Richard Haggerty

Richard Haggerty is an American politician who represents the 30th Middlesex District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He represents the towns of Woburn and Reading. As State Representative Rich serves on the Joint Committee on Education, Joint Committee on Financial Services, and Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture (ENRA), along with the House Standing Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change.[1][2][3][4]

Richard Haggerty
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 30th Middlesex District
Assumed office
January 2, 2019
Preceded byJames Dwyer
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic Party
Spouse(s)Haley
ResidenceWoburn
Alma materUniversity of New Hampshire

Past experiences in the public service sector include his role as Woburn City Council President (2014-2019) and Alderman at Large (2010-2019).[5]

Other notable leadership rolls:

Rich also serves on the Board of the Woburn Friends of VNA, is a Board member of the Middlesex County Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Partnership and is an active member of the Woburn Elks and the Woburn Historical Society.

Personal life

Rich comes from a long line of public servants and community leaders. He is the great-grandson of J.D. Haggerty who founded the Woburn Daily Times in 1901 and the grandson of Edward Costello a career firefighter from Medford, MA.

He received his Bachelor’s Degree from the University of New Hampshire in Political Science with a special concentration in Foreign Policy. He graduated from Woburn High School.[6]

See also

For a complete list of the bills sponsored by Rich during his time in office, please reference this link.

For a complete list of the bills co-sponsored by Rich during his time in office, please reference this link.

References
  1. "Meet Rich". Rich Haggerty State Representative. 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  2. "Richard M. Haggerty: Committees". The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2019. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  3. "Richard M. Haggerty: District". The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2019. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  4. "Richard Haggerty sworn in as 30th Middlesex District representative". Wicked Local. January 4, 2019. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  5. "Meet Rich". Rich Haggerty. 2018-01-29. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
  6. "Meet Rich". Rich Haggerty. 2018-01-29. Retrieved 2020-08-07.


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