Alicea was allowed to hold the seat until the results of the new election.
Durant won the special election by 56 votes (3,325 votes to Alicea's 3,269).
See also
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2019–2020 Massachusetts legislature
The 191st Massachusetts General Court was the meeting of the legislative branch of the state government of Massachusetts, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. It convened in Boston at the Massachusetts State House, on Januar ...
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2021–2022 Massachusetts legislature
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Republican Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
People from Spencer, Massachusetts
Northeastern University alumni
Florida Institute of Technology alumni
Living people
Massachusetts local politicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American politicians
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