Brian Lees
| Brian Lees | |
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| Clerk of Courts for Hampden County | |
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In office 2007–2013 |
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| Preceded by | Marie Mazza |
| Succeeded by | Laura Gentile |
| Minority Leader of the Massachusetts State Senate | |
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In office 1993–2007 |
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| Preceded by | David H. Locke |
| Succeeded by | Richard R. Tisei |
| First Hampden & Hampshire State Senator | |
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In office 1989–2007 |
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| Preceded by | Martin Reilly |
| Succeeded by | Gale D. Candaras |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 25, 1953 Amesbury, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Republican |
| Residence | East Longmeadow, Massachusetts |
| Alma mater | Salem State College |
Brian Paul Lees (born July 25, 1953 in Amesbury, Massachusetts) is a Massachusetts politician, who served as the Clerk of Courts for Hampden County. Until 2007, he had been the State Senator from the First Hampden and Hampshire District and the Massachusetts Senate Minority Leader.
Lees represented the Massachusetts communities of Springfield, East Longmeadow, Hampden, Longmeadow, Ludlow and Wilbraham, in the county of Hampden; and Belchertown and Granby, in the county of Hampshire.
Lees attended Amesbury High School (class of 1971) and graduated in Bachelor of Business Administration from Salem State College in 1975. Lees was an executive with MeadWestvaco Corporation.
Brian Lees is married to Nancy and they reside in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts.
Early in his career, he served as Staff Assistant to U.S. Senator Edward W. Brooke.
In 1986 Lees ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Congress against Congressman Edward Boland, (D), Springfield. Two years later he won an upset victory over Springfield City Council President Frank Keough for the State Senate. Lees survived re-election in 1990 in a race against Democrat Edward Ryan and in 1992 against Timothy Rooke. Lees did not face serious competition after 1992 and had been unopposed in his two previous elections before deciding to retire in 2006.
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