Senator Barry Finegold Contact information

Barry R. Finegold, born on March 3, 1971 in Norwood, Massachusetts, is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate, representing the Second Essex and Middlesex district since 2019. He previously served in the same position from January 2011 to January 2015. Finegold is also a former state representative of the 17th Essex district in Massachusetts. In January 2014, he announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Treasurer and Receiver-General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. However, he lost in the Democratic primary to Deb Goldberg, who was elected Treasurer in November 2014.

Finegold was raised in Andover and Tewksbury with his two sisters. His parents were both educators, with his mother teaching in the Andover Public Schools and his father at Northern Essex Community College in Haverhill. Finegold attended both Andover and Tewksbury public schools. He then attended Franklin and Marshall College in Pennsylvania, graduating with a major in government with a business concentration. He went on to graduate from the Massachusetts School of Law in Andover and was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1998. He is a partner with the law firm of Dalton & Finegold, LLP, which specializes in real estate, estate planning, and corporate law. Finegold also holds a Masters in Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He and his wife, Amy, live with their three children Ava, Ella and Max, and their bulldog Otis in Andover.

Finegold began his public service career when he was elected to the Andover Board of Selectmen at age 24. A year later, in 1996, he won election to the Massachusetts House of Representatives as a Democrat. He held this position for 11 years, representing the 17th Essex District, consisting of Andover, Tewksbury and Lawrence. In 2010, he won election to the Massachusetts Senate representing the Second Essex and Middlesex District consisting of Andover, Dracut, Lawrence and Tewksbury