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Portrait of Margaret Scarsdale

Scarsdale, Margaret

RepresentativeDemocraticFirst Middlesex

Official Record

  • Chamber House of Representatives
  • Political Offices
    • Chair, Pepperell Select Board
    • Chair, Light, Air, and Noise Bylaw Committee
    • Program Manager, Downtown Revitalization, town of Ayer

Personal Information

  • Place of Birth Georgia
  • Marital Status Married
  • Children 2
  • Residence Pepperell
  • Favorite Quote "... and there, too, no more is required of us than to see the moment's work well-done." Marcus Aurelius

Education & Career

Education

  • B.A. in American Studies, with minors in Sociology and English/summa cum laude/Chancellor's Medal of Honor
  • doctoral program in sociology, Northeastern University

Occupation

State Representative

Organizations

  • Volunteer, Albert Harris Center, Pepperell
  • community leader to stop the Kinder-Morgan gas pipeline
  • co-leader in community effort to stop the proposed toxic dirt project

Election Results

ContestResult
PrimaryMargaret R. Scarsdale, ran unopposed, 3,599
GeneralMargaret R. Scarsdale (D), 13,545; Lynne E. Archambault (R), 12,833

Related Records

Interest Group Ratings

OrganizationRating
Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance0%
Progressive Massachusetts80%

Campaign Finances

Beginning Balance$33,328.72
Receipts$29,107.10
Expenditures$5,619.00
Ending Balance$56,910.02