his innocence and refused to resign his Senate seat. On April 1, the Senate Ethics Committee recommended that DiCarlo be expelled from the Senate. On April 4 the Senate voted 28 to 8 to expel DiCarlo. It was the first time in the Senate's 196-year history that a member had been expelled. After his expulsion, DiCarlo announced that he would run in the special election to regain his seat. He lost the Democratic primary to Frank J. Mastrocola, Jr., a 24-year-old one-term Alderman from Everett who ran on the slogan "If DiCarlo Wins, Massachusetts Loses". Post-political life DiCarlo served nine months at the Federal Correctional Institution in Allenwood. After his release from prison, DiCarlo was unable to find employment for six months. Rather than work at his family's North End furniture store, he eventually accepted a job with a Revere construction company. He started out hauling wheelbarrows of cement, but was later moved to doing estimates. On April 7, 1980, DiCarlo testified before the Special Commission Concerning State and County Buildings (also known as the Ward Commission after its chairman, John William Ward). He admitted to accepting $11,500 from MacKenzie in exchange for altering the report on MBM. DiCarlo died on October 22, 2020 of cancer. Notes 1. The district (renamed the 17th Suffolk District in 1969) sent two representatives to the House at this time. DiCarlo and Raymond Edward Carey were succeeded by William Reinstein and Joseph Del Grosso. References 1936 births 2020 deaths Boston College alumni Boston University alumni Expelled Massachusetts Senators Massachusetts politicians convicted of crimes Democratic Party Massachusetts state senators Democratic Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives People from Revere, Massachusetts Politicians convicted of extortion under color of official right Politicians convicted under the Travel Act