# Ted Philips

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American politician

Not to be confused with [Ted Phillips](/source/Ted_Phillips) or [Ted Phillips (footballer)](/source/Ted_Phillips_(footballer)).

Ted Philips Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 8th Norfolk District district Incumbent Assumed office January 6, 2021 Preceded by Louis Kafka Personal details Born 1983 (age 42–43) Boston, Massachusetts Party Democratic Spouse Bridget Philips Alma mater University of Massachusetts, Amherst (BA) Suffolk University (MPA)

**Edward R. "Ted" Philips** (born 1983) is an American politician who is the Representative for the 8th Norfolk District in the [Massachusetts House of Representatives](/source/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives).[1]

## Early life, education, and career

Philips was born in 1983 in [Sharon, Massachusetts](/source/Sharon%2C_Massachusetts). Raised in Sharon, Philips graduated from [Sharon High School](/source/Sharon_High_School) in 2001.[2] He studied political science at the [University of Massachusetts Amherst](/source/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst), and received an MPA from the Sawyer School of Business at [Suffolk University](/source/Suffolk_University).[3]

Upon graduating from the University of Massachusetts, Philips joined the Finance Committee for the town of Sharon. In 2006, he worked for State Senator [Stephen Brewer](/source/Stephen_Brewer). The following year, Philips joined State Representative [Louis Kafka](/source/Louis_Kafka)'s office as a legislative aide. By 2020, Philips was staff director for Representative Kafka.[3] In 2017, Philips ran for the Democratic nomination for the Bristol and Norfolk State Senate district, but lost to [Paul Feeney](/source/Paul_Feeney).

## Massachusetts General Court

In December 2019, Philips announced his intention to succeed Kafka, who had announced his retirement.[4] Along with Kafka, Philips received endorsements from 21 unions, as well as notable members of the Massachusetts General Court including Speaker Pro Tempore [Patricia Haddad](/source/Patricia_Haddad).[5] His campaign focused on improving public transportation, elder care and economic development.[6]

On Tuesday, September 1, 2020, Philips won the Democratic Primary in the 8th Norfolk District. He was unopposed in the general election on November 3, 2020,[1] and was sworn in on January 6, 2021.[4] In 2022, Philips defeated Republican Howard Terban, a local small business owner, in the general election.[7] Philips was unopposed in 2024.[8]

### Electoral history

Massachusetts' 8th Norfolk District general election, 2022 Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Ted Philips 12,257 69.4 Republican Howard L. Terban 5,400 30.6 Total votes 17,665 100.0

Massachusetts' 8th Norfolk District Democratic Primary, 2020 Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Ted Philips 5,315 51.81 Democratic Andrew Flowers 4,944 48.19 Total votes 10,259 100.00

2017 Massachusetts Bristol and Norfolk Special Democratic Primary Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Paul Feeney 3,152 58.4 Democratic Ted Philips 2,222 41.2 Write-in 21 0.4 Total votes 5,395 100.0

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_1-1) ["Election Results | U.S. ELECTIONS"](https://elections.ap.org/wburfm/results/2020-11-03/state/MA/race/Y/raceid/23076). *elections.ap.org*. Retrieved 2020-11-18.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [*The Marsengold*](https://archive.org/details/marsengold2001shar/page/46/mode/1up). Sharon High School, Massachusetts. 2001. p. 46.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-MEET_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-MEET_3-1) ["MEET TED"](https://www.tedphilips.org/meet-ted). *philipsforstaterep*. Retrieved 2021-01-06.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Difazio_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Difazio_4-1) Difazio, Joe. ["Newsmaker: Ted Phillips, from homeroom rep. to state Rep"](https://www.patriotledger.com/story/news/2020/12/04/newsmaker-sharons-ted-phillips-headed-beacon-hill/3806972001/). *The Patriot Ledger*. Retrieved 8 January 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["ENDORSEMENTS"](https://www.tedphilips.org/endorsements). *philipsforstaterep*. Retrieved 2021-01-06.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Patch_6-0)** Bentley, Jimmy (31 December 2019). ["Ted Philips Running For State Rep. In 8th Norfolk District"](https://patch.com/massachusetts/stoughton/ted-philips-running-state-rep-8th-norfolk-district). *Patch*. Retrieved 5 May 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["PD43+ » Candidate Profile..."](https://electionstats.state.ma.us/candidates/view/Howard-L-Terban) *PD43+*. Retrieved 2025-06-02.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["PD43+ » Candidate Profile..."](https://electionstats.state.ma.us/candidates/view/Ted-Philips) *PD43+*. Retrieved 2025-06-02.

v t e Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 194th General Court (2025–2026) Speaker of the House Ron Mariano (D) Speaker pro tempore Kate Hogan (D) Majority leader Michael Moran (D) Minority leader Bradley Jones Jr. (R) ▌Chris Flanagan (D, 1st Barnstable) ▌Kip Diggs (D, 2nd Barn.) ▌David Vieira (R, 3rd Barn.) ▌Hadley Luddy (D, 4th Barn.) ▌Steven Xiarhos (R, 5th Barn.) ▌Thomas Moakley (D, Barn., Dukes, Nan.) ▌John Barrett (D, 1st Berkshire) ▌Tricia Farley-Bouvier (D, 2nd Berk.) ▌Leigh Davis (D, 3rd Berk.) ▌Michael Chaisson (R, 1st Bristol) ▌Jim Hawkins (D, 2nd Bris.) ▌Lisa Field (D, 3rd Bris.) ▌Steven S. Howitt (R, 4th Bris.) ▌Justin Thurber (R, 5th Bris.) ▌Carole Fiola (D, 6th Bris.) ▌Alan Silvia (D, 7th Bris.) ▌Steven Ouellette (D, 8th Bris.) ▌Christopher Markey (D, 9th Bris.) ▌Mark Sylvia (D, 10th Bris.) ▌Christopher Hendricks (D, 11th Bris.) ▌Norman Orrall (R, 12th Bris.) ▌Antonio Cabral (D, 13th Bris.) ▌Adam Scanlon (D, 14th Bris.) ▌Dawne Shand (D, 1st Essex) ▌Kristin Kassner (D, 2nd Ess.) ▌Andy Vargas (D, 3rd Ess.) ▌Estela Reyes (D, 4th Ess.) ▌Andrew Tarr (D, 5th Ess.) ▌Hannah Bowen (D, 6th Ess.) ▌Manny Cruz (D, 7th Ess.) ▌Jenny Armini (D, 8th Ess.) ▌Donald Wong (R, 9th Ess.) ▌Daniel Cahill (D, 10th Ess.) ▌Sean Reid (D, 11th Ess.) ▌Thomas Walsh (D, 12th Ess.) ▌Sally Kerans (D, 13th Ess.) ▌Adrianne Ramos (D, 14th Ess.) ▌Ryan Hamilton (D, 15th Ess.) ▌Francisco E. Paulino (D, 16th Ess.) ▌Frank A. Moran (D, 17th Ess.) ▌Tram Nguyen (D, 18th Ess.) ▌Vacant (1st Frnk.) ▌Susannah Whipps (I, 2nd Frnk.) ▌Todd Smola (R, 1st Hpdn.) ▌Brian Ashe (D, 2nd Hpdn.) ▌Nicholas Boldyga (R, 3rd Hpdn.) ▌Kelly Pease (R, 4th Hpdn.) ▌Patricia Duffy (D, 5th Hpdn.) ▌Michael Finn (D, 6th Hpdn.) ▌Aaron Saunders (D, 7th Hpdn.) ▌Shirley Arriaga (D, 8th Hpdn.) ▌Orlando Ramos (D, 9th Hpdn.) ▌Carlos Gonzalez (D, 10th Hpdn.) ▌Bud Williams (D, 11th Hpdn.) ▌Angelo Puppolo (D, 12th Hpdn.) ▌Lindsay Sabadosa (D, 1st Hampshire) ▌Homar Gomez (D, 2nd Hpsh.) ▌Mindy Domb (D, 3rd Hpsh.) ▌Margaret Scarsdale (D, 1st Middlesex) ▌James Arciero (D, 2nd Mid.) ▌Kate Hogan (D, 3rd Mid.) ▌Danielle Gregoire (D, 4th Mid.) ▌David Linsky (D, 5th Mid.) ▌Priscila Sousa (D, 6th Mid.) ▌Jack Lewis (D, 7th Mid.) ▌James Arena-DeRosa (D, 8th Mid.) ▌Thomas M. Stanley (D, 9th Mid.) ▌John J. Lawn (D, 10th Mid.) ▌Amy Mah Sangiolo (D, 11th Mid.) ▌Greg Schwartz (D, 12th Mid.) ▌Carmine Gentile (D, 13th Mid.) ▌Simon Cataldo (D, 14th Mid.) ▌Michelle Ciccolo (D, 15th Mid.) ▌Rodney Elliott (D, 16th Mid.) ▌Vacant (17th Mid.) ▌Tara Hong (D, 18th Mid.) ▌Dave Robertson (D, 19th Mid.) ▌Bradley Jones Jr. (R, 20th Mid.) ▌Kenneth Gordon (D, 21st Mid.) ▌Marc Lombardo (R, 22nd Mid.) ▌Sean Garballey (D, 23rd Mid.) ▌Dave Rogers (D, 24th Mid.) ▌Marjorie Decker (D, 25th Mid.) ▌Michael Connolly (D, 26th Mid.) ▌Erika Uyterhoeven (D, 27th Mid.) ▌Joe McGonagle (D, 28th Mid.) ▌Steven Owens (D, 29th Mid.) ▌Richard Haggerty (D, 30th Mid.) ▌Michael Day (D, 31st Mid.) ▌Kate Lipper-Garabedian (D, 32nd Mid.) ▌Steven Ultrino (D, 33rd Mid.) ▌Christine Barber (D, 34th Mid.) ▌Paul Donato (D, 35th Mid.) ▌Colleen Garry (D, 36th Mid.) ▌Dan Sena (D, 37th Mid.) ▌Bruce Ayers (D, 1st Norfolk) ▌Tackey Chan (D, 2nd Norf.) ▌Ron Mariano (D, 3rd Norf.) ▌James M. Murphy (D, 4th Norf.) ▌Mark Cusack (D, 5th Norf.) ▌William C. Galvin (D, 6th Norf.) ▌Richard Wells (D, 7th Norf.) ▌Ted Philips (D, 8th Norf.) ▌Marcus Vaughn (R, 9th Norf.) ▌Jeffrey Roy (D, 10th Norf.) ▌Paul McMurtry (D, 11th Norf.) ▌John H. Rogers (D, 12th Norf.) ▌Joshua Tarsky (D, 13th Norf.) ▌Alice Peisch (D, 14th Norf.) ▌Tommy Vitolo (D, 15th Norf.) ▌Michelle Badger (D, 1st Plymouth) ▌John Gaskey (R, 2nd Plym.) ▌Joan Meschino (D, 3rd Plym.) ▌Patrick J. Kearney (D, 4th Plym.) ▌David DeCoste (R, 5th Plym.) ▌Kenneth Sweezey (R, 6th Plym.) ▌Alyson Sullivan-Almeida (R, 7th Plym.) ▌Dennis Gallagher (D, 8th Plym.) ▌Bridget Plouffe (D, 9th Plym.) ▌Michelle DuBois (D, 10th Plym.) ▌Rita Mendes (D, 11th Plym.) ▌Kathleen LaNatra (D, 12th Plym.) ▌Adrian Madaro (D, 1st Suffolk) ▌Daniel Joseph Ryan (D, 2nd Suff.) ▌Aaron Michlewitz (D, 3rd Suff.) ▌David Biele (D, 4th Suff.) ▌Christopher Worrell (D, 5th Suff.) ▌Russell Holmes (D, 6th Suff.) ▌Chynah Tyler (D, 7th Suff.) ▌Jay Livingstone (D, 8th Suff.) ▌John F. Moran (D, 9th Suff.) ▌Bill MacGregor (D, 10th Suff.) ▌Judith García (D, 11th Suff.) ▌Brandy Fluker-Reid (D, 12th Suff.) ▌Daniel J. Hunt (D, 13th Suff.) ▌Robert Consalvo (D, 14th Suff.) ▌Sam Montaño (D, 15th Suff.) ▌Jessica Giannino (D, 16th Suff.) ▌Kevin Honan (D, 17th Suff.) ▌Michael Moran (D, 18th Suff.) ▌Jeff Turco (D, 19th Suff.) ▌Kimberly Ferguson (R, 1st Worcester) ▌Jonathan Zlotnik (D, 2nd Wor.) ▌Mike Kushmerek (D, 3rd Wor.) ▌Natalie Higgins (D, 4th Wor.) ▌Donnie Berthiaume (R, 5th Wor.) ▌John Marsi (R, 6th Wor.) ▌Paul Frost (R, 7th Wor.) ▌Michael Soter (R, 8th Wor.) ▌David Muradian (R, 9th Wor.) ▌Brian Murray (D, 10th Wor.) ▌Hannah Kane (R, 11th Wor.) ▌Meghan Kilcoyne (D, 12th Wor.) ▌John J. Mahoney (D, 13th Wor.) ▌Jim O'Day (D, 14th Wor.) ▌Mary Keefe (D, 15th Wor.) ▌Dan Donahue (D, 16th Wor.) ▌David LeBoeuf (D, 17th Wor.) ▌Joseph D. McKenna (R, 18th Wor.) ▌Kate Donaghue (D, 19th Wor.) ▌Democratic (132) ▌Republican (25) ▌Independent (1) ▌Vacant (2) Massachusetts General Court Massachusetts House of Representatives Massachusetts Senate

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