Marjorie Decker | |
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Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 25th Middlesex District | |
Assumed office 2013 |
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Preceded by | Alice Wolf |
Personal details | |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Bahij Bandar |
Children | 2 |
Parents | Catherine Curley Decker Tim Decker |
Residence | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
Alma mater | University of Massachusetts (B.A.) University of Massachusetts (M.P.A) Harvard University (M.A.) |
Occupation | Legislator |
Marjorie Decker is an American politician serving as the State Representative for the 25th Middlesex district in the Massachusetts General Court.
Decker was born and raised in North Cambridge, Massachusetts. She grew up in public housing in Cambridgeport, and she graduated from high school at the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. She received her B.A. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, an MPA from the University of Massachusetts Boston, and an M.S. from the John F. Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University in 2007.
She served seven consecutive terms on the Cambridge City Council in Cambridge, Massachusetts from 1999 to 2013 and was the youngest woman ever to be elected to the Cambridge City Council.
In 2012 she was elected state representative to the Massachusetts legislature with her term starting in 2013.