Augusto F. Grace is an American attorney and politician who represented the 23rd Middlesex District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Massachusetts House of Representatives

The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from single-member electoral districts across the Commonwealth. Representatives serve two-year terms...

 from 1987 to 1991 and the Burlington

Burlington, Massachusetts

Burlington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 24,498 at the 2010 census.- History :It is believed that Burlington takes its name from the English town of Bridlington, however this has never been confirmed....

 School Committee from 1977 to 1983.

Grace was defeated by Republican Marianne Brenton

Marianne Brenton

Marianne Brenton is an American politician who represented the 23rd Middlesex District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1991 to 1997, was a member of the Burlington School Committee from 1972 to 1981, and was a member of the Burlington Ways and Means Committee from 1982 to...

 in the 1990 election. He was a candidate for Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1994

Massachusetts general election, 1994

A Massachusetts general election was held on November 8, 1994 in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.The election included:* statewide elections for United States Senator, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Treasurer, and Auditor;* district elections for U.S...

, but lost in the Democratic Primary to William F. Galvin

William F. Galvin

William Francis Galvin is the 27th and current Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth .-Early life and career:...

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