Scott Harshbarger

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Scott Harshbarger (born December 1, 1941 in New Haven, Connecticut) is a lawyer and a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Massachusetts.

Harshbarger was first elected as District Attorney of Middlesex County, Massachusetts in 1982, defeating incumbent DA John Droney in the Democratic primary. He was re-elected in 1986. In 1990 he was elected Attorney General of Massachusetts, again defeating the incumbent, this time James Shannon, in the Democratic primary. He was re-elected in 1994 with 72 percent of the vote, and served from 1991 until 1999.

In 1998, he was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Massachusetts. He lost in a close race to incumbent Republican Governor Paul Celucci. Afterwards, Harshbarger served as president of the public interest organizaton Common Cause for three years, where he spearheaded the successful push for campaign finance reform in 2002 (McCain-Feingold).

Since 2003, Harshbarger has practiced law in the private sector, focusing on corporate governance and related issues. He is currently Senior Counsel to the Firm at Proskauer Rose LLP[1] in Boston, MA.

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  1. ^ Proskauer Rose LLP
Preceded by
Mark Roosevelt		 Massachusetts Democratic Party gubernatorial candidate
1998 (lost)		 Succeeded by
Shannon O'Brien
Preceded by
James Shannon		 Attorney General of Massachusetts
1991 – 1999		 Succeeded by
Tom Reilly
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