Candidate · State Senate, Third Suffolk District
Lydia Marie Edwards
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, Third Suffolk District (since 2022)
- Occupation
- State Senator; attorney
- Lives in
- Boston
Background
- Earned a B.A. from Fordham University, a J.D. from American University Washington College of Law and an LL.M. in taxation from Boston University. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Worked as an attorney at Greater Boston Legal Services and as deputy director of the Mayor's Office of Housing Stability. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Served on the Boston City Council (District 1) from 2018 to April 2022, then in the State Senate since 2022; Senate Judiciary Committee chair in the 2025-26 session. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Is a Judge Advocate General's Corps officer in the Massachusetts Army National Guard (sworn in 2023). source: en.wikipedia.org
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