Richard Tisei, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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politician and realtor from Massachusetts, U.S.A
Date of Birth: 13-Aug-1962
Place of Birth: Somerville, Massachusetts, United States
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Richard Tisei
- Richard R.
- Tisei (; born August 13, 1962) is an American politician and realtor from Massachusetts.
- A Republican, he served in the Massachusetts General Court for 26 years, first in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, rising to become the Minority Leader of the Massachusetts Senate.
- He was the Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in 2010 and the nominee for Congress from Massachusetts's 6th district in 2012 and 2014. A graduate of American University, Tisei was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1984.
- He was the youngest Republican ever elected to the Massachusetts General Court.
- Tisei served in the House until 1990, when he was elected to the Massachusetts Senate.
- He was elected Assistant Minority Leader in 1997 and Senate Minority Leader in January 2007.
- He was not able to run for re-election in 2010 after he was selected as Republican gubernatorial nominee Charlie Baker's running mate and his last Senate term ended in January 2011.
- Baker and Tisei lost to Democratic candidates Deval Patrick and Tim Murray by 6.41%. Tisei ran for the United States House of Representatives in 2012, narrowly losing to seven-term Democratic incumbent John F.
- Tierney by 1.2%.
- He ran again in 2014 and faced former U.S.
- Marine Seth Moulton in the general election after Moulton defeated Tierney in the Democratic primary.
- Tisei was defeated again, this time by almost 14%.
- Tisei has received attention as one of the few openly gay Republicans to have run for Congress.
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