Jon D. Brien is an American politician who represents District 49 in the Rhode Island House of Representatives. Now an independent, he previously represented District 50 from 2007 to 2012 as a

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. He is married and has four children. Brien was Chair of the Rhode Island House Municipal Government Committee, Member of the Rhode Island House Judiciary Committee, and Chair of the Rhode Island House Commission to Study Municipal Financial Integrity. Brien ran to replace Patrick J. Kennedy in the U.S. House of Representatives for

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after he vacated his seat.The Boston Globe: Political Notebook: Ex-congressman says he won’t seek Kennedy seat
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(ALEC). Brien is an attorney in private practice and is a partner in Brien & Brien, LLP. He is a member of the Rhode Island Bar Association, the New York Bar Association, and a former chairman of Woonsocket Planning Board.

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Members of the Rhode Island House of Representatives Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 1970 births 21st-century members of the Rhode Island General Assembly {{RhodeIsland-politician-stub