Jennifer Flanagan

Jennifer L. Flanagan is a member of the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission. She was chosen by Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker as his pick for the newly formed Commission.[1] The appointment was notable because she opposed cannabis legalization and is from a different party than the governor.

Jennifer L. Flanagan
Member of the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission
Assumed office
2017
Preceded byInitial member of commission
Member of the Massachusetts Senate from the Worcester and Middlesex district
In office
2009–2017
Preceded byRobert A. Antonioni
Succeeded byDean Tran
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 4th Worcester district
In office
2005–2009
Preceded byMary Jane Simmons
Succeeded byDennis Rosa
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic
ResidenceLeominster, Massachusetts

Education

Leominster High School; University of Massachusetts Boston, B.A. Political Science; Fitchburg State College, M.S. Mental Health Counseling.

Political career

Flanagan served as a legislative aide and then chief of staff to then-Leominster State Rep. Mary Jane Simmons.[2] In 2004 Simmons announced she would not seek re-election to the 4th Worcester district due to health concerns,[3] and Flanagan ran for the open seat. Flanagan won the primary and general election, and served two terms as a Massachusetts State Representative.

Flanagan served as a Massachusetts State Senator for the Worcester and Middlesex district, which includes her hometown of Leominster. She is a Democrat who served from 2009,[2] to 2017. She first won the State Senate seat in 2008, winning a contested Democratic primary and facing no general election opponent.[4] When running for re-election in 2014 the nomination forms to get Flanagan on the primary ballot were filed with an incomplete address,[5] forcing her to run a write-in campaign during the primary in order to be on the general election ballot.[6] There was no candidate for the seat on either the Republican[7] or Democratic[8] primary ballots. Her general election opponent, Richard Bastien, also got on the general election ballot with a write-in campaign in the primary.

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