Jon Santiago

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Jon Santiago is an American physician and politician serving as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the 9th Suffolk District. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

Early Life and Education[edit | edit source]

Jon Santiago was born in Puerto Rico and later moved to the mainland United States. He attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree. Santiago later pursued a career in medicine, becoming a physician.

Medical Career[edit | edit source]

Santiago is a practicing emergency medicine physician at Boston Medical Center. His medical career has been marked by a commitment to serving underserved communities and addressing public health issues.

Political Career[edit | edit source]

Santiago was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 2018, representing the 9th Suffolk District. He succeeded Byron Rushing, who had held the seat for several decades. In the legislature, Santiago has focused on issues such as healthcare, housing, and public safety.

Legislative Initiatives[edit | edit source]

As a state representative, Santiago has been involved in various legislative initiatives. He has advocated for increased funding for public health programs, affordable housing, and measures to combat the opioid crisis.

Personal Life[edit | edit source]

Santiago resides in Boston, Massachusetts. In addition to his work as a physician and legislator, he is involved in various community organizations and initiatives.

References[edit | edit source]

v t e Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
193rd General Court (2023–2024) Speaker of the House Ron Mariano (D) Speaker pro tempore Kate Hogan (D) Majority leader Michael Moran (D) Minority leader Bradley Jones Jr. (R)
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Jay Barrows (R, 1st Bristol) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Jim Hawkins (D, 2nd Bris.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Carol Doherty (D, 3rd Bris.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Steve Howitt (R, 4th Bris.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Patricia Haddad (D, 5th Bris.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Carole Fiola (D, 6th Bris.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Alan Silvia (D, 7th Bris.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Paul Schmid (D, 8th Bris.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Christopher Markey (D, 9th Bris.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌William M. Straus (D, 10th Bris.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Christopher Hendricks (D, 11th Bris.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Norman Orrall (R, 12th Bris.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Antonio Cabral (D, 13th Bris.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Adam Scanlon (D, 14th Bris.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Dawne Shand (D, 1st Essex) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Kristin Kassner (D, 2nd Ess.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Andy Vargas (D, 3rd Ess.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Estela Reyes (D, 4th Ess.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Ann-Margaret Ferrante (D, 5th Ess.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Jerry Parisella (D, 6th Ess.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Manny Cruz (D, 7th Ess.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Jenny Armini (D, 8th Ess.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Donald Wong (R, 9th Ess.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Daniel Cahill (D, 10th Ess.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Peter Capano (D, 11th Ess.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Thomas Walsh (D, 12th Ess.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Sally Kerans (D, 13th Ess.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Adrianne Ramos (D, 14th Ess.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Ryan Hamilton (D, 15th Ess.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Francisco E. Paulino (D, 16th Ess.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Frank A. Moran (D, 17th Ess.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Tram Nguyen (D, 18th Ess.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Natalie Blais (D, 1st Frnk.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Susannah Whipps (I, 2nd Frnk.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Todd Smola (R, 1st Hpdn.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Brian Ashe (D, 2nd Hpdn.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Nicholas Boldyga (R, 3rd Hpdn.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Kelly Pease (R, 4th Hpdn.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Patricia Duffy (D, 5th Hpdn.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Michael Finn (D, 6th Hpdn.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Aaron Saunders (D, 7th Hpdn.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Shirley Arriaga (D, 8th Hpdn.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Orlando Ramos (D, 9th Hpdn.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Carlos Gonzalez (D, 10th Hpdn.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Bud Williams (D, 11th Hpdn.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Angelo Puppolo (D, 12th Hpdn.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Lindsay Sabadosa (D, 1st Hampshire) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Daniel R. Carey (D, 2nd Hpsh.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Mindy Domb (D, 3rd Hpsh.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Margaret Scarsdale (D, 1st Middlesex) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌James Arciero (D, 2nd Mid.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Kate Hogan (D, 3rd Mid.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Danielle Gregoire (D, 4th Mid.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌David Linsky (D, 5th Mid.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Priscila Sousa (D, 6th Mid.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Jack Lewis (D, 7th Mid.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌James Arena-DeRosa (D, 8th Mid.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Thomas M. Stanley (D, 9th Mid.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌John J. Lawn (D, 10th Mid.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Kay Khan (D, 11th Mid.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Ruth Balser (D, 12th Mid.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Carmine Gentile (D, 13th Mid.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Simon Cataldo (D, 14th Mid.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Michelle Ciccolo (D, 15th Mid.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Rodney Elliott (D, 16th Mid.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Vanna Howard (D, 17th Mid.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Rady Mom (D, 18th Mid.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Dave Robertson (D, 19th Mid.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Bradley Jones Jr. (R, 20th Mid.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Kenneth Gordon (D, 21st Mid.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Marc Lombardo (R, 22nd Mid.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Sean Garballey (D, 23rd Mid.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Dave Rogers (D, 24th Mid.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Marjorie Decker (D, 25th Mid.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Michael Connolly (D, 26th Mid.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Erika Uyterhoeven (D, 27th Mid.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Joe McGonagle (D, 28th Mid.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Steven Owens (D, 29th Mid.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Richard Haggerty (D, 30th Mid.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Michael Day (D, 31st Mid.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Kate Lipper-Garabedian (D, 32nd Mid.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Steven Ultrino (D, 33rd Mid.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Christine Barber (D, 34th Mid.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Paul Donato (D, 35th Mid.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Colleen Garry (D, 36th Mid.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Dan Sena (D, 37th Mid.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Bruce Ayers (D, 1st Norfolk) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Tackey Chan (D, 2nd Norf.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Ron Mariano (D, 3rd Norf.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌James M. Murphy (D, 4th Norf.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Mark Cusack (D, 5th Norf.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌William C. Galvin (D, 6th Norf.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌William Driscoll (D, 7th Norf.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Ted Philips (D, 8th Norf.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Marcus Vaughn (R, 9th Norf.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Jeffrey Roy (D, 10th Norf.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Paul McMurtry (D, 11th Norf.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌John H. Rogers (D, 12th Norf.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Denise Garlick (D, 13th Norf.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Alice Peisch (D, 14th Norf.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Tommy Vitolo (D, 15th Norf.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Matt Muratore (R, 1st Plymouth) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Susan Gifford (R, 2nd Plym.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Joan Meschino (D, 3rd Plym.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Patrick J. Kearney (D, 4th Plym.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌David DeCoste (R, 5th Plym.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Vacant (6th Plym.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Alyson Sullivan (R, 7th Plym.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Angelo D'Emilia (R, 8th Plym.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Gerard Cassidy (D, 9th Plym.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Michelle DuBois (D, 10th Plym.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Rita Mendes (D, 11th Plym.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Kathleen LaNatra (D, 12th Plym.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Adrian Madaro (D, 1st Suffolk) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Daniel Joseph Ryan (D, 2nd Suff.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Aaron Michlewitz (D, 3rd Suff.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌David Biele (D, 4th Suff.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Christopher Worrell (D, 5th Suff.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Russell Holmes (D, 6th Suff.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Chynah Tyler (D, 7th Suff.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Jay Livingstone (D, 8th Suff.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌John F. Moran (D, 9th Suff.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Bill MacGregor (D, 10th Suff.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Judith García (D, 11th Suff.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Brandy Fluker Oakley (D, 12th Suff.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Daniel J. 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Mahoney (D, 13th Wor.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Jim O'Day (D, 14th Wor.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Mary Keefe (D, 15th Wor.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Dan Donahue (D, 16th Wor.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌David LeBoeuf (D, 17th Wor.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Joseph D. McKenna (R, 18th Wor.) <span style="color:Script error: No such module "Political party".;">▌Kate Donaghue (D, 19th Wor.)
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