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Candidates for State Representative

Key: Dem. -- Democrat, Rep. -- Republican, Ind. -- Independent. (i) -- candidate is an incumbent.

1st BARNSTABLE [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Cleon Turner (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Dennis
Richard Neitz, Rep. [ web site ]	Yarmouth

2nd BARNSTABLE [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Demetrius Atsalis (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Barnstable
William Crocker, Rep. [ web site ]	Barnstable

3rd BARNSTABLE [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Matthew Patrick (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Falmouth

4th BARNSTABLE [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Aaron Maloy, Rep. [ web site ]	Orleans
Sarah Peake, Dem. [ web site ]	Provincetown

5th BARNSTABLE [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Jeffrey Perry (i), Rep. [ web site ]	Sandwich

BARNSTABLE, DUKES & NANTUCKET [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Eric Turkington (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Falmouth
James Powell, Rep. [ web site ]	West Tisbury

1st BERKSHIRE [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Daniel Bosley (i), Dem. [ web site ]	North Adams

2nd BERKSHIRE [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Denis Guyer (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Dalton
Stefan Racz, Ind.	Buckland

3rd BERKSHIRE [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Chris Speranzo (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Pittsfield

4th BERKSHIRE [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Smitty Pignatelli (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Lenox

1st BRISTOL [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Jay Barrows, Rep. [ web site ]	Mansfield
Claire Naughton, Dem. [ web site ]	Foxborough

2nd BRISTOL [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
John Lepper (i), Rep. [ web site ]	Attleboro
Kate Jackson, Dem. [ web site ]	Attleboro

3rd BRISTOL [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
James Fagan (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Taunton

4th BRISTOL [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Steven D'Amico, Dem. [ web site ]	Seekonk
Steven Howitt, Rep. [ web site ]	Seekonk

5th BRISTOL [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Patricia Haddad (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Somerset

6th BRISTOL [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
David Sullivan (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Fall River

7th BRISTOL [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Robert Correia (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Fall River
Raymond Leary, Libertarian	Fall River

8th BRISTOL [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Michael Rodrigues (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Westport

9th BRISTOL [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
John Quinn (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Dartmouth

10th BRISTOL [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
William Straus (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Mattapoisett
Peter Winters, Rep. [ web site ]	Marion

11th BRISTOL [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Robert Koczera (i), Dem. [ web site ]	New Bedford
Dennis Dallaire, Ind.	New Bedford

12th BRISTOL [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Stephen Canessa (i), Dem. [ web site ]	New Bedford
Mark Howland, Ind. [ web site ]	New Bedford

13th BRISTOL [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Antonio Cabral (i), Dem. [ web site ]	New Bedford
Carlos Felix, Ind.	New Bedford
Robert Gardner, Ind.	New Bedford

14th BRISTOL [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Elizabeth Poirier (i), Rep. [ web site ]	North Attleborough

1st ESSEX [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Michael Costello (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Newburyport

2nd ESSEX [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Harriett Stanley (i), Dem. [ web site ]	West Newbury
Evan O'Reilly, Rep. [ web site ]	Georgetown

3rd ESSEX [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Brian Dempsey (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Haverhill

4th ESSEX [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Bradford Hill (i), Rep. [ web site ]	Ispwich

5th ESSEX [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Tony Verga (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Gloucester

6th ESSEX [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Mary Grant (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Beverly
Donato Paglia, Unenrolled	Beverly

7th ESSEX [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
John Keenan (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Salem

8th ESSEX [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Douglas Petersen (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Marblehead

9th ESSEX [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Mark Falzone (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Saugus

10th ESSEX [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Robert Fennell (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Lynn

11th ESSEX [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Steven Walsh (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Lynn

12th ESSEX [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Joyce Spiliotis (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Peabody
Jason Harding, Rep.	Peabody

13th ESSEX [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Theodore Speliotis (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Danvers

14th ESSEX [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
David Torrisi (i), Dem. [ web site ]	North Andover

15th ESSEX [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Robert Andrew, Rep.	Methuen
Linda Campbell, Dem. [ web site ]	Methuen
Kenneth Henrick, Ind.	Methuen

16th ESSEX [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
William Lantigua (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Lawrence

17th ESSEX [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Barry Finegold (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Andover

18th ESSEX [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Barbara L'Italien (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Andover
Lawrence Brennan, Rep. [ web site ]	Georgetown

1st FRANKLIN [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Stephen Kulik (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Worthington

2nd FRANKLIN [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Christopher Donelan (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Orange

1st HAMPDEN [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Todd Smola (i), Rep. [ web site ]	Palmer

2nd HAMPDEN [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Mary Rogeness (i), Rep. [ web site ]	Longmeadow

3rd HAMPDEN [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Robert Magovern, Rep. [ web site ]	Agawam
Rosemary Sandlin, Dem. [ web site ]	Agawam
Owen Broadhurst, Green [ web site ]	Agawam
Joseph Schebel, Ind.	Agawam

4th HAMPDEN [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Donald Humason (i), Rep. [ web site ]	Wesfield

5th HAMPDEN [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Michael Kane (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Holyoke

6th HAMPDEN [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
James Welch (i), Dem. [ web site ]	West Springfield

7th HAMPDEN [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Thomas Petrolati (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Ludlow

8th HAMPDEN [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Joseph Wagner (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Chicopee
Ronald Sliski, Ind.	Chicopee

9th HAMPDEN [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Sean Curran (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Springfield
Megan Anzalotti, Unenrolled [ web site ]	Springfield
Robert Underwood, Libertarian [ web site ]	Springfield

10th HAMPDEN [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Cheryl Rivera (i), Dem.	Springfield
George Vazquez, Rep.	Springfield
Kyle Burns, Unenrolled	Springfield

11th HAMPDEN [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Benjamin Swan (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Springfield

12th HAMPDEN [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Christopher Leisey, Rep. [ web site ]	Wilbraham
Angelo Puppolo, Dem. [ web site ]	Springfield

1st HAMPSHIRE [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Peter Kocot (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Northampton
John Andrulis, Rep.	Northampton

2nd HAMPSHIRE [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
John Scibak (i), Dem. [ web site ]	South Hadley

3rd HAMPSHIRE [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Ellen Story (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Amherst

1st MIDDLESEX [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Robert Hargraves (i), Rep. [ web site ]	Groton
Carol Bousquet, Dem. [ web site ]	Ayer

2nd MIDDLESEX [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Geoffrey Hall (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Westford

3rd MIDDLESEX [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Patricia Walrath (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Stow

4th MIDDLESEX [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Stephen LeDuc (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Marlborough

5th MIDDLESEX [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
David Linsky (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Natick
William Whittlesey, Rep. [ web site ]	Sherborn

6th MIDDLESEX [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Deborah Blumer (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Framingham

Note: Blumer died on Oct. 13, but the secretary of state has said her name will remain on the ballot.

7th MIDDLESEX [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Tom Sannicandro (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Ashland

8th MIDDLESEX [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Paul Loscocco (i), Rep. [ web site ]	Holliston

9th MIDDLESEX [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown
Thomas Stanley (i), Dem. [ web site ]	Waltham

10th MIDDLESEX [ Communities in district ]

Candidate	Hometown