Senator Harriette L. Chandler Served 1999 - 2022 Democrat - First Worcester

Personal Information

Career Highlights

• Served as House Chair of the Joint Committee on Health Care in her last two terms in the House
• First woman from Worcester ever to be elected to the Massachusetts State Senate
• Currently the Senate Majority Leader and Vice-Chair of the Special Senate Committee on Housing; member of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Senate Committee on Rules, Joint Committee on Housing
• Currently the Co-Chair of the Prevention for Health Caucus, Co-Chair of the Regional Transit Authority (RTA) Legislative Caucus, and Co-Chair of the Legislature’s Oral Health Caucus

Education & Public Service

• Wellesley College, B.A. '59
• Clark University, Ph.D. '73
• Simmons Graduate School of Management, M.B.A. '83
• Worcester State College, Honorary Doctorate Public Administration '88
• Served three terms in the House of Representatives from 1995-2001; Served on the Worcester School Committee from 1991-1994
• First elected to the Senate in January 2001 and was re-elected in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014
• Formerly served as the Senate Assistant Majority Leader, Majority Whip, Assistant Majority Whip, Vice-Chair of the Senate Committee on Steering and Policy, Assistant Vice-Chair of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means
• Previously served as the Co-Chair of the Brain Injury Caucus, Co-Chair of the Central Massachusetts Caucus, Co-Chair of the Caucus of Women Legislators, and the Legislature’s Tobacco Control Caucus