Candidates for 16th Essex District
Democrat-Marcos Devers (incumbent)
Posted on 29. Jul, 2010 by ywwlawrence.
Marcos Devers won a special election in June 2010 to fill Willie Lantigua’s State Representative seat after he became Mayor of Lawrence, and is now running to be re-elected to keep that seat. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from la Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo and has taken Graduate courses at UMass [...]
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Republican-Enrique Matos
Posted on 29. Jul, 2010 by ywwlawrence.
Enrique Matos came to the United States as a refugee from Cuba at the age of 14 and has lived in Lawrence since 1968. He works at the State House and for the Lawrence School District. He was a member of the Exchange Club in Lawrence and a founding member and first Treasurer of the [...]
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Independent-Rafael Gadea
Posted on 29. Jul, 2010 by ywwlawrence.
Rafael Gadea, originally from the Dominican Republic, moved to Lawrence 28 years ago. He served on the National Guard for 19 years and was in Iraq as a military police officer for 11 months. Gadea has been a city engineer for the past nine years.



