Danielle W. Gregoire is an American

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serving in the

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. She is a

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resident and a member of the

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Early life and education

Gregoire attended Marlborough Public Schools. She received her

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from St. Anselm College in

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. Upon graduating from St. Anselm, Gregoire served as a legislative aide to State Representative Stephen P. LeDuc. While working for Representative LeDuc, Gregoire attended night classes at Suffolk University Law School where she graduated in 2006. Gregoire passed the Massachusetts bar exam.

Political career

In 2007, Gregoire was a candidate to represent Ward 2 in the Marlborough City Council. She lost her challenge to incumbent City Councilor Paul Ferro by 74 votes. In 2008, she ran to succeed her former boss in the

. Gregoire received 9,044 votes defeating Republican challenger Arthur G. Vigeant and Independent challenger Joseph Valianti. In 2010, Gregoire narrowly lost her reelection bid to Republican challenger Steven L. Levy. Gregoire and Levy faced off again in a rematch for the 4th Middlesex district seat in 2012, this time Gregoire edged out Levy by 214 votes. She has been reelected to the seat in 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020 and 2022.

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Living people Democratic Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives People from Marlborough, Massachusetts Women state legislators in Massachusetts 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American women politicians 1979 births {{Massachusetts-MARepresentative-stub

Early life and education

Political career

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