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George Rogers

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Prior offices
Massachusetts House of Representatives 7th Bristol District

Massachusetts House of Representatives 2nd Bristol District

Mayor of New Bedford

Massachusetts State Senate

New Bedford City Council

Massachusetts House of Representatives 12th Bristol District

Education

Bachelor's

Providence College

Personal
Profession
State Legislator/Educator

George Rogers served in a number of elected state and local offices in Massachusetts. He died on June 30, 2018.[1]

In 2015, he sought elected office again as a candidate for at-large representative on the New Bedford School Committee in Massachusetts. He was defeated in the general election on November 3, 2015.[2]

From 1980 to 2003, Rogers was a member of the New Bedford City Council. Prior to that position, he served two separate tenures in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, in addition to tenures in the Massachusetts State Senate and as Mayor of New Bedford.

Biography

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Rogers earned an undergraduate degree from Providence College in 1958. He served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1965-1970 before winning election to New Bedford's mayoral office in 1970. He served as mayor until 1971 and later joined the Massachusetts State Senate from 1975-1978. Rogers later served on the New Bedford City Council from 1980-2003 and concurrently served in the state house from 1999-2002.[3] He worked as a teacher at Fairhaven High School and the Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational-Technical High School.[4]

Elections

2015

See also: New Bedford Public Schools elections (2015)

The New Bedford School Committee consists of seven members, six of whom are elected to four-year terms. Each of those six members are elected at large by all residents in the school district. The seventh member is the mayor of New Bedford. A primary election was scheduled for October 6, 2015, but was unnecessary as no more than two candidates filed per seat up for election. The general election was held on November 3, 2015.

The seats of incumbents Joaquim Livramento, Bruce Oliveira, and Marlene Pollock were up for election.[5][6] Livramento and Oliveira filed for re-election, while Pollock announced that she would not seek re-election. Both incumbents won re-election. They faced challengers Christopher Cotter, Celia Dos Santos, George Rogers, and Warley Williams in the general election; Cotter won the third seat up for election.[2]

Results

New Bedford School Committee, At-large, General Election, 2015
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Bruce Oliveira Incumbent 22.2% 6,064
Green check mark transparent.png Joaquim Livramento Incumbent 21.4% 5,849
Green check mark transparent.png Christopher Cotter 18.7% 5,105
Warley Williams 12.9% 3,526
George Rogers 12.8% 3,507
Celia Dos Santos 11.7% 3,211
Write-in votes 0.3% 81
Total Votes 27,343
Source: New Bedford Election Commission, "Unofficial Results," November 3, 2015

Funding

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Endorsements

Rogers did not receive any official endorsements in this election.

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