State House: | Massachusetts |
District: | 14th Essex |
Term Start: | 1993 |
Term End: | 1999 |
Predecessor: | Joseph N. Hermann |
Successor: | David Torrisi |
Donna Cuomo | |
Birth Date: | 19 March 1947 |
Birth Place: | Lawrence, Massachusetts |
Occupation: | Violence Prevention Educator/Victim Advocate Politician |
Residence: | North Andover, Massachusetts |
Party: | Republican |
Alma Mater: | Lowell State College Salem State University |
Donna Fournier Cuomo (born March 19, 1947, in Lawrence, Massachusetts) is an American politician who represented the 14th Essex district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1993 to 1999.[1] She later served as the deputy director of the Department of Public Safety's programs division.[2]
Cuomo was briefly a Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 2002. She announced her candidacy on April 2, 2002 and dropped out of the race the next day.[3]
Cuomo is the sister of Joseph Fournier, who was murdered by Willie Horton and two other men in 1974.[4] She appeared in an anti-Michael Dukakis ad during the 1988 presidential election.[5]
Cuomo escaped from the World Trade Center during the September 11 attacks.[6]