Geraldo Alicea

{{short description|American politician|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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| name = Geraldo Alicea

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|9|27}}

| birth_place = Southbridge, Massachusetts

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| occupation = Politician

| residence = Charlton, Massachusetts

| party = Democrat

| spouse = Rosemarie Alicea

| alma_mater = Westfield State College
Anna Maria College

| title = Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
from the 6th Worcester District

| term_start = 2007

| term_end = 2011

| predecessor = Mark Carron

| successor = Peter Durant

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Geraldo Alicea (born September 27, 1963 in Southbridge, Massachusetts{{cite book |title=2007–2008 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts |url=https://archive.org/stream/publicofficersof20072008bost#page/82/mode/2up }}) is an American politician who represented the 6th Worcester District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011.[http://www.malegislature.gov/People/Profile/G_A1 Massachusetts Legislature profile] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110207131119/http://www.malegislature.gov/People/Profile/G_A1 |date=February 7, 2011 }}

2010 election and 2011 special election

The 2010 election for the 6th Worcester seat resulted in an exact tie between Alicea and Republican opponent Peter Durant. A special election for the seat was scheduled for May 10, 2011. Alicea was allowed to hold the seat until the results of the new election.{{cite news|last=Levenson|first=Michael|title=Judge rules that two tied in House race|url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/02/02/judge_rules_that_two_tied_in_central_mass_house_race/|access-date=18 April 2011|newspaper=Boston Globe|date=February 2, 2011}}

Alicea lost the special election to Durant by 56 votes (3,325 to 3,269).{{cite news|last=Lee|first=Brian|title=Durant ousts Alicea|url=http://www.telegram.com/article/20110511/NEWS/105119855/1160/SPECIALSECTIONS04&source=rss|access-date=13 May 2011|newspaper=Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)|date=May 11, 2011}}

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