Background
Alioto is the daughter of Billy Sullivan, founder and long-time owner of the New England Patriots.
Alioto is the daughter of Billy Sullivan, founder and long-time owner of the New England Patriots.
Harvard University; Manhattanville College.
From 1974 to 1976, Sullivan dated the then-closeted Barney Frank. In April of 1976, Sullivan"s father suggested that, while she was attending a convention in San Francisco, she lunch with former San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto. Because they were both divorced, the wedding was performed by excommunicated Catholic priest and activist Joseph O"Rourke.
Alioto was a Democratic Party primary election candidate for the United States Senate in Massachusetts in 1978.
She finished third. Alioto has two children, Patrick Joseph Sullivan Alioto and Domenica Alioto.
