Sunflower State Committee 2003/2004 Session

State Committee Meetings in the 2003/2004 Session

State Committee Members by Region for 2003/2004 Session

According to section 8.5.2 of the GRP bylaws, the regional (proportional representation) seats on the State Committee represent 12 regions of the Commonwealth: 11 regions are counties, and one is made up of Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket counties combined.

In 2003, as per section 8.5.2 of the GRP bylaws, the number of regional (proportional representation) seats on the State Committee members rose to 60 (previously there were 40). In addition, as per section 8.5.3 of the GRP bylaws, 6 diversity seats were allocated and appointed by the State Committee.

In 2004, as per section 8.5.1 of the GRP bylaws, as many as 80 State Committee seats may be elected in the Presidential primary (representing state senate districts).

To find out more about the State Committee structure, refer to the bylaws.




Region / Type


Apportionment


Delegates / Alternates / Vacancies

Cape and Islands:
Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket Counties

3 (proportional)

Patsy Coyle Altieri

David Agnew


Jim Demetras

Berkshire County

2 (proportional)

Wanda Boeke

Shaun Delaney

Bristol County

3 (proportional)

Sharron Tetrault

Dave Dionne

Nancy Lee Wood


1 (alternate)

Mary Lou Mano


Essex County

4 (proportional)


Bert Alberts


Jonathan Leavitt

[2 vacancies]

Resigned

Rose Gonzalez


Franklin County

3 (proportional)

Vanessa Bliss

Leon "Chicago" Richards

[1 vacancy]

4 (alternates)

Lisa Richards *

Briggs Saroch

Sarah Thayer

Eric Wasileski

Resigned

Beth Bandy


Hampden County

2 (proportional)

Mary Broadhurst

Owen Broadhurst

Hampshire County

8 (proportional)

Stevan (Sue) Bartone

Emily Lewis

Richard Aviles

Martina Robinson

Jim Bosman

Diane Scherrer

Rob Crowner


Jonathan Levy

2 (alternates)

Barbara Johnson


Cat Sargent


Resigned

Scott McGinley


Middlesex County

16 (proportional)

Elizabeth Adams

Aram Falsafi

Jennifer Mazer

Ronald Francis

Gretchen Klotz

Peter Harrell

Grace Ross

Daniel Melnechuk

Aimee Smith

Gil Obler

Sara Willig

David Rolde

Betty Zisk

Paul Wernick

Anne Donahue

Scott Pherson

1 (alternate)


Stephen Milder

Norfolk County

3 (proportional)

Julie Saad

Richard Conroy


David England

Plymouth County

2 (proportional)


Todd Jardin

[1 vacancy]

Suffolk County

9 (proportional)

Gerthy Lahens-Justafort

Ebony Barkley

Eva Kerr

Gary Dotterman


Gary Hicks


Chuck Turner


Ralph Walton

[2 vacancies]

1 (alternate)


Michael Heichman

Worcester County

5 (proportional)

Sharon Nietsche

Mark Laserte

Samantha Zitola

Richard Zitola

[1 vacancy]

Resigned

Tony Lorenzen


Diversity Seats (*)

4 (persons of color)


Gordon Davis

[3 vacancies]

1 (low income)

Lisa Richards


Total Delegates 65 (without alternates) 65 - 3 (Diversity) - 7 (PR) = 55 Seated