Daniel J. Hunt is an American politician serving as a member of 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 ...

from the 13th Suffolk district.

Early life and education

Hunt was born in the Dorchester neighborhood of

Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...

. He graduated in 1999 from Boston Latin Academy. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business and management economics from the

Carroll School of Management The Wallace E. Carroll School of Management (CSOM) is the business school of Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. The school is regularly ranked among the best business schools in the United States, particularly its undergraduate progr ...

Boston College Boston College (BC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Founded in 1863, the university has more than 9,300 full-time undergraduates and nearly 5,000 graduate students. Although Boston College is classifie ...

and a

Juris Doctor The Juris Doctor (J.D. or JD), also known as Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D., JD, D.Jur., or DJur), is a graduate-entry professional degree in law and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...

from the

Suffolk University Law School Suffolk University Law School (also known as Suffolk Law School) is the private, non-sectarian law school of Suffolk University located in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, across the street from the Boston Common and the Freedom Trail, two block ...

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Career

From 2008 to 2011, Hunt was the chief of staff for Representative

Daniel E. Bosley Daniel E. Bosley (born December 9, 1953 in North Adams, Massachusetts ) is a former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as president of the North Adams SteepleCats of the New England Collegiate Baseball League from 2011-2018. ...

. He was an organizer for the John Kerry 2004 presidential campaign. He is the former director of governmental affairs at the state Department of Conservation and Recreation. Hunt was elected to the

in 2014, succeeding Marty Walsh. Among Hunt's actions was the filing, at the request of a constituent, of Bill H.3719 on May 6, 2019 outlawing the use of the word "bitch". If passed into law, use of the word would carry penalties of $150 fine for a first offense and $200 or six months in prison for subsequent offenses. The bill was given a hearing by the Joint Committee on the Judiciary on October 22, 2019.

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Daniel Hunt Member Profile
Democratic Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Living people Politicians from Boston Carroll School of Management alumni Suffolk University Law School alumni Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American politicians Boston Latin Academy alumni {{Massachusetts-MARepresentative-stub

Early life and education

Career

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