Adam Gomez
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Adam Gomez | |
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| Member of the Massachusetts Senate from the Hampden district | |
| Assumed office January 6, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | James Welch |
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| Born | Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Springfield Technical Community College (AA) Westfield State University (BA) |
Adam Gomez is an American politician, who represented Ward 1 on the Springfield City Council, first taking office in January 2016[1] and the Hampden District in the Massachusetts Senate. In January 2020, he was selected as vice president of the council.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
During the September 1, 2020, Democratic primary, Gomez defeated incumbent Jim Welch to become the Democratic Party nominee for the Massachusetts State Senator from the Hampden District - encompassing Springfield, West Springfield, and Chicopee.[11] Gomez was elected to the seat during the November 3, 2020, general election while unopposed, becoming the Commonwealth's first state senator of Puerto Rican descent.[12][13][14][15][16][17][18]
Prior to his first election in November 2015, Gomez worked as a community organizer in Springfield.
See also
References
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- ^ Tuthill, Paul. "Adam Gomez Becomes First Puerto Rican Elected To Massachusetts Senate". www.wamc.org. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ^ Tuthill, Paul. "Puerto Rican Political Pioneers Honored". www.wamc.org. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ^ Lisinski, Chris (2020-11-09). "Here are the 19 new senators and representatives joining the Mass. Legislature in 2021". masslive. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ^ Staff, MassINC (2020-09-23). "Adam Gomez on his historic victory in Springfield". MassINC. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
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- ^ "Newly elected legislators eye keeping Springfield City Council seats". masslive. 2020-11-09. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ^ "Adam Gomez becomes first Puerto Rican elected to the Massachusetts Senate". masslive. 2020-11-04. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ^ "About". Elect Adam Gomez. Retrieved 2020-07-09.