Catherine A. Rombeau is an American politician of the

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, who is a State Representative for Hillsborough County's 7th district in the

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. Her 37-vote victory in a special election marked the first flip for Democrats in the

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, and made her only the second Democrat to be elected to the state house from the town of

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, a historically

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town. Before being elected to the state legislature, Rombeau was a member of the

City Council.

Electoral history

References

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