James "Jim" Miceli is an American

United States

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 Democratic politician

Politician

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, currently representing Middlesex County

Middlesex County, Massachusetts

-National protected areas:* Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge* Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge* Longfellow National Historic Site* Lowell National Historical Park* Minute Man National Historical Park* Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge...

's 19th district in the Massachusetts State Legislature.

Miceli was first elected to the State House in 1977. He has a B.S.

Bachelor of Science

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 in Business Administration from Northeastern University.

He also ran in the special election

Massachusetts's 5th congressional district special election, 2007

Massachusetts held a special election to fill a vacancy in Massachusetts's 5th congressional district on October 16, 2007. Democrat Niki Tsongas won election to congress defeating Republican Jim Ogonowski in an election that was closer than expected....

 to replace Marty Meehan

Marty Meehan

Martin Thomas "Marty" Meehan is an American attorney and politician from the state of Massachusetts. He is the current Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Lowell, a position he assumed on July 1, 2007...

 in the United States House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

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Miceli is a conservative Democrat. He opposes abortion

Abortion

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 and same-sex marriage

Same-sex marriage

Same-sex marriage is marriage between two persons of the same biological sex or social gender. Supporters of legal recognition for same-sex marriage typically refer to such recognition as marriage equality....

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