Shannon O'Brien
Politician
Shannon Patricia Elizabeth O'Brien (born April 30, 1959 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a Democrat from Massachusetts. O'Brien served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1987 through 1993, in the Massachusetts Senate from 1993 through 1995, and was the Massachusetts State Treasurer from 1999 through 2003. In that last position she became the first woman to be elected in Massachusetts to state-wide office by her own accord. She was the Democratic Party nominee in the Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 2002, but lost in the general election to Mitt Romney.
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| Birth date | April 30, 1959 |
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| Education | Boston University School of Law |
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