Carl Sciortino
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Carl Michael Sciortino Jr. (/ʃɔːrˈtiːnoʊ/ shor-TEE-noh; born July 6, 1978) is an American politician serving as executive director of the AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts. A Democrat from Massachusetts, he represented the 34th Middlesex district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2005 to 2014. The district includes parts of Medford and Somerville. Sciortino was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2013 special election to succeed Ed Markey as a U.S. Representative for Massachusetts's 5th district. He lost to Katherine Clark. His campaign’s television commercial with his father, a member of the Tea Party, received national publicity and went viral online.[1]
Carl Sciortino | |
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Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 34th Middlesex district | |
In office January 2005 – April 7, 2014 | |
Preceded by | Vincent Ciampa |
Succeeded by | Christine Barber |
Personal details | |
Born | (1978-07-06) July 6, 1978 (age 45) |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse |
Francis Pemberton Brown
(m. 2013) |
Residence | Boston, Massachusetts |
Alma mater | Tufts University (BS) Harvard University (MPA) |