Shawn C. Dooley is an American politician from the Commonwealth of

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. He is a member of the

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in the 9th Norfolk district, succeeding Dan Winslow. The 9th Norfolk District constitutes all or parts of the Towns of Medfield, Millis,

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, Plainville, Walpole, and Wrentham. A member of the Republican Party, he was sworn in January 29, 2014.

Personal life

Dooley received his

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from Auburn University, and a

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from Anna Maria College. He is married to Family Law Attorney Carolyn (CiCi) Van Tine and they have four children.

Political career

Previously he served as the elected Norfolk

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as well as the Chairman of the Norfolk School Committee. Dooley made national headlines for his bill on preventing Chinese owned and other non-market economy nations from participating in the state bid process for critical infrastructure such as rail. The impetus of this bill was when China's government owned CRRC gained the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority contract for manufacturing orange lines cars. His original opinion piece sparked national coverage including

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, NPR,

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and NBC radio. Similar bills were filed in both the

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and Senate and passed in a bipartisan fashion. In August 2020, the conservative website ''New Boston Post'' published an excerpt from Representative Dooley’s nightly Facebook post on the pandemic criticizing

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and calling him "King Charles" for implementing

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restrictions without consulting the legislature and issuing numerous executive orders under the guise of a state of emergency, after a spike of cases rose in Massachusetts. On January 3, 2021, Dooley challenged Trump supporter Jim Lyons for the Chairmanship of the Massachusetts Republican Party in an effort to "capture that middle ground as opposed to going far hard-right". Dooley lost to Lyons with a vote of the Republican State Committee 39-36. In 2022, Dooley ran for the

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. He was defeated by incumbent Democrat

Becca Rausch Rebecca Lynne Rausch (born August 31, 1979) is an American attorney and politician from the Commonwealth (U.S. state), commonwealth of Massachusetts. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, she represents the Massachuse ...

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