Vinny deMacedo

Vinny deMacedo


Member of the Massachusetts Senate from the Plymouth & Barnstable district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 7, 2015
Preceded by	Therese Murray
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 1st Plymouth district
In office 1999 – January 7, 2015
Preceded by	Joseph Gallitano
Succeeded by	Matt Muratore
Personal details
Born	Viriato Manuel Pereira de Macedo (1965-10-16) October 16, 1965 Brava, Cape Verde
Nationality	American
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Jennifer deMacedo
Children	3
Religion	Christian
Website	http://www.demacedo.org

Viriato Manuel Pereira de Macedo (born October 16, 1965^[1]), also popularly known as Vinny deMacedo, is a Cape Verdean American politician, and is the Massachusetts State Senator for the Plymouth and Barnstable District in the Massachusetts Senate, which comprises the communities of Bourne, Falmouth, Kingston, Pembroke, Plymouth, and Sandwich. He is a Republican who was sworn into the Massachusetts Senate on January 7, 2015.

Political career

Senator deMacedo had no political experience prior to becoming a candidate for the Massachusetts House of Representatives on November 3, 1998 for a term as a Massachusetts State Representative, against the Democratic incumbent Joseph Gallitano. He won the election by a tight margin of 189 votes,^[2] and since then he was re-elected in every election.

In November 2014, he was elected to the Massachusetts Senate, succeeding retiring Massachusetts Senate President Therese Murray as State Senator for the Plymouth and Barnstable District.^[3] He now holds the position of Ranking Minority Member on the Senate Committee on Ways and Means. His legislative priorities include solving the opiate epidemic facing Massachusetts and ensuring the Commonwealth's fiscal responsibility.^[4]

During his 16 years in the Massachusetts House, he has received many awards for his legislative work including:

Twice named Legislator of the Year - Massachusetts Town Clerks Association
Legislator of the Year - Jewish Community Relations Council
Legislator of the Year – Council of Human Services Providers; and
National Federation of Independent Business Guardian of Small Business Award.

Photo of Senator Vinny deMacedo at Massachusetts Ways and Means hearings.

Biography

Senator deMacedo was born in Brava, Cape Verde, but traveled with his parents to New England in 1966, when he was 6 months old. His family first settled in Dorchester, before three years later moving to Kingston, where deMacedo was raised. He graduated from Silver Lake Regional High School in 1983. He went on to study at New York's The King's College, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration in 1987.

After graduating deMacedo began working for his brother in the car business before starting his own gas station in Cedarville in 1991. He continues to be the owner and operator of the RWA Mobil Station on Route 3A. He is a member of the Cedarville and Sagamore Business Association and the Plymouth Area Chamber of Commerce.

He is married to Jennifer de Macedo, and is the father of three children.

He visited Cape Verde in January 2008, for the first time since moving to the United States, as part of a political mission,^[5] and met several members of the Cape Verdean government, including the President Pedro Pires.^[6]

References

↑ profile at Keep Us Connected
↑ Robert Pree (1998-11-15). "Pondering A Pair Of Political Improbables: Gas station owner makes the grade". Boston Globe/NewsBank.
↑ http://www.capecodtimes.com/article/20141105/News/411050321
↑ http://www.capenews.net/bourne/news/new-senator-says-his-top-priority-is-curbing-opiate-addiction/article_229c2506-a8e1-11e4-8a4c-03719b788e22.html
↑ "Lei de repatriação dos EUA prejudica países pequenos" (in Portuguese). A Nação. 2008-01-16.
↑ "Pedro Pires Recebe Deputado Estadual Norte-Americano, Vinny Macedo" (in Portuguese). Expresso das Ilhas. 2008-01-07.

External links

official website
profile at the Commonwealth of Massachusetts official website
Facebook page
profile at ImagineElection.com

Preceded by Therese Murray	Massachusetts State Senator Plymouth and Barnstable District 2015–present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Joseph Gallitano	Massachusetts State Representative 1st Plymouth District 1999–2015	Succeeded by Matt Muratore

Members of the Massachusetts Senate

189th General Court (2015) President of the Senate: Stan Rosenberg (D) President pro Tempore: Marc R. Pacheco (D) Majority Leader: Harriette Chandler (D) Minority Leader: Bruce Tarr (R)

Benjamin Downing (D, Berk., Hpsh., Frnk., Hpdn.) James E. Timilty (D, Bris., Norf.) Michael Rodrigues (D, 1st Bris., Plym.) Mark Montigny (D, 2nd Bris., Plym.) Dan Wolf (D, Cape., Isl.) Kathleen O'Connor Ives (D, 1st Ess.) Joan Lovely (D, 2nd Ess.) Bruce Tarr (R, 1st Ess., Mid.) Barbara L'Italien (D, 2nd Ess., Mid.) Thomas M. McGee (D, 3rd Ess.) James T. Welch (D, Hpdn.) Eric Lesser (D, 1st Hpdn., Hpsh.) Donald Humason, Jr. (R, 2nd Hpdn., Hpsh.) Stan Rosenberg (D, Hpsh., Frnk., Wor.) Eileen Donoghue (D, 1st Mid.) Patricia D. Jehlen (D, 2nd Mid.) Michael J. Barrett (D, 3rd Mid.) Ken Donnelly (D, 4th Mid.) Jason Lewis (D, 5th Mid.) Cynthia Stone Creem (D, 1st Mid., Norf.) Karen Spilka (D, 2nd Mid., Norf.) Sal DiDomenico (D, Mid., Suff.) Jamie Eldridge (D, Mid., Wor.) Richard Ross (R, Norf., Bris., Mid.) Brian Joyce (D, Norf., Bris., Plym.) John F. Keenan (D, Norf., Plym.) Michael F. Rush (D, Norf., Suff.) Vinny deMacedo (R, Plym., Barn.) Marc R. Pacheco (D, 1st Plym., Bris.) Vacant (2nd Plym., Bris.) Robert Hedlund (R, Plym., Norf.) Linda Dorcena Forry (1st Suff.) Sonia Chang-Díaz (D, 2nd Suff.) Anthony Petruccelli (D, 1st Suff., Mid.) Will Brownsberger (D, 2nd Suff., Mid.) Harriette Chandler (D, 1st Wor.) Michael O. Moore (D, 2nd Wor.) Anne Gobi (D, Wor., Hpdn., Hpsh., Midd.) Jennifer Flanagan (D, Wor., Mid.) Ryan Fattman (R, Wor., Norf.)

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