Politics & Government

ICYMI: West Roxbury Resident Becomes Newest Member of House Leadership

Ed Coppinger, who represents the Tenth Suffolk District, is one of thirteen House Committee Chairs in legislative leadership.

**Editor’s Note: This story was originally published on March 2.**

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State Representative Ed Coppinger was named Chairman of the House Committee on Redistricting to start the 2015 legislative cycle in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

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Coppinger is a third term representative of the Tenth Suffolk District, which includes West Roxbury and parts of Roslindale and Brookline. Last year, he passed legislation that increased benefits paid to families of first responders lost in the line of duty.

Coppinger lives in West Roxbury with wife Donna and his four daughters, Maggie, Emma, Ava and Maeve.

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