Peter J. Durant is an American politician who represents the 6th Worcester 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...

 and is a member of the Spencer, Massachusetts

Spencer, Massachusetts

Spencer is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 11,688 at the 2010 census.For geographic and demographic information on the census-designated place Spencer, please see the article Spencer , Massachusetts....

 Board of Selectmen

Board of selectmen

The board of selectmen is commonly the executive arm of the government of New England towns in the United States. The board typically consists of three or five members, with or without staggered terms.-History:...

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2010 election and 2011 special election

The 2010 election for the 6th Worcester seat resulted in an exact tie between Durant and Democratic incumbent Geraldo Alicea

Geraldo Alicea

Geraldo Alicea is an American politician who represented the 6th Worcester District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011.-2010 election and 2011 special election:...

. 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.

Durant won the special election by 56 votes (3,325 votes to Alicea's 3,269).