Carl Sciortino
Carl Sciortino | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 34th Middlesex district | |
| In office January 2005 – April 7, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Vincent Ciampa |
| Succeeded by | Christine Barber |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 6, 1978 |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
Francis Pemberton Brown
(m. 2013) |
| Alma mater | Tufts University (BS) Harvard University (MPA) |
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Carl Michael Sciortino Jr. (/ʃɔːrˈtiːnoʊ/ shor-TEE-noh; born July 6, 1978) is an American politician serving as executive director of the AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts. A Democrat from Massachusetts, he represented the 34th Middlesex district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2005 to 2014. The district includes parts of Medford and Somerville. Sciortino was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2013 special election to succeed Ed Markey as a U.S. Representative for Massachusetts's 5th district. He lost to Katherine Clark. His campaign’s television commercial with his father, a member of the Tea Party, received national publicity and went viral online.