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Campaign Manager, Shamaila Khan and Senator Thomas Noviello
Senator Thomas Noviello, born in Boston, grew up in the town of Leominster, Massachusetts to Frank and Thereasa Noviello. His father works as custodian and his mother worked tremendously hard to become a senior vice president of a bank in Leominster. Senator Noviello completed all of his elementary and high school education in Leominster public schools. As a young adult, Senator Noviello had many friends in his neighborhood, and loved playing outside. Noviello’s political ideas began in high school. Then, he first started to study and practice Buddhism. The idea of compassion and helping people as much as one could resonated with him. After high school, Senator Noviello completed his Bachelor’s degree from the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida. He majored in physics and math with the hope that he could help other with science. Senator Noviello’s college years consisted of consistent studying along with work at NASA Kennedy Space Center. Also while in college, Noviello taught nano-technology. After college, Senator Noviello, went to graduate school for a short time at Johns Hopkins University working on bio-physics. Unfortunately while at graduate school, his mother became ill and he had to come back to Leominster to take care of things. After he came back, Senator Noviello became a high school physics teacher. He really witnessed firsthand what it was like to teach and work with teenagers. He also got to see the education system for what it was, and the dire help it needed. One of the main reasons Senator Noviello joined the Murphy Campaign was because, “she understands what education is all about, and she knows how to ‘better it’ better than anybody else.” Senator Noviello decided to join politics in hopes to influence the education system. However, after being elected Senator, Noviello saw that everything needed a little bit of help. In an interview, Senator Noviello said, “Everybody needs help, it seems- whether it be from education, health care, [or] getting a job.” While being a Senator, he passed legislation to increase funding in Florida public schools, which were at the bottom of the ranking in the country. Senator Noviello also helped the Florida Wetlands by cleaning it up and stopping people from bringing in foreign illegal exotic pets, which were taking over the wetlands acting as pests. One of Senator Noviello’s biggest goals is to clean the eco-system. He believes in protecting the environment as much as he can, as he said, “We are given this earth and we don’t want to lose it.” Regarding President Obama, Senator Noviello was against his many concessions to the Republican Party such as in universal healthcare, and the elimination of the single payer system. However, he did support President Obama’s decision to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. As Vice President, Senator Noviello would advise Governor Murphy to focus on women’s rights in the case of abortions. He said that the screening prior to getting an abortion was ridiculous and that “we have to respect people’s privacy and not humiliate people with these screening.” Also, as an avid supporter of gay marriage, Senator Noviello would help Governor Murphy push for a Constitutional amendment making same-sex marriages legal. Senator Noviello’s words on the campaign are, “I whole-heartedly believe in the Murphy Campaign. She’s going to be an excellent President.”
T.J. in College