Senator Michael F. Rush Democrat - Norfolk and Suffolk

Senator Mike Rush proudly serves the citizens of the Massachusetts Norfolk & Suffolk District, which includes five neighborhoods in the City of Boston and the towns of Dedham, Norwood, Walpole and Westwood in Norfolk County. Prior to being elected to the Senate in 2010, Senator Rush served as a member of the House of Representatives from 2003 to 2010 representing the people of the 10th Suffolk District. In the House, he served as a member of the following Joint Legislative Committees: Revenue, Veterans & Federal Affairs, Judiciary, Natural Resources & Environment, Public Service, Labor & Workforce Development and Ways & Means. Representative Rush served as the Historian of the House of Representatives and was appointed House Chairman of the Special Joint Committee on the Legislature’s 375th Anniversary. In the House, Representative Rush was elected by his Legislative Colleagues to serve as Chairman of the Boston Legislative Delegation.

Currently, Senator Rush serves as Senate Majority Whip and Chair of the Senate Committee on Personnel & Administration and Vice Chairman of the Joint Committee on  Veterans and Federal Affairs. He is a Member of the Senate Committee on Ways & Means, Joint Committees on Ways & Means, Environment and Natural Resources, Municipalities and Regional Government, and Elder Affairs. He has previously served on the Senate Committee on Post Audit and Oversight, Senate Committee on Steering and Policy, Joint Committees on Economic Development & Emerging Technologies, Transportation, Higher Education and Labor & Workforce Development.

Senator Rush is an Iraq War Veteran and a Commander in the United States Navy. Commander Rush is currently assigned to COMSUBLANT. He was formerly assigned to the Office of Naval Intelligence, NATO and the Joint Central Command. Prior to serving as a commissioned officer, he worked on peacetime construction projects as an enlisted sailor with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 27 (Seabees).

Senator Rush holds a Juris Doctor from Southern New England School of Law and holds both a MA with Distinction in US History and a BA in History and Political Science from Providence College. He is a member of Phi Alpha Theta, the International Honor Society for Historians. Senator Rush is the recipient of the Boston Police Emerald Society’s Man of the Year Award, the Massachusetts Marine Corps League Semper Fidelis, the Massachusetts Veterans’ Service Officers Award 

Prior to his election to the Legislature, Senator Rush was a High School History Teacher and is currently an Adjunct Instructor of History. Senator Rush and his wife Mary, along with their children Ciara, James, and Declan live in West Roxbury.