Becca Rausch

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Rebecca Rausch

| image = File:Rebecca L. Rausch.jpg

| district = Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex

| alma_mater = Northeastern University (JD), University of California, Berkeley (LLM in Health Law, Reproduction, Feminist Theory), Brandeis University (BA in American Studies with a minor in Women's Studies)

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|08|31}}

| state_senate = Massachusetts

| website = [http://beccarausch.com beccarausch.com]

| predecessor = Richard J. Ross

| termstart = January 2019

| birth_place = Albany, New York

| office1 = Member of the Needham Town Meeting

| term_end1 = 2018

| term_start1 = 2017

}}{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2019}}

Rebecca Lynne Rausch (born August 31, 1979) is an American attorney and politician from the commonwealth of Massachusetts. A member of the Democratic Party, she represents the Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex district in the Massachusetts Senate.{{cite web

|url= https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Members/Senate

|title= Senate Members

|date= 2023

|website= The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

|publisher= The General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

|access-date= January 11, 2023}}

Political career

Becca Rausch served as an elected Needham Town Meeting member from 2017 to 2018. She was first elected to the state senate in November 2018. Rausch won her primary with 53% of the vote. She then defeated Republican incumbent Richard Ross with 51% of the vote.{{cite web|url=https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2018/11/07/massachusetts-democrat-becca-rausch-bests-republican-richard-ross|title=In upset, Democrat Becca Rausch bests Republican state Sen. Richard Ross|last=Gavin|first=Christopher|date=November 7, 2018|publisher=Boston.com|accessdate=September 23, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/20181107/democrat-becca-rausch-not-surprised-she-defeated-incumbent-republican-ross|title=Democrat Becca Rausch 'not surprised' she defeated incumbent Republican Ross - News - MetroWest Daily News, Framingham, MA - Framingham, MA|author=Henry Schwan|date=|publisher=Metrowestdailynews.com|accessdate=September 23, 2019}}

Rausch's Committee assignments as a State Senator{{Cite web|url=https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/RLR0/Committees|title=Senator Rebecca L. Rausch|last=|first=|date=|website=MA Legislature website|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027101822/https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/RLR0/Committees |archive-date=October 27, 2020 |access-date=}}

Joint Committee on Children, Families, and Persons with Disabilities
Joint Committee on Elder Affairs
Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
Joint Committee on Public Health
Joint Committee on Public Service
Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight
Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs

The Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus endorsed her as an incumbent candidate in the 2020 Massachusetts general election.{{citation |url=https://mwpc.org/mwpc-political-action-committee-2020-endorsed-candidates |title=Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus Political Action Committee Endorsed Candidates |access-date= August 5, 2020 |work= Mwpc.org }}

In 2022, Rausch won reelection over state Representative Shawn Dooley.{{cite web | title=Becca Rausch | website=Ballotpedia| url=https://ballotpedia.org/Becca_Rausch | access-date=9 August 2023}}

Personal life

Rausch was raised in Albany, New York. She currently lives in Needham, Massachusetts with her husband and two children.

Career

Rausch began her legal career by clerking for Judge Kenneth Laurence of the Massachusetts Appeals Court.{{Cite web|url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/184660/becca-rausch#.XXmrfi2ZOcY|title=Becca Rausch's Biography|last=|first=|date=|website=VoteSmart.org|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}

Education

Rausch graduated from Brandeis University in 2001 with a bachelor's in American Studies and a minor in Women's Studies,{{cite web|last=Bencks |first=Jarret |url=https://www.brandeis.edu/now/2019/january/becca-rausch-senate.html |title=A Brandeisian in the Massachusetts Senate | BrandeisNOW |publisher=Brandeis.edu |date=January 29, 2019 |accessdate=September 23, 2019}} then went on to earn her Juris Doctor from the Northeastern University School of Law in 2004.{{cite web|url=https://www.thesunchronicle.com/news/local_news/three-democrats-battle-for-state-senate-nomination/article_5690b9dc-72cd-5508-ae28-89b7a5e95fdc.html |title=Three Democrats battle for state Senate nomination | Local News |publisher=thesunchronicle.com |date=August 29, 2018 |accessdate=September 23, 2019}} She later completed her Master of Laws from University of California, Berkeley in 2011 with a focus in women's health and reproduction and the law. She graduated Shaker High School in Latham, New York in 1997.{{Infobox election