Gloria Lavera Fox was an American politician who was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the 7th Suffolk District.
16 Facts About Gloria Fox
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Gloria Fox first ran for the 7th Suffolk seat in 1984, losing a write-in campaign against six-term incumbent and Democratic nominee Doris Bunte.
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Gloria Fox ran for the seat again in 1986, when Bunte announced her retirement from the legislature.
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Gloria Fox won the three-way Democratic primary and the general election, where she was unopposed.
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Gloria Fox faced two challengers in the 2012 primaries, her first contested primary race since 1994.
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Gloria Fox served on the Joint Committee on Housing as vice chair, the Joint Committee on Ways and Means, the House Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling, and the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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When Gloria Fox retired from her seat in 2016, she was the longest serving woman in the Great and General Court.
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Gloria Fox was a member of the Boston Delegation of the Massachusetts Legislature, the Massachusetts Caucus of Women Legislators, the Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus, and the National Black Caucus of State Legislators.
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Gloria Fox's papers are now held at the State Library of Massachusetts.
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In 2009, Gloria Fox came under scrutiny for a visit she made to the Old Colony Correctional Center in Bridgewater, Massachusetts.
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Gloria Fox was criticized for bringing Marinova into an unsecured area through her legislative privileges.
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Gloria Fox responded by denying any wrongdoing, and that she was unaware that Marinova was Jones' girlfriend.
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Gloria Fox voted against casino gambling in Massachusetts, and opposed a 'three-strikes' bill that passed through the legislature and was signed by Governor Deval Patrick.
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In 2011, Gloria Fox received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Black Caucus of State Legislators for her community activism.
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Gloria Fox worked as a community organizer before entering politics.
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Gloria Fox was active in the fight to stop the Southwest Expressway.