Vinny deMacedo
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| Member of the Massachusetts Senate from the Plymouth & Barnstable district |
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Assumed office January 7, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Therese Murray |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 1st Plymouth district |
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In office 1999 – January 7, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph Gallitano |
| Succeeded by | Matt Muratore |
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Viriato Manuel Pereira de Macedo 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), 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.
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, 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. 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.
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