Candidate · State Senate, Hampden and Hampshire District
John Christopher Velis
What this job does: Your district's vote in the Massachusetts Senate (40 members). Senators write and vote on state laws and the state budget. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- State Senator, Hampden and Hampshire District (since 2020)
- Occupation
- Attorney; U.S. Army Reserve officer; State Senator
- Lives in
- Westfield
Background
- B.S. in political science from the University of South Florida (2004) and J.D. from Suffolk University Law School (2008). source: en.wikipedia.org
- Enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserve in 2011 and serves in the JAG Corps; deployed to Afghanistan and awarded the Bronze Star. source: en.wikipedia.org
- State Representative, 4th Hampden District 2014-2020; State Senator since May 2020. source: en.wikipedia.org
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