Candidate · U.S. Senate
John Deaton
What this job does: One of two people who speak for Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate. Senators vote on federal laws and the federal budget, and confirm judges and cabinet members. A term is six years.
- Occupation
- Attorney (Deaton Law Firm)
- Lives in
- Bolton
Background
- B.A. from Eastern Michigan University (1989) and J.D. from New England School of Law (1995) source: en.wikipedia.org
- Served seven years in the U.S. Marine Corps Judge Advocate Division; medically retired in 2002 source: en.wikipedia.org
- Founded the Deaton Law Firm in East Providence, Rhode Island in 2006, focused on asbestos cases source: en.wikipedia.org
- Moved from Rhode Island to Massachusetts in January 2024; won the Republican primary September 1, 2026 source: en.wikipedia.org
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