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Massachusetts state Representative Carol Doherty (D-Taunton) died on Saturday, February 15, after a battle with pancreatic cancer, according to her office.
Doherty had represented the Third Bristol District since July 2020; the district includes parts of the city of Taunton (Ward 1 Precincts A, B, Ward 2, Ward 5, Ward 7 and Ward 8) and the town of Easton (Precinct 4A, 5, and 6), both of Bristol County.
A Taunton resident since 1965, Doherty was deeply involved in the community. She taught at Bennett Elementary School in Taunton in the 1970s and served as a guidance counselor; she was also president of the Massachusetts Teachers Association in the early 1980s, a five-term member of the Taunton School Committee, and a co-host of the Silver City Meetinghouse weekly radio program on WVBF (AM station in Taunton), among other activities, according to her bio on the Massachusetts legislature's web site.
Fellow lawmakers expressed sadness following her death.
Some of their reactions are below: