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Vanna Howard is an American politician from
Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...
. Howard, a Democrat, was elected to
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 2020. She defeated 11 term incumbent
David Nangle David M. Nangle (born December 18, 1960) was an American state legislator that served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1999 to 2020. He is a Lowell resident and a member of the Democratic Party. While a member of the House, h ...
in the Democratic primary. Nangle had faced a federal fraud scandal less than a year prior. She was born in Cambodia later emigrating to Massachusetts and is the second representative of Cambodian descent in the Massachusetts legislature along with
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, who is also from Lowell.


Committees

* Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy * Joint Committee on Education * Joint Committee on Public Health * Joint Committee on Racial Equity, Civil Rights, and Inclusion


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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