David Segal (politician)

David Adam Segal
Member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from the 2nd district
In office 2 January 2007 – 4 January 2011
Preceded by	Paul Moura
Succeeded by	Christopher Blazejewski
Member of the Providence City Council from Ward 1
In office 2002–2006
Preceded by	Robert Clarkin
Succeeded by	Seth Yurdin
Personal details
Born	Washington, D.C.
Political party	Democratic
Residence	Fox Point, Providence, Rhode Island
Alma mater	Columbia University (B.A.)
Profession	Activist, Writer
Religion	Jewish
Website	http://segalforcongress.com

David Adam Segal is an American politician, activist, and writer who was a Democratic member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives, representing District 2 (East Providence and Providence) from 2007 until January 2011. Prior to that, he served as Minority Leader of the Providence City Council from 2003 until 2007, elected at the age of 22 as the first and only member of the Green Party ever elected in Rhode Island. Segal was a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in the state's 1st congressional district on 14 September 2010. He serves as the executive director of the online organizing group Demand Progress. The organization helped lead the fight against the Stop Online Piracy Act and related bills, co-led efforts to institute net neutrality regulations, and has been at the forefront of various other policy and activism efforts. Segal is a co-editor of a book about the organizing that led to the defeat of SOPA, published by O/R Books, called Hacking Politics.

Segal was born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Maryland. His father, Herman Benjamin Segal, is a cardiologist originally from Portland, Maine, and his mother, Andrea Leonard-Segal, is a rheumatologist working for the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. All four of his grandparents were Eastern European Jews who immigrated to the United States during the 1920s.

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