Thomas R. Melville
What this job does: Your district's vote in the Massachusetts House of Representatives (160 members). Members write and vote on state laws and the state budget. A term is two years.
- Occupation
- Journalist; communications
- Lives in
- Norfolk area (town not stated)
Background
- Former chief political reporter and news director at NECN source: progressivemass.com
- Former executive news director at WBUR; communications director at MIT Energy Initiative for three years source: progressivemass.com
- Returned Peace Corps volunteer (Dominican Republic, 27 months) source: progressivemass.com
In their own words
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- Public education and affordable child care source: progressivemass.com
- Health care: universal coverage via single payer source: progressivemass.com
- Civil rights and government transparency, including a legislature audit source: progressivemass.com
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