David Michael Bartley is a U.S. politician

Politician

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 and educator who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Massachusetts House of Representatives

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 from 1963–1975, Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1969 to 1975, Secretary of Administration and Finance from 1981–1983, and President of Holyoke Community College from 1975 to 2004.

He ran for the United States Senate

United States Senate

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 in 1984, finishing third in the Democratic primary behind Lieutenant Governor

Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts

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 John Kerry

John Kerry

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 and 5th congressional district

Massachusetts's 5th congressional district

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 representative James Shannon

James Shannon

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