- On January 19, 2010, he became the first Republican elected to the U.S. Senate from Massachusetts in over 37 years, defeating Martha Coakley 52%-47% in a special election to fill the seat vacated by the death of Ted Kennedy.
- His parents divorced when he was a child. His father later remarried three times and his mother remarried four times.
- After his sister entered his photograph for him, he won Cosmopolitan Magazine's "Sexiest Man Contest" and was featured nude in their June 1982 issue. A strategically placed arm covered his genitalia in the photo spread.
- U.S. Senator (R-Massachusetts) (February 4, 2010-January 3, 2013).
- Fox News contributor.
- U.S. Army National Guard (1979-2013), retiring with a rank of colonel.
- Graduated from Wakefield High School in 1977. Received a Bachelors of Arts in history, cum laude, from Tufts University in 1981 and a Juris Doctor from Boston Law College in 1985.
- Massachusetts Senator (March 25, 2004-February 4, 2010].
- Massachusetts Representative (1998-2004).
- Father-in-law of Keith Weiser and Jim Hendry.
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