Christopher Speranzo

Christopher Speranzo
Massachusetts House of Representatives Third Berkshire
Former representative
Term in office began 2005
Term in office ended July 2011
Political party	Democratic
Profession	Solicitor, clerk magistrate

Christopher Speranzo (b. October 24, 1972) is a former Democratic member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He represented the Third Berkshire from 2005-2011. He was first elected in a special election in April 2005.

Speranzo served as Solicitor of the City of Pittsfield. He has also served as Treasurer of the Pittsfield Democratic City Committee. He is a member of the Berkshire Bar Association, the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Pittsfield Chapter of UNICO National, the Attorney General's Safe Neighborhood Initiative, and the Springfield Violence Prevention Task Force.

Speranzo resigned on July 13, 2011 from the Massachusetts House of Representatives to take accept an appointment as new clerk magistrate of Central Berkshire District Court.

Committee assignments

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Speranzo was appointed to the following committees:

• Health Care Financing Joint Committee
• Judiciary Joint Committee, Vice Chair
• State Administration and Regulatory Oversight Joint Committee
• Ways and Means
• Ways and Means Joint Committee

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Speranzo served on the following committees:

• Judiciary Joint Committee (Vice-Chair)
• Ways and Means

Elections

2010

See also: Massachusetts House of Representatives elections, 2010

Speranzo won election to the Third Berkshire Seat in 2010. He had no primary opposition. He defeated Mark Miller (GR) in the general election on November 2, 2010.

Massachusetts House of Representatives General Election, Third Berkshire District (2010)
Candidates		Votes
Christopher Speranzo (D)		5,446
Mark C. Miller (Gr)		4,460

2008

On November 4, 2008, Speranzo won re-election for the Massachusetts House of Representatives election for the Third Berkshire district. In this election he raised $27,664-; of that total $24,114- (87.2%) was from in state contributions and $3,550- (12.8%) was from out of state contributions.

Massachusetts House of Representatives - Third Berkshire district
Candidates		Votes
Christopher Speranzo (D)		13,684
All Others		36
Blanks		3,941

Campaign donors

2008

Speranzo raised $27,664 in the 2008 election cycle.

His major contributors are listed below.

Donor	Amount
Richard Stanley	$1,000
10 different donors	$500

External links

Suggest a link

• Massachusetts House of Representatives - Rep. Christopher Speranzo
• Project Vote Smart legislative profile
• Project Vote Smart biography
• Campaign contributions: 2008, 2006

References

Political offices
Preceded by -	Massachusetts House of Representatives Berkshire 3 2005–July 2011	Succeeded by Patricia Farley-Bouvier