Ken Gordon (American politician)

Ken Gordon
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 21st Middlesex District
Incumbent
Assumed office 2013
Preceded by	Charles A. Murphy
Personal details
Political party	Democratic Party
Spouse(s)	Breena Daniell
Children	1
Residence	Bedford, Massachusetts
Alma mater	Northeastern University Suffolk University Law School
Occupation	Attorney
Religion	Jewish

Kenneth I. Gordon (Born November 4, 1959) is an American state legislator representing the Middlesex 21st District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. The Middlesex 21st District includes Burlington, Bedford, and Wilmington's Precinct 3. He is a Bedford resident and a member of the Democratic Party.^[1]

Education and career

Gordon graduated from Ledyard High school in 1977 before going on to attend Northeastern University. After graduating from Northeastern with a degree in journalism, he worked as a sports writer and editor for the Boston Globe, the Palm Beach Post and Evening Times, and The Sporting News magazine.^[2]

Gordon attained his JD cum laude at Suffolk University Law School. After working at various law firms, he chose to open Gordon Law Office in 2000. Gordon specializes in workplace discrimination and harassment. He is a former member of the Massachusetts Employment Lawyers Association and National Employment Lawyers Association.

House of Representatives

Gordon was elected to serve in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 2012. As a Representative, Gordon serves on the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development, as well as the House Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change and the House Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling.^[3]

Personal

Gordon lives in Bedford with his wife, Breena Daniell, and their young son. In Bedford, he served as vice-chair of the Zoning Board, and is past chair of the Bedford Cultural Council. Gordon was a long time volunteer for Bedford’s All Night Graduation Party. He also hosts Rappin' with the Rep, a monthly cable access show.^[4]^[5]^[6]

References

Current members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

189th General Court (2015–2017) Speaker of the House: Robert DeLeo (D) Speaker pro Tempore Patricia Haddad (D) Majority Leader: Ronald Mariano (D) Minority Leader: Bradley Jones, Jr. (R)

Tim Whelan (R, 1st Barnstable) Brian Mannal (D, 2nd Barn.) David Vieira (R, 3rd Barn.) Sarah Peake (D, 4th Barn.) Randy Hunt (R, 5th Barn.) Timothy Madden (D, Barn., Dukes & Nantucket) Gailanne Cariddi (D, 1st Berkshire) Paul Mark (D, 2nd Berk.) Tricia Farley-Bouvier (D, 3rd Berk.) William Smitty Pignatelli (D, 4th Berk.) F. Jay Barrows (R, 1st Bristol) Paul Heroux (D, 2nd Bris.) Shaunna O'Connell (R, 3rd Bris.) Steve Howitt (R, 4th Bris.) Patricia Haddad (D, 5th Bris.) Carole Fiola (D, 6th Bris.) Alan Silvia (D, 7th Bris.) Paul Schmid (D, 8th Bris.) Christopher Markey (D, 9th Bris.) William M. Straus (D, 10th Bris.) Robert Koczera (D, 11th Bris.) Keiko Orrall (R, 12th Bris.) Antonio Cabral (D, 13th Bris.) Elizabeth Poirier (R, 14th Bris.) James Kelcourse (R, 1st Essex) Lenny Mirra (R, 2nd Ess.) Brian Dempsey (D, 3rd Ess.) Bradford Hill (R, 4th Ess.) Ann-Margaret Ferrante (D, 5th Ess.) Jerry Parisella (D, 6th Ess.) Paul Tucker (D, 7th Ess.) Lori Ehrlich (D, 8th Ess.) Donald Wong (R, 9th Ess.) Robert Fennell (D, 10th Ess.) Brendan Crighton (D, 11th Ess.) Leah Cole (R, 12th Ess.) Theodore C. Speliotis (D, 13th Ess.) Diana DiZoglio (D, 14th Ess.) Linda Dean Campbell (D, 15th Ess.) Marcos Devers (D, 16th Ess.) Frank A. Moran (D, 17th Ess.) James Lyons (R, 18th Ess.) Stephen Kulik (D, 1st Franklin.) Susannah Whipps Lee (R, 2nd Frnk.) Todd Smola (R, 1st Hampden) Brian Ashe (D, 2nd Hpdn.) Nicholas Boldyga (R, 3rd Hpdn.) John C. Velis (D, 4th Hpdn.) Aaron Vega (D, 5th Hpdn.) Michael Finn (D, 6th Hpdn.) Thomas Petrolati (D, 7th Hpdn.) Joseph Wagner (D, 8th Hpdn.) Jose Tosado (D, 9th Hpdn.) Carlos Gonzalez (D, 10th Hpdn.) Benjamin Swan (D, 11th Hpdn.) Angelo Puppolo (D, 12th Hpdn.) Peter Kocot (D, 1st Hampshire) John Scibak (D, 2nd Hpsh.) Ellen Story (D, 3rd Hpsh.) Sheila Harrington (R, 1st Middlesex) James Arciero (D, 2nd Mid.) Kate Hogan (D, 3rd Mid.) Danielle Gregoire (R, 4th Mid.) David Linsky (D, 5th Mid.) Chris Walsh (D, 6th Mid.) Tom Sannicandro (D, 7th Mid.) Carolyn Dykema (D, 8th Mid.) Thomas M. Stanley (D, 9th Mid.) John J. Lawn (D, 10th Mid.) Kay Khan (D, 11th Mid.) Ruth Balser (D, 12th Mid.) Carmine Gentile (D, 13th Mid.) Cory Atkins (D, 14th Mid.) Jay R. Kaufman (D, 15th Mid.) Thomas Golden, Jr. (D, 16th Mid.) David Nangle (D, 17th Mid.) Rady Mom (D, 18th Mid.) James Miceli (D, 19th Mid.) Bradley Jones, Jr. (R, 20th Mid.) Kenneth Gordon (D, 21st Mid.) Marc Lombardo (R, 22nd Mid.) Sean Garballey (D, 23rd Mid.) Dave Rogers (D, 24th Mid.) Marjorie Decker (D, 25th Mid.) Timothy Toomey (D, 26th Mid.) Denise Provost (D, 27th Mid.) Joe McGonagle (D, 28th Mid.) Jon Hecht (D, 29th Mid.) James J. Dwyer (D, 30th Mid.) Michael Day (D, 31st Mid.) Paul Brodeur (D, 32nd Mid.) Steven Ultrino (D, 33rd Mid.) Christine Barber (D, 34th Mid.) Paul Donato (D, 35th Mid.) Colleen Garry (D, 36th Mid.) Jennifer Benson (D, 37th Mid.) Bruce Ayers (D, 1st Norfolk) Tackey Chan (D, 2nd Norf.) Ronald Mariano (D, 3rd Norf.) James M. Murphy (D, 4th Norf.) Mark Cusack (D, 5th Norf.) William C. Galvin (D, 6th Norf.) Walter Timilty (D, 7th Norf.) Louis Kafka (D, 8th Norf.) Shawn Dooley (R, 9th Norf.) Jeffrey Roy (D, 10th Norf.) Paul McMurtry (D, 11th Norf.) John H. Rogers (D, 12th Norf.) Denise Garlick (D, 13th Norf.) Alice Peisch (D, 14th Norf.) Frank Smizik (D, 15th Norf.) Matt Muratore (R, 1st Plymouth) Susan Gifford (R, 2nd Plym.) Garrett Bradley (D, 3rd Plym.) James Cantwell (D, 4th Plym.) David DeCoste (R, 5th Plym.) Josh Cutler (R, 6th Plym.) Geoff Diehl (R, 7th Plym.) Angelo D'Emilia (R, 8th Plym.) Mike Brady (D, 9th Plym.) Michelle DuBois (D, 10th Plym.) Claire D. Cronin (D, 11th Plym.) Thomas Calter (D, 12th Plym.) Carlo Basile (D, 1st Suffolk) Daniel Joseph Ryan (D, 2nd Suff.) Aaron Michlewitz (D, 3rd Suff.) Nick Collins (D, 4th Suff.) Evandro Carvalho (D, 5th Suff.) Russell Holmes (D, 6th Suff.) Gloria Fox (D, 7th Suff.) Jay Livingstone (D, 8th Suff.) Byron Rushing (D, 9th Suff.) Edward F. Coppinger (D, 10th Suff.) Liz Malia (D, 11th Suff.) Dan Cullinane (D, 12th Suff.) Daniel J. Hunt (D, 13th Suff.) Angelo Scaccia (D, 14th Suff.) Jeffrey Sánchez (D, 15th Suff.) RoseLee Vincent (D, 16th Suff.) Kevin Honan (D, 17th Suff.) Michael Moran (D, 18th Suff.) Robert DeLeo (D, 19th Suff.) Kimberly Ferguson (R, 1st Worcester) Jonathan Zlotnik (D, 2nd Wor.) Stephen DiNatale (D, 3rd Wor.) Dennis Rosa (D, 4th Wor.) Donnie Berthiaume (R, 5th Wor.) Peter Durant (R, 6th Wor.) Paul Frost (R, 7th Wor.) Kevin Kuros (R, 8th Wor.) David Muradian (R, 9th Wor.) John V. Fernandes (D, 10th Wor.) Matthew Beaton (R, 11th Wor.) Harold Naughton, Jr. (D, 12th Wor.) John J. Mahoney (D, 13th Wor.) James O'Day (D, 14th Wor.) Mary Keefe (D, 15th Wor.) Dan Donahue (D, 16th Wor.) Kate Campanale (R, 17th Wor.) Ryan Fattman (R, 18th Wor.)

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