Connor Degan
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Connor Degan (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Massachusetts House of Representatives to represent the 8th Middlesex District. He lost in the Democratic primary on September 6, 2022.
Degan completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Connor Degan was born in Newton, Massachusetts. He earned a bachelor's degree from Roger Williams University in 2014. His career experience includes working as a town clerk.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Massachusetts House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 8th Middlesex District
James Arena-DeRosa defeated Loring Barnes in the general election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 8th Middlesex District on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | James Arena-DeRosa (D)  | 65.0 | 12,916 |
| Loring Barnes (R) | 35.0 | 6,947 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 10 | ||
| Total votes: 19,873 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 8th Middlesex District
James Arena-DeRosa defeated Connor Degan in the Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 8th Middlesex District on September 6, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | James Arena-DeRosa | 57.1 | 3,070 |
 | Connor Degan | 42.9 | 2,307 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 2 | ||
| Total votes: 5,379 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 8th Middlesex District
Loring Barnes advanced from the Republican primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 8th Middlesex District on September 6, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Loring Barnes | 99.8 | 1,524 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 3 | ||
| Total votes: 1,527 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Connor Degan completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Degan's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I am proud and fortunate to always be able to call Massachusetts my home. Here I serve as an elected official, civil servant, and community advocate who seeks to support those around me and build bridges and increase quality of life in the community that I serve. I have had the privilege to serve on the Hopkinton Housing Authority and I am currently serving my second term as the elected Town Clerk in Hopkinton. I want to expand my service to the greater community and do everything that I can to serve and represent the residents of Holliston, Hopkinton, Millis (Precincts 2&3), and Sherborn.
- I always have been community forward and community first. The priorities of the communities I serve, and hope to serve, will always be my first priorities as your advocate on Beacon Hill and in the district.
- My experience in municipal government gives me first hand knowledge of how policy effects those on the municipal level and I will always make sure to support legislation that will not put undue burden on municipalities and those that live there when enacting important reforms.
- I am part of the community and want to see it succeed. Government is not one size fits all, our individuality gives us strength to work together to a better and brighter tomorrow. Our legislation needs to understand this and ensure it is adaptive to a diverse set of needs across the District and the Commonwealth.
There are many issue that I am hoping to serve as an advocate for as the Representative for the 8th Middlesex District. However, there are a few issues that are close to my heart: my experiemce as an election official leaves me passionate about election reform and the best ways to ensure it can be carried out in municipalities, protecting our environment and the natural beauty of our communities, ensuring those in our communities feel welcome and free from prejudice, ensuring our amazing public educational institutions continue in their excellence and that we can help ensure that all children in Massachusetts have access to high-quality public education.
Service, compassion, integrity.
I am a good listener who cares about the quality of life of those around me and I always work to put the needs and prioritiesof others before my own. I hold my ethics in extremely high regard and do everything I can to ensure that everyone is treated equally under the law. I want to advocate for those that do not have the same level of access so that I can get their priorities to those who can influence change.
The core responsibility is to serve and represent the communities that elected you to be there. Spending time in the community and keeping appraised of important issues and how your constituents feel regarding proposed legislation allows you to ensure you always carry their priorities with you to Boston.
The attack on the World Trade Center on Spetember 11, 2001. At the time I was nine years old. I remember the fear we all felt at the time and I saw that fear misdirected at those who also were here seeking the American Dream. I have worked to build connections and bridges with Muslim members of our community through our shared values and am so fortunate to have such an amazing and diverse community around me.
I was staff at a rescue shelter for retired racing greyhounds. I was there for about two years and stopped when I went to pursue my degree. This gave me a special love for rescue animals and that second chance that so many don't get. My wife and I now have a rescue dog that was found abandoned in Arkansas as a puppy and she is loved in our home.
"Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen
The governor should be a partner in bettering the lives of those who.reside in the Commonwealth and should also be a voice of reason in a sea of ideas. Working together for the betterment of the people strengthens us all.
Experience in local government is beneficial for understanding how legislation effects local government and individual communities. However, the diverse backgrounds in the legislature ensure that various perspectives are able to weigh in on legislation.
It is absolutely beneficial to build relationships with other legislators. Many communities have districts that overlap between different houses of the legislature, with Senate districts containing many Representative districts allowing for an increased chance of passing legislation in a bicameral legislature. Also, legislation often effects all communities and working with regional legislators ensures that the mutual interests of your districts are met.
I believe that dissenting opinions serve to keep us thinking from multiple perspectives and at times can strengthen our own convictions. Compromise ensures democracy works well. Even those in the same party will have differences in opinion, but it only makes us stronger to open a discourse and find the best way to move everyone forward.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 23, 2022
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