as well as many other issues affecting residents of the 5th Essex District. She received 46.9% of the vote in the Democratic primary, compared to Verga's 39.8%, with Gloucester attorney Astrid AfKlinteberg taking 13.3% of vote. In the general election, Verga mounted a write-in campaign to retain his seat, but was defeated by Ferrante by a large margin. 2010 In 2010, Ferrante defeated Gloucester business consultant Janet Holmes, a Republican, to win a second term in the Massachusetts House of Representatives with 7,485 votes to Holmes' 4,078. 2012 Ferrante ran unopposed in 2012 and was re-elected to a third term in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. 2014 In 2014, Ferrante defeated former Rockport selectman and financial adviser Michael Boucher, a Republican, to win a fourth term in the Massachusetts House of Representatives with 6,490 votes against Boucher's 4,279. 2016 Ferrante ran unopposed in 2016 and was re-elected to a fifth term in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. 2018 In 2018, Ferrante defeated Rockport Department of Public Works Commissioner and retired management consultant James Gardner, an independent, to win a sixth term in the Massachusetts House of Representatives with 13,551 votes against Gardner's 5,422. 2020 Ferrante ran unopposed in 2020 and was re-elected to a seventh term in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Tenure Ferrante is currently the Vice Chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means and sits on the House Committee on Post Audit and Oversight, House Committee on Operations, Facilities and Building Security, and the House Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling. She is also co-chair of the Tech-Hub Caucus. During her time in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Ferrante has served as the First Division Chair of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, House Chair of the Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies, House Chair of the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses, House Vice Chair of the Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture, House Vice Chair for the Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies, and as a member of several committees. See also 2019–2020 Massachusetts legislature 2021–2022 Massachusetts legislature References Democratic Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives People from Gloucester, Massachusetts Living people Women state legislators in Massachusetts 21st-century American politicians 1972 births 21st-century American women politicians Tufts University School of Arts and Sciences alumni Suffolk University Law School alumni Harvard Kennedy School alumni