{{short description|Massachusetts politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Richard Haggerty | office = Member of the<br>Massachusetts House of Representatives<br>from the 30th Middlesex district | party = Democratic | term_start = January 2, 2019 | spouse = Haley | alma_mater = University of New Hampshire | predecessor = James J. Dwyer | successor = | image = Richard M. Haggerty.jpg }} '''Richard M. Haggerty''' is an American politician. He represents the 30th Middlesex District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, representing the towns of Woburn and Reading.
Haggerty serves as the chair of the Joint Committee on Housing, and has served on a handful of committees related to financial, economic, and the climate.<ref name="meet_rich">{{cite web |title =Meet Rich |publisher = Rich Haggerty State Representative |date = 2018 |url = https://richhaggerty.com/meet-rich/ |access-date = May 5, 2019 }}</ref><ref name="haggerty_committees">{{cite web |title =Richard M. Haggerty: Committees |publisher = The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |date = 2019 |url = https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/RMH1/Committees |access-date = May 5, 2019 }}</ref><ref name="haggerty_district">{{cite web |title =Richard M. Haggerty: District |publisher = The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |date = 2019 |url = https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/RMH1/District |access-date = May 5, 2019 }}</ref><ref name="wicked_local">{{cite web |title =Richard Haggerty sworn in as 30th Middlesex District representative |publisher = Wicked Local |date = January 4, 2019 |url = https://woburn.wickedlocal.com/news/20190104/richard-haggerty-sworn-in-as-30th-middlesex-district-representative |access-date = May 5, 2019 }}</ref> He previously served as the Woburn City Council President from 2014 to 2019, and as alderman at-large from 2010 to 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-01-29|title=Meet Rich|url=https://richhaggerty.com/meet-rich/|access-date=2020-08-07|website=Rich Haggerty|language=en-US}}</ref>
Richard also serves on the board of the Woburn Friends of VNA, is a board member of the Middlesex County Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Partnership, and is an active member of the Woburn Elks and the Woburn Historical Society.{{Citation needed|date=July 2025}}
== Committee Assignments == For the 2025-26 Session, Haggerty sits on the following committees in the House:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Representative Richard M. Haggerty |url=https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/RMH1/191/Committees |access-date=2025-07-18 |website=malegislature.gov}}</ref>
* Chairperson, Joint Committee on Housing
== Personal life == Haggerty is the great-grandson of J.D. Haggerty, who founded the Woburn Daily Times in 1901, and the grandson of Edward Costello a career firefighter from Medford, MA.
He received his Bachelor’s Degree from the University of New Hampshire in Political Science with a special concentration in Foreign Policy. He graduated from Woburn High School.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-01-29|title=Meet Rich|url=https://richhaggerty.com/meet-rich/|access-date=2020-08-07|website=Rich Haggerty|language=en-US}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} {{Massachusetts House of Representatives|state=collapsed}}
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