Liz Miranda

Elizabeth "Liz" Miranda (born June 29, 1981) is a Cape Verdean-American[2] community organizer[3] and politician. Since January 2019, Miranda has served as the Democratic Massachusetts State Representative for the Fifth Suffolk district.[4] Her district comprises parts of the Dorchester and Roxbury neighborhoods of Boston.[4] She is a member of the Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus.[5]

Liz Miranda
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
from the 5th Suffolk district
Assumed office
January 2, 2019
Preceded byEvandro Carvalho
Personal details
Born (1981-06-29) June 29, 1981
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
NationalityCape Verdean, American
Political partyDemocratic
EducationJohn D. O'Bryant School of Mathematics & Science[1]
Alma materWellesley College[1]

Early life and education

Miranda was born on June 29, 1981 in Dorchester, Boston. Her mother was a high school junior at the time of Miranda's birth, motivating her to drop out of education and begin to work to support her family.[6]

From 1998 to 2002, Miranda attended Wellesley College, from which she graduated after four years with a Bachelor of Arts in Africana studies and urban studies.

Death of her brother

On August 20, 2017, Miranda's 28-year-old brother, Michael A. Miranda, was shot and killed outside a nightclub in Boston's theater district. He was pronounced dead at 7:17 p.m. EST.[7] This has inspired some of her campaign issues on stronger gun control, criminal justice reform,[8] youth education (by introducing alternatives to violence)[6] and the treatment of the distribution and oversight of firearms as a federal issue.[7]

2018 State House campaign

Citing President Trump's 2016 election as an important motivating factor,[7] Miranda launched a campaign to seek the fifth Suffolk seat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives after the incumbent, Evandro Carvalho, opted not to run for reelection, launching instead an unsuccessful bid for the Democratic party's nomination in the position of Suffolk County district attorney.[9]

She faced a largely contested Democratic primary, but garnered a total of 59.4 percent of the votes in a field of four declared candidates.[10] In the general election, she faced Republican nominee Althea Garrison, a perennial candidate for the seat who had previously served as the district's representative from 1993 to 1995.[11] Miranda won overwhelmingly in the general election, with 88.7 percent to Garrison's 11 percent.[12] Subsequently, Miranda was sworn into the State House on January 2, 2019.[13]

See also

References
  1. "Race for State Rep – Meet Elizabeth "Liz" Miranda , 5th District State Representative Candidate on Notorious in the Morning! – B87FM". Archived from the original on August 20, 2018. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  2. "About Liz". Lizmiranda.com. Archived from the original on November 11, 2018. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  3. "Liz Miranda". Boston.gov. Archived from the original on March 28, 2018. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  4. "Representative Liz Miranda". malegislature.gov.
  5. "2019-2020 Massachusetts Black & Latino Legislative Caucus". mablacklatinocaucus.com. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  6. Chris Lovett, For State Rep. (5th Suffolk): Liz Miranda, archived from the original on November 12, 2018, retrieved January 7, 2019
  7. Cathell, Mia; Miller, Elias (October 28, 2018), Liz Miranda Interview, Gov't Center, retrieved January 7, 2019
  8. "On the Issues". Lizmiranda.com. Archived from the original on November 13, 2018. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  9. "PD43+ " Search Elections". PD43+. Archived from the original on January 6, 2019. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  10. "PD43+ " 2018 State Representative Democratic Primary 5th Suffolk District". PD43+. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  11. Public officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. State Library of Massachusetts. Boston, Mass. : General Court. 1993–1994. Archived from the original on June 5, 2017. Retrieved January 7, 2019.CS1 maint: others (link)
  12. "PD43+ " 2018 State Representative General Election 5th Suffolk District". PD43+. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  13. Reed, David Blewett, Jodi (January 2, 2019). "Massachusetts senators, representatives sworn into office". WWLP. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
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