John F. MacGovern (born July 14, 1951) is an American politician who represented the 2nd Middlesex 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 ...
from 1983 to 1991. He was the Republican nominee in the
Massachusetts's 5th congressional district
Massachusetts's 5th congressional district is a congressional district in eastern Massachusetts. The district is represented by Katherine Clark of the Democratic Party. Massachusetts's congressional redistricting after the 2010 census changed ...
election in 1990, losing to incumbent
Chester G. Atkins 52% to 48%. He later moved to Vermont. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the
Vermont Senate
The Vermont Senate is the upper house of the Vermont General Assembly, the State legislature (United States), state legislature of the U.S. state of Vermont. The senate consists of 30 members elected from multi-member districts. Each senator repre ...
in 2004 and 2006. He unsuccessfully ran as the Republican nominee for the
United States Senate
The United States Senate is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, with the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives being the lower house. Together, the Senate and ...
seat held by
Bernie Sanders
Bernard Sanders (born September8, 1941) is an American politician and activist who is the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States Senate, United States senator from the state of Vermont. He is the longest-serving independ ...
in the
2012 election.
References
External links
*
John MacGovern for Senate''official campaign site''
*
See also
*
United States Senate election in Vermont, 2012
*
United States House of Representatives elections, 1990
, -
{{DEFAULTSORT:MacGovern, John
1951 births
Dartmouth College alumni
Living people
Republican Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Politicians from Cambridge, Massachusetts
People from Harvard, Massachusetts
Politicians from Windsor County, Vermont
Vermont Republicans
Candidates in the 2012 United States elections
Candidates in the 2018 United States Senate elections
20th-century members of the Massachusetts General Court