Aaron Vega

Aaron Vega

Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 5th Hampden district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 2, 2013
Preceded by	Michael F. Kane
Member of the Holyoke City Council from the At-large district
In office 2010–2012
Personal details
Born	(1970-08-15) August 15, 1970 Holyoke, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Debra Vega (m. 2006)
Children	3
Residence	Holyoke, Massachusetts
Alma mater	Holyoke Community College Keene State College (B.A., M.A.)
Occupation	Small business owner, yoga instructor, film editor
Website	Official website Campaign website

Aaron Vega is an American state legislator serving in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He is a Holyoke resident and a member of the Democratic Party.^[1]

Massachusetts House of Representatives (2013–present)

Vega ran for the Massachusetts House of Representative's 5th Hampden District legislative seat, which was made vacant upon the resignation of incumbent State Representative Michael F. Kane who accepted a position with Columbia Gas of Massachusetts.^[2] He defeated the Republican nominee Ward 5 City Councilor Linda M. Vacon and Green-Rainbow nominee Jerome T. Hobert^[3] and was sworn-in on January 2, 2013.

Committee assignments

Committee on Personnel and Administration
Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies
Joint Committee on Higher Education

Electoral history

Massachusetts House of Representatives, 5th Hampden District, 2012:

Aaron Vega (D) – 9,545 (60.8%)
Linda Vacon (R) – 3,211 (20.5%)
Jermone Hobert (Green-Rainbow) – 2,939 (18.7%)

Democratic primary for the Massachusetts House of Representatives, 5th Hampden District, 2012:

Aaron Vega – 1,947 (65.4%)
Michael F. Kane (inc.) – 999 (33.6%)

Holyoke City Council, At-large, 2011:

Kevin Jourdain (inc.) – 5,029
Peter Tallman – 4,834
Aaron Vega (inc.) – 4,697
Joseph McGiverin (inc.) – 4,675
Brenna Murphy (inc.) – 4,528
Daniel Bresnahan – 4,264
James Leahy (inc.) – 4,252
Rebecca Lisi – 4,213
Patricia Devine (inc.) – 3,886
John Whelihan – 3,675
Yasser Menwer – 1,706

References

↑ Aaron Vega. Massachusetts General Court.
↑ "Holyoke state Rep. Mike Kane quits House for Columbia Gas job, setting up scramble for post". Mike Plaisance. June 8, 2012.
↑ "Holyokers elect Aaron Vega state rep over Linda Vacon and Jerome Hobert in the 5th Hampden District". Mike Plaisance. November 6, 2012.

Current members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

189th General Court (2015–2017) Speaker of the House: Robert DeLeo (D) Speaker Pro Tempore Patricia Haddad (D) Majority Leader: Ronald Mariano (D) Minority Leader: Bradley Jones Jr. (R)

Tim Whelan (R, 1st Barnstable) Brian Mannal (D, 2nd Barn.) David Vieira (R, 3rd Barn.) Sarah Peake (D, 4th Barn.) Randy Hunt (R, 5th Barn.) Timothy Madden (D, Barn., Dukes & Nantucket) Gailanne Cariddi (D, 1st Berkshire) Paul Mark (D, 2nd Berk.) Tricia Farley-Bouvier (D, 3rd Berk.) William Smitty Pignatelli (D, 4th Berk.) F. Jay Barrows (R, 1st Bristol) Paul Heroux (D, 2nd Bris.) Shaunna O'Connell (R, 3rd Bris.) Steve Howitt (R, 4th Bris.) Patricia Haddad (D, 5th Bris.) Carole Fiola (D, 6th Bris.) Alan Silvia (D, 7th Bris.) Paul Schmid (D, 8th Bris.) Christopher Markey (D, 9th Bris.) William M. Straus (D, 10th Bris.) Robert Koczera (D, 11th Bris.) Keiko Orrall (R, 12th Bris.) Antonio Cabral (D, 13th Bris.) Elizabeth Poirier (R, 14th Bris.) James Kelcourse (R, 1st Essex) Lenny Mirra (R, 2nd Ess.) Brian Dempsey (D, 3rd Ess.) Bradford Hill (R, 4th Ess.) Ann-Margaret Ferrante (D, 5th Ess.) Jerry Parisella (D, 6th Ess.) Paul Tucker (D, 7th Ess.) Lori Ehrlich (D, 8th Ess.) Donald Wong (R, 9th Ess.) Daniel Cahill (D, 10th Ess.) Brendan Crighton (D, 11th Ess.) Thomas P. Walsh (D, 12th Ess.) Theodore C. Speliotis (D, 13th Ess.) Diana DiZoglio (D, 14th Ess.) Linda Dean Campbell (D, 15th Ess.) Marcos Devers (D, 16th Ess.) Frank A. Moran (D, 17th Ess.) James Lyons (R, 18th Ess.) Stephen Kulik (D, 1st Franklin.) Susannah Whipps Lee (R, 2nd Frnk.) Todd Smola (R, 1st Hampden) Brian Ashe (D, 2nd Hpdn.) Nicholas Boldyga (R, 3rd Hpdn.) John C. Velis (D, 4th Hpdn.) Aaron Vega (D, 5th Hpdn.) Michael Finn (D, 6th Hpdn.) Thomas Petrolati (D, 7th Hpdn.) Joseph Wagner (D, 8th Hpdn.) Jose Tosado (D, 9th Hpdn.) Carlos Gonzalez (D, 10th Hpdn.) Benjamin Swan (D, 11th Hpdn.) Angelo Puppolo (D, 12th Hpdn.) Peter Kocot (D, 1st Hampshire) John Scibak (D, 2nd Hpsh.) Ellen Story (D, 3rd Hpsh.) Sheila Harrington (R, 1st Middlesex) James Arciero (D, 2nd Mid.) Kate Hogan (D, 3rd Mid.) Danielle Gregoire (R, 4th Mid.) David Linsky (D, 5th Mid.) Chris Walsh (D, 6th Mid.) Tom Sannicandro (D, 7th Mid.) Carolyn Dykema (D, 8th Mid.) Thomas M. Stanley (D, 9th Mid.) John J. Lawn (D, 10th Mid.) Kay Khan (D, 11th Mid.) Ruth Balser (D, 12th Mid.) Carmine Gentile (D, 13th Mid.) Cory Atkins (D, 14th Mid.) Jay R. Kaufman (D, 15th Mid.) Thomas Golden Jr. (D, 16th Mid.) David Nangle (D, 17th Mid.) Rady Mom (D, 18th Mid.) James Miceli (D, 19th Mid.) Bradley Jones Jr. (R, 20th Mid.) Kenneth Gordon (D, 21st Mid.) Marc Lombardo (R, 22nd Mid.) Sean Garballey (D, 23rd Mid.) Dave Rogers (D, 24th Mid.) Marjorie Decker (D, 25th Mid.) Timothy Toomey (D, 26th Mid.) Denise Provost (D, 27th Mid.) Joe McGonagle (D, 28th Mid.) Jon Hecht (D, 29th Mid.) James J. Dwyer (D, 30th Mid.) Michael Day (D, 31st Mid.) Paul Brodeur (D, 32nd Mid.) Steven Ultrino (D, 33rd Mid.) Christine Barber (D, 34th Mid.) Paul Donato (D, 35th Mid.) Colleen Garry (D, 36th Mid.) Jennifer Benson (D, 37th Mid.) Bruce Ayers (D, 1st Norfolk) Tackey Chan (D, 2nd Norf.) Ronald Mariano (D, 3rd Norf.) James M. Murphy (D, 4th Norf.) Mark Cusack (D, 5th Norf.) William C. Galvin (D, 6th Norf.) Walter Timilty (D, 7th Norf.) Louis Kafka (D, 8th Norf.) Shawn Dooley (R, 9th Norf.) Jeffrey Roy (D, 10th Norf.) Paul McMurtry (D, 11th Norf.) John H. Rogers (D, 12th Norf.) Denise Garlick (D, 13th Norf.) Alice Peisch (D, 14th Norf.) Frank Smizik (D, 15th Norf.) Matt Muratore (R, 1st Plymouth) Susan Gifford (R, 2nd Plym.) Vacant James Cantwell (D, 4th Plym.) David DeCoste (R, 5th Plym.) Josh Cutler (D, 6th Plym.) Geoff Diehl (R, 7th Plym.) Angelo D'Emilia (R, 8th Plym.) Gerard Cassidy (D, 9th Plym.) Michelle DuBois (D, 10th Plym.) Claire D. Cronin (D, 11th Plym.) Thomas Calter (D, 12th Plym.) Adrian Madaro (D, 1st Suffolk) Daniel Joseph Ryan (D, 2nd Suff.) Aaron Michlewitz (D, 3rd Suff.) Nick Collins (D, 4th Suff.) Evandro Carvalho (D, 5th Suff.) Russell Holmes (D, 6th Suff.) Gloria Fox (D, 7th Suff.) Jay Livingstone (D, 8th Suff.) Byron Rushing (D, 9th Suff.) Edward F. Coppinger (D, 10th Suff.) Liz Malia (D, 11th Suff.) Dan Cullinane (D, 12th Suff.) Daniel J. Hunt (D, 13th Suff.) Angelo Scaccia (D, 14th Suff.) Jeffrey Sánchez (D, 15th Suff.) RoseLee Vincent (D, 16th Suff.) Kevin Honan (D, 17th Suff.) Michael Moran (D, 18th Suff.) Robert DeLeo (D, 19th Suff.) Kimberly Ferguson (R, 1st Worcester) Jonathan Zlotnik (D, 2nd Wor.) Stephan Hay (D, 3rd Wor.) Dennis Rosa (D, 4th Wor.) Donnie Berthiaume (R, 5th Wor.) Peter Durant (R, 6th Wor.) Paul Frost (R, 7th Wor.) Kevin Kuros (R, 8th Wor.) David Muradian (R, 9th Wor.) John V. Fernandes (D, 10th Wor.) Hannah Kane (R, 11th Wor.) Harold Naughton Jr. (D, 12th Wor.) John J. Mahoney (D, 13th Wor.) James O'Day (D, 14th Wor.) Mary Keefe (D, 15th Wor.) Dan Donahue (D, 16th Wor.) Kate Campanale (R, 17th Wor.) Joseph D. McKenna (R, 18th Wor.)

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