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Line 1: {{Short description\|American politician}} ~~{{unreferenced\|date=December 2007}}~~ {{Infobox officeholder \|image = File:1975 Lois Pines Massachusetts House of Representatives.png \|imagesize = 200px \|caption = Pines c. 1975 \| name = Lois Pines \| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|1940\|8\|16}} \| birth_place = [[Malden, Massachusetts]] \| death_date = \| death_place = \|restingplace = \| nationality = [[United States\|American]] \| website = \| occupation = Attorney<br>Politician \| residence = [[Newton, Massachusetts]] \| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic]] \| spouse = \| alma_mater = [[Barnard College]]<br>[[University of Cincinnati College of Law\|University of Cincinnati School of Law]] \| title = Member of the [[Massachusetts Senate]] from the [[Massachusetts Senate's 1st Middlesex and Norfolk district\|1st Middlesex and Norfolk district]] \| term_start = 1987 \| term_end = 1999 \| predecessor = [[Jack Backman]] \| successor = [[Cynthia Stone Creem]] }} '''Lois Pines''' is aan ~~[[Democratic~~American ~~Party~~politician ~~(United~~who ~~States)\|Democratic]]~~served ~~politician~~in ~~from~~the [[Massachusetts General Court]]. and was a candidate for statewide office four times. ==Early life== She ran for [[Massachusetts Attorney General]] in 1998 against [[Thomas Reilly]], also a Democrat. Pines has also served in the state legislature for a number of years. In 2002, Pines ran for [[Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor]], but lost in the primary. Pines was born on August 16, 1940, in [[Malden, Massachusetts]]. She graduated from [[Barnard College]] in 1960 and then attended [[Boston University School of Law]], but did not graduate. In 1963 she graduated from the [[University of Cincinnati College of Law\|University of Cincinnati School of Law]].<ref name=PublicOfficers>{{cite book \|title=1997–1998 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts \| url=https://archive.org/stream/publicofficersof19971998bost#page/68/mode/2up }}</ref> ==Political career== Lois Pines is currently a director of the [[Federal Home Loan Bank]] in Boston. ▼ From 1972 to 1973, Pines was an at-large member of the [[Newton, Massachusetts]] Board of Aldermen. From 1973 to 1979 she was a member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]].<ref name=PublicOfficers /><ref name=elections>{{cite web \|access-date= May 5, 2020 \|work= PD43+ \|author= Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division \|url= https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/search/year_from:1970/year_to:2020/office_id:8/district_id:58809 \|title= State Representative elections: 19th Middlesex district }}</ref> In 1978, she was a candidate for [[Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth]]. She finished second in the seven candidate [[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic]] primary behind incumbent [[Michael J. Connolly]] with 24.85% of the vote.<ref>{{cite book \|title=Massachusetts Election Statistics 1978 \| year=1978 \| url=https://archive.org/stream/massachusettsele19781979mass#page/98/mode/2up }}</ref> After her defeat, Pines was appointed Regional Director of the New England Office of the [[Federal Trade Commission]]. In 1981, she resigned to run for [[Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts]]. She finished in fifth place behind [[John Kerry]], [[Evelyn Murphy]], [[Samuel Rotondi]], and [[Lou Nickinello]]. From 1987 to 1999, Pines represented the 1st Middlesex and Norfolk District in the [[Massachusetts Senate]].<ref name=PublicOfficers /> In 1998 she was a candidate for [[Massachusetts Attorney General]], losing to Middlesex County District Attorney [[Thomas Reilly (Massachusetts politician)\|Thomas Reilly]] 52.67% to 47.27%.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=557490\|title=Our Campaigns - MA Attorney General - D Primary Race - Sep 15, 1998}}</ref> In 2002 she once again ran for Lieutenant Governor. She finished in second place in the Democratic primary (behind [[Chris Gabrieli]] and ahead of [[John P. Slattery]]). ▲Lois Pines is currently a director of the [[Federal Home Loan Bank]] in Boston. ==Family== Pines is married to Dr. Joseph Pines, a [[pulmonologist]] who is an assistant clinical professor of medicine at [[Harvard Medical School]] and a senior physician at [[Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center]], both in Boston. They reside in [[Newton~~, Massachusetts\|Newton]]~~. ==See also== * [[Massachusetts House of Representatives' 19th Middlesex district]] * [[Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Middlesex and Norfolk district]] * [[1973–1974 Massachusetts legislature]] * [[1975–1976 Massachusetts legislature]] ==Notes== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{C-SPAN\|90125}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pines, Lois}} [[Category:~~Year~~1940 ~~of birth missing (living people)~~births]] [[Category:Barnard College alumni]] [[Category:University of Cincinnati College of Law alumni]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Massachusetts ~~State~~city ~~Senators~~council members]] [[Category:Massachusetts state senators]] [[Category:Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives]] [[Category:~~People~~Politicians from ~~Middlesex County~~Newton, Massachusetts]] [[Category:Women state legislators in Massachusetts]] [[Category:Women city councillors in Massachusetts]] ~~{{Massachusetts-politician-stub}}~~ [[Category:Boston College alumni]] [[Category:21st-century American women]]