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Gerry Cassidy
Gerry Cassidy (Democratic Party) was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, representing the 9th Plymouth District. He assumed office on March 9, 2016. He left office on January 1, 2025.
Cassidy (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Massachusetts House of Representatives to represent the 9th Plymouth District. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Cassidy was assigned to the following committees:
2021-2022
Cassidy was assigned to the following committees:
- House Post Audit and Oversight Committee, Vice chair
- Labor and Workforce Development Joint Committee
- Revenue Joint Committee
2019-2020
Cassidy was assigned to the following committees:
- Labor and Workforce Development Joint Committee
- Public Service Joint Committee, Vice Chair
- Ways and Means Joint Committee
- Revenue Joint Committee
- House Ways and Means 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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| • Global Warming and Climate Change |
| • Technology and Intergovernmental Affairs |
| • Ways and Means |
| • Labor and Workforce Development Joint |
| • Ways and Means Joint |
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
Gerry Cassidy did not file to run for re-election.
2022
See also: Massachusetts House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 9th Plymouth District
Incumbent Gerry Cassidy defeated Lawrence Novak in the general election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 9th Plymouth District on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Gerry Cassidy (D) | 60.5 | 9,357 | |
| Lawrence Novak (R) | 39.3 | 6,072 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 25 | ||
| Total votes: 15,454 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 9th Plymouth District
Incumbent Gerry Cassidy advanced from the Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 9th Plymouth District on September 6, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Gerry Cassidy | 99.5 | 3,541 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 19 | ||
| Total votes: 3,560 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 9th Plymouth District
Lawrence Novak advanced from the Republican primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 9th Plymouth District on September 6, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Lawrence Novak | 99.4 | 1,605 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 9 | ||
| Total votes: 1,614 | |||
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2020
See also: Massachusetts House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 9th Plymouth District
Incumbent Gerry Cassidy won election in the general election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 9th Plymouth District on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Gerry Cassidy (D) | 99.8 | 11,743 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 27 | ||
| Total votes: 11,770 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 9th Plymouth District
Incumbent Gerry Cassidy advanced from the Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 9th Plymouth District on September 1, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Gerry Cassidy | 99.5 | 4,110 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 22 | ||
| Total votes: 4,132 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 9th Plymouth District
Incumbent Gerry Cassidy won election in the general election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 9th Plymouth District on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Gerry Cassidy (D) | 99.8 | 7,955 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 14 | ||
| Total votes: 7,969 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 9th Plymouth District
Incumbent Gerry Cassidy advanced from the Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 9th Plymouth District on September 4, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Gerry Cassidy | 100.0 | 1,396 | |
| Total votes: 1,396 | |||
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2016
General election
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 Gerry Cassidy defeated Danny J. Yoon in the Massachusetts House of Representatives Ninth Plymouth District general election.[1][2]
| Massachusetts House of Representatives, Ninth Plymouth District General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Gerry Cassidy Incumbent |
85.57% | 10,346 | |
| Republican | Danny J. Yoon | 14.43% | 1,745 | |
| Total Votes | 12,091 | |||
| Source: Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth | ||||
Incumbent Gerry Cassidy ran unopposed in the Massachusetts House of Representatives Ninth Plymouth District Democratic Primary.[3][4]
| Massachusetts House of Representatives, Ninth Plymouth District Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Gerry Cassidy Incumbent (unopposed) | |
Danny J. Yoon ran unopposed in the Massachusetts House of Representatives Ninth Plymouth District Republican Primary.[3][4]
| Massachusetts House of Representatives, Ninth Plymouth District Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Danny J. Yoon (unopposed) | |
Special election
A special election for the position of Massachusetts House of Representatives Ninth Plymouth District was called for March 1. A primary election took place on February 2. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was December 29, 2015.[5]
The seat was vacant following Michael Brady's (D) election to the state Senate on November 3, 2015.
Gerry Cassidy defeated Shaynah Barnes and Shirley Asack in the Democratic primary.[6] Cassidy was unopposed in the special election.[7][8][9]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Gerry Cassidy |
45.5% | 880 |
| Shirley Asack | 27.3% | 527 |
| Shaynah Barnes | 27.2% | 526 |
| Total Votes | 1,933 | |
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2020
Gerry Cassidy did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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2024
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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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Massachusetts Secretary of State, "2016 State election candidates," accessed October 3, 2016
- ↑ Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, "Election data lookup," accessed December 20, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Massachusetts Secretary of State, "2016 Primary Candidates (Democratic)," accessed June 20, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Secretary of the Commonweath of Massachusetts, "Massachusetts Election Statistics," accessed October 14, 2016
- ↑ Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, "Special State Election-Ninth Plymouth Representative District*," accessed November 20, 2015
- ↑ The Enterprise, "3 Brockton Democrats in race for 9th Plymouth state representative seat," accessed January 13, 2016
- ↑ masslive.com, "Democrats sweep three House special elections," accessed March 2, 2016
- ↑ NewBostonPost, "Cassidy wins Brockton primary, fields narrowed in Fitchburg, Peabody," accessed February 3, 2016
- ↑ William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, "2016 State Representative Special Democratic Primary," accessed March 28, 2016
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| Preceded by - |
Massachusetts House of Representatives 9th Plymouth District 2016-2025 |
Succeeded by Bridget Plouffe (D) |
