Peter Kocot

Career

His positions include support of gay marriage and opposition to education spending cuts.

Achievements

• Kocot easily won reelection in 2006. His Republican opponent, Western New England College Economics professor John Andrulis (whom Kocot also faced in 2002 and 2004), polled at 18 percent.

Membership

A member of the Democratic Party, he represents the First Hampshire district, which includes Montgomery, Hatfield, Southampton, Westhampton, and Northampton. In the state legislature, Kocot is the chairman of the Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight and a member of the House Committee on Ethics.