Adam Scanlon (born 1996) is a
Massachusetts
Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...
politician from
North Attleborough who represents the
14th Bristol district in the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the State legislature (United States), state legislature of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from 14 counties each divided into ...
.
Personal life
Scanlon was raised in North Attleborough. He received a BA from
Framingham State University
Framingham State University (Framingham State or FSU) is a public university in Framingham, Massachusetts. The university, then known as the Normal School in Lexington was founded in 1839 as the first state-supported normal school in the United ...
and is pursuing a master's degree in Public Administration at
Northeastern University
Northeastern University (NU or NEU) is a private university, private research university with its main campus in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was founded by the Boston Young Men's Christian Association in 1898 as an all-male instit ...
. He is openly gay.
Political career
Scanlon first entered local government as a member of the North Attleboro Town Meeting from 2015 to 2019. He also served on the North Attleborough School Committee from 2017 to 2019 and was a member of the North Attleboro Town Council from 2019 to 2020. In the
2020 election, Scanlon defeated fellow Town Councilor John Simmons to win the Massachusetts House of Representatives seat held by retiring incumbent
Betty Poirier.
Committees
* House Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets
* Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses
* Joint Committee on the Judiciary
Electoral history
In 2022 Scanlon went unopposed in both the Democratic Primary and General Election.
See also
*
2021–2022 Massachusetts legislature
The 192nd Massachusetts General Court was a meeting of the legislative branch of the state government of Massachusetts. It consisted of elected members of the Senate and House of Representatives. It first convened in Boston at the Massachusetts ...
References
Democratic Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Living people
American gay politicians
LGBTQ state legislators in Massachusetts
21st-century American LGBTQ people
1997 births
21st-century members of the Massachusetts General Court
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