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Ann-Margaret Ferrante
2009 - Present
2027
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Ann-Margaret Ferrante (Democratic Party) is a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, representing the 5th Essex District. She assumed office in 2009. Her current term ends on January 6, 2027.
Ferrante (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Massachusetts House of Representatives to represent the 5th Essex District. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Ferrante's professional experience includes working as an attorney with a practice in Rockport and Gloucester. She previously worked in Congressman Joe Kennedy's office, was a legislative aide to State Sen. Bruce Tarr, and served as the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Fisheries Recovery Commission.[1]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Ferrante was assigned to the following committees:
- Operations, Facilities and Security Committee
- House Post Audit and Oversight Committee
- Steering, Policy and Scheduling Committee
- House Ways and Means Committee, Vice Chair
- Ways and Means Joint Committee, Vice Chair
2021-2022
Ferrante was assigned to the following committees:
- Operations, Facilities and Security Committee
- House Post Audit and Oversight Committee
- Steering, Policy and Scheduling Committee
- House Ways and Means Committee, Vice chair
- Ways and Means Joint Committee, House vice chair
2019-2020
Ferrante was assigned to the following committees:
- Economic Development and Emerging Technologies Joint Committee, Chair
- Rules Joint Committee
- House Rules Committee
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
Massachusetts committee assignments, 2017 |
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• Rules |
• Steering, Policy and Scheduling |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Ferrante served on the following committees:
Massachusetts committee assignments, 2015 |
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• Community Development and Small Businesses Joint, Chair |
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Ferrante served on the following committees:
Massachusetts committee assignments, 2013 |
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• Economic Development and Emerging Technologies Joint, Vice chair |
• Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Joint |
• State Administration and Regulatory Oversight Joint |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Ferrante served on the following committees:
Massachusetts committee assignments, 2011 |
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• Economic Development and Emerging Technologies Joint |
• Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Joint, Vice chair |
• Ways and Means |
• Ways and Means Joint |
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: Massachusetts House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 5th Essex District
Incumbent Ann-Margaret Ferrante defeated Steven Leblanc Jr. in the general election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 5th Essex District on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Ann-Margaret Ferrante (D) | 66.5 | 17,877 |
Steven Leblanc Jr. (Unenrolled) | 33.2 | 8,926 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 69 |
Total votes: 26,872 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 5th Essex District
Incumbent Ann-Margaret Ferrante advanced from the Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 5th Essex District on September 3, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Ann-Margaret Ferrante | 99.5 | 4,447 |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 21 |
Total votes: 4,468 | ||||
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Endorsements
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2022
See also: Massachusetts House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 5th Essex District
Incumbent Ann-Margaret Ferrante defeated Ashley Sullivan in the general election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 5th Essex District on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Ann-Margaret Ferrante (D) | 69.0 | 14,971 |
Ashley Sullivan (R) ![]() | 30.8 | 6,683 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 34 |
Total votes: 21,688 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 5th Essex District
Incumbent Ann-Margaret Ferrante defeated Nathaniel Mulcahy in the Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 5th Essex District on September 6, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Ann-Margaret Ferrante | 72.5 | 5,258 |
![]() | Nathaniel Mulcahy | 27.5 | 1,994 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 1 |
Total votes: 7,253 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 5th Essex District
Ashley Sullivan advanced from the Republican primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 5th Essex District on September 6, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Ashley Sullivan (Write-in) ![]() | 55.4 | 185 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 44.6 | 149 |
Total votes: 334 | ||||
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2020
See also: Massachusetts House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 5th Essex District
Incumbent Ann-Margaret Ferrante won election in the general election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 5th Essex District on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Ann-Margaret Ferrante (D) | 98.1 | 19,860 |
Other/Write-in votes | 1.9 | 387 |
Total votes: 20,247 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 5th Essex District
Incumbent Ann-Margaret Ferrante advanced from the Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 5th Essex District on September 1, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Ann-Margaret Ferrante | 99.1 | 8,890 |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.9 | 85 |
Total votes: 8,975 | ||||
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2018
General election
General election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 5th Essex District
Incumbent Ann-Margaret Ferrante defeated James Gardner in the general election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 5th Essex District on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Ann-Margaret Ferrante (D) | 71.4 | 13,617 |
James Gardner (Independent) | 28.4 | 5,428 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 37 |
Total votes: 19,082 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 5th Essex District
Incumbent Ann-Margaret Ferrante advanced from the Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 5th Essex District on September 4, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Ann-Margaret Ferrante | 100.0 | 3,564 |
Total votes: 3,564 | ||||
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2016
Elections for the Massachusetts House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on September 8, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 7, 2016.
Incumbent Ann-Margaret Ferrante ran unopposed in the Massachusetts House of Representatives Fifth Essex District general election.[2][3]
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Democratic | ![]() | |
Source: Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth |
Incumbent Ann-Margaret Ferrante ran unopposed in the Massachusetts House of Representatives Fifth Essex District Democratic Primary.[4][5]
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2014
Elections for the Massachusetts House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election was held on September 9, 2014, and a general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 3, 2014. Incumbent Ann-Margaret Ferrante was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Michael Boucher defeated Robert Whynott in the Republican primary. Ferrante defeated Boucher in the general election.[6]
Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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56.2% | 1,111 |
Robert Whynott | 43.8% | 866 |
Total Votes | 1,977 |
2012
Ferrante won re-election in the 2012 election for Massachusetts House of Representatives Fifth Essex District. Ferrante was unopposed in the September 6 Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[7][8]
2010
Ferrante won re-election to the Fifth Essex seat in 2010. She was unopposed in the September 14 primary. She defeated Janet Holmes (R) in the general election on November 2, 2010.[9]
Massachusetts House of Representatives General Election, Fifth Essex District (2010) | ||||
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10,602 | |||
Janet Holmes (R) | 5,670 |
2008
On November 4, 2008, Ferrante won the Massachusetts House of Representatives election for the Fifth Essex district.[10] In this election she raised $76,158; of that total $73,133 (96.0%) was from in state contributions and $3,025 (4.0%) was from out of state contributions.[11]
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Candidates | Votes | |||
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16,430 | |||
All Others | 1,149 | |||
Blanks | 4,999 |
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
Ann-Margaret Ferrante did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Ann-Margaret Ferrante did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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2024
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In 2024, the Massachusetts State Legislature was in session from January 3 to December 31. Formal session ended on July 31, 2024 and an informal session was convened from August 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024.
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2023
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In 2023, the Massachusetts State Legislature was in session from January 4 to November 15.
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2022
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In 2022, the Massachusetts State Legislature was in session from January 5 to August 1.
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2021
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In 2021, the Massachusetts State Legislature was in session from January 6 to January 4.
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2020
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In 2020, the Massachusetts State Legislature was in session from January 1 to January 5.
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2019
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In 2019, the Massachusetts General Court was in session from January 2 through December 31.
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2018
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In 2018, the Massachusetts General Court was in formal session from January 3 to July 31. The legislature was in informal session from August 1 to December 31.
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2017
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In 2017, the Massachusetts General Court was in session from January 4 through November 15. The legislature held an informal session from November 16 to January 2.
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2016
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In 2016, the Massachusetts General Court was in session from January 6 through July 31.
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2015
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In 2015, the Massachusetts General Court was in session from January 7, 2015, through January 5, 2016.
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2014
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In 2014, the Massachusetts General Court was in session from January 14 through August 1.
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2013
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In 2013, the Massachusetts General Court was in session from January 2 to December 31.
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2012
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In 2012, the Massachusetts General Court was in session from January 4 through July 31.
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2011
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In 2011, the Massachusetts General Court was in session from January 5 through November 16.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Officeholder Massachusetts House of Representatives 5th Essex District |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ Imagine Election - Rep. Ferrante profile
- ↑ Massachusetts Secretary of State, "2016 State election candidates," accessed October 3, 2016
- ↑ Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, "Election data lookup," accessed December 20, 2016
- ↑ Massachusetts Secretary of State, "2016 Primary Candidates (Democratic)," accessed June 20, 2016
- ↑ Secretary of the Commonweath of Massachusetts, "Massachusetts Election Statistics," accessed October 14, 2016
- ↑ Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, "2014 State Primary Candidates," accessed September 9, 2014
- ↑ Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, "2012 State Primary Results," accessed February 13, 2014
- ↑ Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, "Return of Votes - For Massachusetts State Election - November 6, 2012," accessed February 13, 2014
- ↑ Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, "Return of Votes - For Massachusetts State Election - November 2, 2010," accessed February 13, 2014
- ↑ Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, "Return of Votes For Massachusetts State Election - November 4, 2008," accessed March 18, 2014
- ↑ Follow the Money, "2008 campaign contributions," accessed December 29, 2014
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Massachusetts House of Representatives 5th Essex District 2009-Present |
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