Rebecca Rausch
Member of the Massachusetts Senate
from the Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex district
Assumed office
January 2019
Preceded byRichard J. Ross
Member of the Needham Town Meeting
In office
2017–2018
Personal details
Born (1979-08-31) August 31, 1979 (age 44)
Albany, New York
Political partyDemocratic Party
ResidenceNeedham, Massachusetts
Alma materNortheastern University (JD), University of California, Berkeley (LLM in Health Law, Reproduction, Feminist Theory), Brandeis University (BA in American Studies with a minor in Women's Studies)
Websitebeccarausch.com

Rebecca Lynne Rausch (born August 31, 1979) is an American attorney and politician from the commonwealth of Massachusetts. A member of the Democratic Party, she represents the Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex district in the Massachusetts Senate.[1]

Political career

Becca Rausch served as an elected Needham Town Meeting member from 2017 to 2018. She was first elected to the state senate in November 2018. Rausch won her primary with 53% of the vote. She then defeated Republican incumbent Richard Ross with 51% of the vote.[2][3]

Rausch's Committee assignments as a State Senator[4]

The Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus endorsed her as an incumbent candidate in the 2020 Massachusetts general election.[5]

In 2022, Rausch won reelection over state Representative Shawn Dooley.[6]

Personal life

Rausch was raised in Albany, New York. She currently lives in Needham, Massachusetts with her husband and two children.

Career

Rausch began her legal career by clerking for Judge Kenneth Laurence of the Massachusetts Appeals Court.[7]

Education

Rausch graduated from Brandeis University in 2001[8] with a bachelor's in American Studies and a minor in Women's Studies,[8] then went on to earn her Juris Doctor from the Northeastern University School of Law in 2004.[9] She later completed her Master of Laws from University of California, Berkeley in 2011 with a focus in women's health and reproduction and the law.[7] She graduated Shaker High School in Latham, New York in 1997.

2018 Massachusetts' Norfolk, Bristol & Middlesex State Senate District Election
← 2016 November 6, 2018 (2018-11-06) 2020 →
 
Nominee Becca Rausch Richard J. Ross
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 37,830 35,856
Percentage 51.2% 48.6%
Municipality results
Rausch:      60–70%
Ross:      50–60%      60–70%
State Senator before election

Richard J. Ross
Republican

Elected State Senator

Becca Rausch
Democratic

See also

References

  1. ^ "Senate Members". The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
  2. ^ Gavin, Christopher (November 7, 2018). "In upset, Democrat Becca Rausch bests Republican state Sen. Richard Ross". Boston.com. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
  3. ^ Henry Schwan. "Democrat Becca Rausch 'not surprised' she defeated incumbent Republican Ross - News - MetroWest Daily News, Framingham, MA - Framingham, MA". Metrowestdailynews.com. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
  4. ^ "Senator Rebecca L. Rausch". MA Legislature website. Archived from the original on October 27, 2020.
  5. ^ "Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus Political Action Committee Endorsed Candidates", Mwpc.org, retrieved August 5, 2020
  6. ^ "Becca Rausch". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Becca Rausch's Biography". VoteSmart.org.
  8. ^ a b Bencks, Jarret (January 29, 2019). "A Brandeisian in the Massachusetts Senate | BrandeisNOW". Brandeis.edu. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
  9. ^ "Three Democrats battle for state Senate nomination | Local News". thesunchronicle.com. August 29, 2018. Retrieved September 23, 2019.

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