| Rebecca Rausch | |
| District: | Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex |
| Party: | Democratic Party |
| Residence: | Needham, Massachusetts |
| Alma Mater: | Northeastern University (JD), University of California, Berkeley (LLM in Health Law, Reproduction, Feminist Theory), Brandeis University (BA in American Studies with a minor in Women's Studies) |
| Birth Date: | 31 August 1979 |
| State Senate: | Massachusetts |
| Website: | beccarausch.com |
| Predecessor: | Richard J. Ross |
| Termstart: | January 2019 |
| Birth Place: | Albany, New York |
| Office1: | Member of the Needham Town Meeting |
| Term End1: | 2018 |
| Term Start1: | 2017 |
Rebecca Lynne Rausch (born August 31, 1979) is an American attorney and politician from the commonwealth of Massachusetts. A member of the Democratic Party, she represents the Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex district in the Massachusetts Senate.[1]
Becca Rausch served as an elected Needham Town Meeting member from 2017 to 2018. She was first elected to the state senate in November 2018. Rausch won her primary with 53% of the vote. She then defeated Republican incumbent Richard Ross with 51% of the vote.[2] [3]
Rausch's Committee assignments as a State Senator[4]
The Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus endorsed her as an incumbent candidate in the 2020 Massachusetts general election.
In 2022, Rausch won reelection over state Representative Shawn Dooley.[5]
Rausch was raised in Albany, New York. She currently lives in Needham, Massachusetts with her husband and two children.
Rausch began her legal career by clerking for Judge Kenneth Laurence of the Massachusetts Appeals Court.[6]
Rausch graduated from Brandeis University in 2001 with a bachelor's in American Studies and a minor in Women's Studies,[7] then went on to earn her Juris Doctor from the Northeastern University School of Law in 2004.[8] She later completed her Master of Laws from University of California, Berkeley in 2011 with a focus in women's health and reproduction and the law. She graduated Shaker High School in Latham, New York in 1997.
| Election Name: | 2018 Massachusetts' Norfolk, Bristol & Middlesex State Senate District Election |
| After Election: | Becca Rausch |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Before Election: | Richard J. Ross |
| State Senator | |
| Map Size: | 200px |
| Percentage2: | 48.6% |
| Popular Vote2: | 35,856 |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Nominee2: | Richard J. Ross |
| Percentage1: | 51.2% |
| Country: | Massachusetts |
| Popular Vote1: | 37,830 |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Nominee1: | Becca Rausch |
| Next Year: | 2020 |
| Next Election: | 2020 Massachusetts' Norfolk, Bristol & Middlesex State Senate District Election |
| Previous Year: | 2016 |
| Previous Election: | 2016 Massachusetts' Norfolk, Bristol & Middlesex State Senate District Election |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Type: | presidential |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |