Career
He is a Republican who was sworn into the Massachusetts Senate on January 7, 2015. Senator deMacedo had no political experience prior to becoming a candidate for the Massachusetts House of Representatives on November 3, 1998 for a term as a Massachusetts State Representative, against the Democratic incumbent Joseph Gallitano. In November 2014, he was elected to the Massachusetts Senate, succeeding retiring Massachusetts Senate President Therese Murray as State Senator for the Plymouth and Barnstable District.
He now holds the position of Ranking Minority Member on the Senate Committee on Ways and Means.
His legislative priorities include solving the opiate epidemic facing Massachusetts and ensuring the Commonwealth"s fiscal responsibility. Twice named Legislator of the Year - Massachusetts Town Clerks Association
Legislator of the Year - Jewish Community Relations Council
Legislator of the Year – Council of Human Services Providers.
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National Federation of Independent Business Guardian of Small Business Award. His family first settled in Dorchester, before three years later moving to Kingston, where deMacedo was raised.
He graduated from Silver Lake Regional High School in 1983.
He went on to study at New York"s The King"s College, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration in 1987. He continues to be the owner and operator of the RWA Mobil Station on Route 3A.