Shawn C. Dooley is an American politician from the Commonwealth of

Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

. He is a member of the

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in the 9th Norfolk district, succeeding Dan Winslow. The 9th Norfolk District constitutes all or parts of the Towns of

Medfield Medfield is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 12,799 according to the 2020 United States Census. It is a community about southwest of Boston, Massachusetts, which is a 40-minute drive to Boston's fina ...

, Millis,

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, Plainville, Walpole, and Wrentham. A member of the Republican Party, he was sworn in January 29, 2014.

Personal life

Dooley received his

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from Auburn University, and a

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from

Anna Maria College Anna Maria College is a private Roman Catholic college in Paxton, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1946 as a women's college, but has been coeducational since 1973. The school offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees. History Anna Mari ...

. He is married to Family Law Attorney Carolyn (CiCi) Van Tine and they have four children.

Political career

Previously he served as the elected Norfolk

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as well as the Chairman of the Norfolk School Committee. Dooley made national headlines for his bill on preventing Chinese owned and other non-market economy nations from participating in the state bid process for critical infrastructure such as rail. The impetus of this bill was when China's government owned CRRC gained the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority contract for manufacturing orange lines cars. His original opinion piece sparked national coverage including

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, NPR,

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and

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. Similar bills were filed in both the

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and

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and passed in a bipartisan fashion. In August 2020, the conservative website ''New Boston Post'' published an excerpt from Representative Dooley’s nightly Facebook post on the pandemic criticizing

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and calling him "King Charles" for implementing

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restrictions without consulting the legislature and issuing numerous executive orders under the guise of a state of emergency, after a spike of cases rose in Massachusetts. On January 3, 2021, Dooley challenged

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Jim Lyons for the Chairmanship of the Massachusetts Republican Party in an effort to "capture that middle ground as opposed to going far hard-right". Dooley lost to Lyons with a vote of the Republican State Committee 39-36. In 2022, Dooley ran for the

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. He was defeated by incumbent Democrat

Becca Rausch Rebecca Lynne Rausch (born August 31, 1979) is an American attorney and politician from the commonwealth of Massachusetts. A member of the Democratic Party, she represents the Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex district in the Massachusetts Senate ...

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