Bruce Tarr | |
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Minority Leader of the Massachusetts Senate | |
Assumed office January 3, 2011 | |
Preceded by | Richard Tisei |
Member of the Massachusetts Senate from the 1st Essex and Middlesex district | |
Assumed office January 3, 1995 | |
Preceded by | Robert Buell |
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 5th Essex district | |
In office January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1995 | |
Preceded by | Patricia Fiero |
Succeeded by | Anthony Verga |
Personal details | |
Born | Gloucester, Massachusetts, U.S. | January 2, 1964
Political party | Republican |
Education | Suffolk University (BA, JD) |
Website | https://BruceTarr.org |
Bruce E. Tarr (born January 2, 1964[1]) is an American politician who serves as a Republican member and Minority Leader of the Massachusetts Senate.[2] Since 1995 he has represented the 1st Essex and Middlesex District. He is a member of the United States Republican Party and a former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
The 1st Essex and Middlesex district includes 19 communities: the cities of Gloucester and Newburyport and the towns of Boxford, Essex, Georgetown, Groveland, Hamilton, Ipswich, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Middleton, Newbury, Precincts 5A, 7, and 8 in North Andover, North Reading, Rockport, Rowley, Salisbury, Topsfield, Wenham, and West Newbury.
Early life
[edit]Tarr was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts.[1] He is a graduate of Suffolk University, for his undergraduate and J.D. studies.
Massachusetts House of Representatives
[edit]Tarr served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1991 to 1995.[1]
Massachusetts Senate
[edit]Tarr was elected to the Massachusetts Senate in 1994, and assumed office on January 3, 1995. He has served as the Minority Leader since 2011.[2]
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Electoral history
[edit]Tarr was reelected without opposition in 1998, 2000, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bruce Tarr | 58,838 | 71.40 | |
Independent | Terrence William Cudney | 23,408 | 28.40 | |
Write-In | Others | 171 | 0.20 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bruce Tarr | 56,020 | 64.77 | |
Democratic | Paul McGeary | 30,179 | 34.89 | |
Write-In | Others | 291 | 0.34 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bruce Tarr | 47,745 | 71.83 | |
Democratic | Andrew Armata | 18,699 | 28.13 | |
Write-In | Others | 27 | 0.04 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bruce Tarr | 51,851 | 71.16 | |
Democratic | Klaus Kublerschky | 20,986 | 28.80 | |
Write-In | Others | 32 | 0.04 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bruce Tarr | 41,313 | 66.81 | |
Democratic | Klaus Kuhierschky | 20,486 | 33.13 | |
Write-In | Others | 34 | 0.05 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bruce Tarr | 14,101 | 67.67 | |
Democratic | Suzanne Mitchell | 6,736 | 32.33 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bruce Tarr | 8,497 | 46.68 | |
Democratic | Patricia Fiero | 6,781 | 37.26 | |
Independent | Michael McLeod | 2,434 | 13.37 | |
Independent | Stephen James | 489 | 2.69 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bruce Tarr | 3,007 | 61.85 | |
Republican | Paul Codhina | 1,404 | 28.88 | |
Republican | David Pye | 449 | 9.23 | |
Write-In | Others | 2 | 0.04 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Edward B., O'Neill (1993), Public officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, MA: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, p. 226
- ^ a b "Tarr named next Senate minority leader", The Boston Globe, November 28, 2010
- ^ "PD43+ - 1994-2018 State Senate General Election 1st Essex and Middlesex District". Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ^ "PD43+ - 1992-1990 State House of Representatives General Election 5th Essex District". Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
External links
[edit]- General Court profile (source for the above information)
- Personal web site