Mike Barrett is State Senator for nine Massachusetts communities — Bedford, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Concord, Lincoln, Waltham, Weston, and large parts of Lexington and Sudbury. Mike serves as Senate Chair of the Legislature’s Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. The committee’s jurisdiction covers everything from cell phones to alternative energy to public utility reform to carbon pricing.
As Senate chair of the Committee on Health Care, Mike focused on health and human services for retirees, the poor, and those with mental, developmental and physical challenges, earning a Good Government Award from the Mass. Mental Retardation Providers Council.