Lori Trahan

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Lori Trahan (2019)

Lori A. Loureiro Trahan (born October 27, 1973 in Lowell , Massachusetts , United States ) is an American politician . As a member of the Democratic Party , she has held the third seat of the state of Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives since January 3, 2019 . She was elected to this office in November 2018 and was sworn in on January 3, 2019.

Life

Trahan was born in 1973 in Lowell , Massachusetts , and grew up there. She attended Lowell High School and was in the school's sports hall of fame there. Trahan has three sisters. Her father, Tony Loureiro, had Portuguese parents. His father was from Porto in northern Portugal and his mother was born in Brazil to the daughter of Portuguese and moved to the Azores to live with relatives as a child after the death of her mother. Trahan's mother is of partial Portuguese descent (from the Azores).

Trahan lives in Westford , Massachusetts with her husband Dave, two daughters and three step-sons .

Political career

After graduating from high school, Trahan worked for Marty Meehan , who held the fifth seat of the state of Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 2007 ; from 2005 she was chief of staff of Meehan. Trahan later left politics to work at ChoiceStream , a marketing software company based in Cambridge , Massachusetts. She became the executive director of the Concire Leadership Institute , a small family-owned consulting firm.

As a member of the Democratic Party , Trahan was elected the third seat of the Massachusetts state in the United States House of Representatives in the 2018 election. She was sworn in on January 3, 2019, succeeding the resigned Niki Tsongas , who had held this office since 2007. In her party's primary, she had won against Daniel Koh - by only about 150 votes.

She works in the following congress areas:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Federal Election Commission : Page by Page Report Display. (Page 20 of 75). In: docquery.fec.gov. Federal Election Commission, p. 2 , accessed April 3, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Editorial Endorsement: Lori Trahan for Congress. Third Congressional District candidate Lori Trahan in Lowell on Sept. 18. In: bostonglobe.com. The Boston Globe , October 25, 2018, p. 2 , accessed April 3, 2019 .
  3. ^ Boston Herald : Editorial endorsement: Lori Trahan earns nod for 3rd. The Democratic candidate for the Massachusetts 3rd Congressional District must be able to navigate the corridors of Capitol Hill and advocate on behalf of citizens and businesses alike. In: bostonherald.com. Boston Herald, August 23, 2018, p. 4 , accessed April 3, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Feligénio Medeiros & Paulo Martins: Lori Loureiro Trahan, a Massachusetts Candidate for Congress with Portuguese Roots. Lori Loureiro Trahan, Massachusetts Candidate for Congress. In: feelportugal.com. FEEL PORTUGAL IN USA. , August 17, 2018, p. 11 , accessed on April 3, 2019 (English).
  5. ↑ Chris Lisinski: Trahan appears eager to follow in the footsteps of her former boss. WESTFORD - Lori Trahan, a consulting firm CEO who served as Marty Meehan's chief of staff when he was a congressman, appears to be positioning herself to replace in Congress the woman who replaced Meehan, Rep. Niki Tsongas. In: lowellsun.com/. MediaNews , September 18, 2017, p. 7 , accessed on April 3, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Chris Lisinski: Westford's Lori Trahan launches campaign for 3rd District seat. WESTFORD - Consulting firm executive Lori Trahan, who served as chief of staff to Marty Meehan when he was a congressman, announced Thursday that she will run to succeed Rep. Niki Tsongas in 2018. In: lowellsun.com/. MediaNews , October 12, 2017, p. 6 , accessed on April 3, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Melissa Hanson: Lori Trahan to succeed Niki Tsongas in Washington, DC after emerging winner in Third Congressional District race. Voters in Massachusetts have selected Lori Trahan to represent the Third Congressional District in Washington DC, the seat being vacated by retiring US Rep. Niki Tsongas. In: masslive.com. MassLive , November 7, 2018, p. 5 , accessed April 3, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Trahan, Lori
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Trahan, Lori A. Loureiro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Lowell , Massachusetts , United States