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Richard Haggerty
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
from the 30th Middlesex district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 2, 2019
Preceded byJames J. Dwyer
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseHaley
ResidenceWoburn
Alma materUniversity of New Hampshire

Richard M. Haggerty is an American politician. He represents the 30th Middlesex District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, representing the towns of Woburn and Reading. As State Representative, Richard serves as Vice-Chair of the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business, and serves on the Joint Committee on Financial Services, the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utility, and Energy, along with the House Standing Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change.[1][2][3][4]

Past experiences in the public service sector include his role as Woburn City Council President (2014-2019) and Alderman at Large (2010-2019).[5]

Richard also serves on the board of the Woburn Friends of VNA, is a board member of the Middlesex County Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Partnership, and is an active member of the Woburn Elks and the Woburn Historical Society.

Personal life

Haggerty is the great-grandson of J.D. Haggerty, who founded the Woburn Daily Times in 1901, and the grandson of Edward Costello a career firefighter from Medford, MA.

He received his Bachelor’s Degree from the University of New Hampshire in Political Science with a special concentration in Foreign Policy. He graduated from Woburn High School.[6]

See also

For a complete list of the bills sponsored by Rich during his time in office, please reference this link.

For a complete list of the bills co-sponsored by Rich during his time in office, please reference this link.

References

  1. ^ "Meet Rich". Rich Haggerty State Representative. 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  2. ^ "Richard M. Haggerty: Committees". The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2019. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  3. ^ "Richard M. Haggerty: District". The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2019. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  4. ^ "Richard Haggerty sworn in as 30th Middlesex District representative". Wicked Local. January 4, 2019. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  5. ^ "Meet Rich". Rich Haggerty. 2018-01-29. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
  6. ^ "Meet Rich". Rich Haggerty. 2018-01-29. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
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