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Bush">George W. Bush</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Carl_Truscott" title="Carl Truscott">Carl Truscott</a><br />Edgar A. Domenech (acting)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Ronald "Ronnie" A. Carter (acting)<br /><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_E._Melson" title="Kenneth E. Melson">Kenneth E. 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Stern">Donald Stern</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Carmen_Ortiz" title="Carmen Ortiz">Carmen Ortiz</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/District_Attorney" class="mw-redirect" title="District Attorney">District Attorney</a> of <a href="/wiki/Plymouth_County,_Massachusetts" title="Plymouth County, Massachusetts">Plymouth County</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />June 1995 – September 2001</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_C._O%27Malley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William C. O'Malley (page does not exist)">William O'Malley</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Timothy_J._Cruz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Timothy J. Cruz (page does not exist)">Timothy Cruz</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives" title="Massachusetts House of Representatives">Massachusetts House of Representatives</a></span><br />from the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives%27_7th_Plymouth_district" title="Massachusetts House of Representatives' 7th Plymouth district">7th Plymouth</a> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 1991 – June 1995</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Emmet_Hayes" title="Emmet Hayes">Emmet Hayes</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Whitney_(politician)" title="Ronald Whitney (politician)">Ronald Whitney</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1954-10-03</span>) </span>October 3, 1954<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 70)</span><br /><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Boston_College" title="Boston College">Boston College</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Suffolk_University_Law_School" title="Suffolk University Law School">Suffolk University</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Michael J. Sullivan</b> (born October 3, 1954) is an American lawyer and politician who served as <a href="/wiki/United_States_Attorney_for_the_District_of_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts">U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts</a> (2001–2009) and Acting Director of the <a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Alcohol,_Tobacco,_Firearms_and_Explosives" title="Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives">Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives</a> (2006–2009). His work as U.S. Attorney largely focused on national security and health-care fraud. A native of the <a href="/wiki/Holbrook,_Massachusetts" title="Holbrook, Massachusetts">Holbrook</a>–<a href="/wiki/Abington,_Massachusetts" title="Abington, Massachusetts">Abington</a> region, Sullivan served earlier in his career as the <a href="/wiki/Plymouth_County,_Massachusetts" title="Plymouth County, Massachusetts">Plymouth County</a> <a href="/wiki/District_Attorney" class="mw-redirect" title="District Attorney">District Attorney</a>, and as a <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> member of the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives" title="Massachusetts House of Representatives">Massachusetts House of Representatives</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Sullivan_(U.S._attorney)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sullivan was born October 3, 1954, the second of seven children, and grew up in <a href="/wiki/Holbrook,_Massachusetts" title="Holbrook, Massachusetts">Holbrook, Massachusetts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-metro-2007_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-metro-2007-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He attended <a href="/wiki/Boston_College_High_School" title="Boston College High School">Boston College High School</a> and <a href="/wiki/Boston_College" title="Boston College">Boston College</a>, and went onto <a href="/wiki/Suffolk_University_Law_School" title="Suffolk University Law School">Suffolk University Law School</a>. He worked with the <a href="/wiki/Gillette_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Gillette Company">Gillette Company</a> from 1973 to 1989 before moving into private law, becoming partner at McGovern & Sullivan in the early 1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-ledger-2009_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ledger-2009-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Representing the town of <a href="/wiki/Abington,_Massachusetts" title="Abington, Massachusetts">Abington</a>, he was elected as a <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> state representative in 1990. He was voted "Legislator of the Year" by the Massachusetts Municipal Organization in 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-ledger-2009_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ledger-2009-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among his initiatives was a budget amendment to have the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Water_Resources_Authority" title="Massachusetts Water Resources Authority">Massachusetts Water Resources Authority</a> charge municipalities for sewage management by volume instead of population, which moved much of the cost burden away from outlying towns and toward <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>. The amendment was adopted by the House but reversed the following day under pressure from Democratic leaders.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He stepped down in 1995 after being named District Attorney for <a href="/wiki/Plymouth_County,_Massachusetts" title="Plymouth County, Massachusetts">Plymouth County</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ledger-2009_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ledger-2009-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He took early steps to run for the U.S. Senate against incumbent <a href="/wiki/Ted_Kennedy" title="Ted Kennedy">Ted Kennedy</a> in 2000, but retracted before declaring an official candidacy.<sup id="cite_ref-fortune-2003_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fortune-2003-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tenure_as_U.S._Attorney">Tenure as U.S. Attorney</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Sullivan_(U.S._attorney)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Tenure as U.S. Attorney"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:DEA_Outstanding_Comprehensive_Strategic_Plan_award_-_Boston_2003.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/DEA_Outstanding_Comprehensive_Strategic_Plan_award_-_Boston_2003.jpg/220px-DEA_Outstanding_Comprehensive_Strategic_Plan_award_-_Boston_2003.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/DEA_Outstanding_Comprehensive_Strategic_Plan_award_-_Boston_2003.jpg/330px-DEA_Outstanding_Comprehensive_Strategic_Plan_award_-_Boston_2003.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/DEA_Outstanding_Comprehensive_Strategic_Plan_award_-_Boston_2003.jpg 2x" data-file-width="342" data-file-height="230" /></a><figcaption>Sullivan <i>(second from left)</i> is recognized by the U.S. <a href="/wiki/Drug_Enforcement_Administration" title="Drug Enforcement Administration">Drug Enforcement Administration</a> in 2003 as part of the Boston Gun Violence Reduction Program.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Sullivan was appointed U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts by President <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> on September 14, 2001, in the wake of the <a href="/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks">September 11 attacks</a>. His early work revolved around the terrorist attacks, which were launched from Boston's <a href="/wiki/Logan_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Logan Airport">Logan Airport</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-fortune-2003_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fortune-2003-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sullivan was the prosecutor in the 2001–2002 criminal trial of <a href="/wiki/Richard_Reid" title="Richard Reid">Richard Reid</a>, widely known as the "Shoe Bomber".<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He prosecuted airport workers arrested at Logan Airport as part of "<a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Tarmac&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Operation Tarmac (page does not exist)">Operation Tarmac</a>" accused of lying about their nationality on job applications. According to the <i><a href="/wiki/Boston_Phoenix" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston Phoenix">Boston Phoenix</a></i>, "every US attorney prosecuting Operation Tarmac cases [...] either reduced or dropped the charges" except for Sullivan, who wrote, "Ignoring the alleged criminal activity of illegal immigrants sends the wrong message to the rest of the world."<sup id="cite_ref-phoenix-2002_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-phoenix-2002-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Within a few weeks of taking office, Sullivan organized a health-care fraud unit in his district and nearly tripled the number of prosecutors assigned to medical cases, prosecuting companies such as <a href="/wiki/TAP_Pharmaceuticals" title="TAP Pharmaceuticals">TAP Pharmaceuticals</a> as well as smaller facilities and individual providers. He said: "You couldn't ignore this, even in light of 9/11."<sup id="cite_ref-fortune-2003_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fortune-2003-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He spoke before the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Judiciary_Subcommittee_on_Crime,_Terrorism,_and_Homeland_Security" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security">U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security</a> in support of the <a href="/wiki/USA_PATRIOT_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="USA PATRIOT Act">USA PATRIOT Act</a> in May 2005, urging Congress to make the act's surveillance provisions permanent.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sullivan presented charges, in Boston, on November 23, 2005, against <a href="/wiki/Abdullah_Khadr" title="Abdullah Khadr">Abdullah Khadr</a>, an Egyptian from Canada who is alleged to have sold arms to the Taliban.<sup id="cite_ref-VancouverSun_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VancouverSun-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BostonGlobe051218_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BostonGlobe051218-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BostonGlobe051219_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BostonGlobe051219-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2009, following the inauguration of President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>, Sullivan announced his intention to resign his position, following the customary practice of U.S. Attorneys, who typically do not retain their posts in a new administrations.<sup id="cite_ref-ledger-2009_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ledger-2009-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tenure_as_ATF_Director">Tenure as ATF Director</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Sullivan_(U.S._attorney)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Tenure as ATF Director"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2006, Sullivan was made Acting Director of the ATF by President <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ledger-2009_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ledger-2009-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The position had been made subject to the Senate confirmation process and Sullivan was the first nominee to be sent to the Senate. Bush nominated Sullivan to be permanent director in 2007, but the nomination was blocked by a Senate hold placed by Senators <a href="/wiki/David_Vitter" title="David Vitter">David Vitter</a> (R-Louisiana), <a href="/wiki/Michael_Crapo" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Crapo">Michael Crapo</a> (R-Idaho) and <a href="/wiki/Larry_Craig" title="Larry Craig">Larry E. Craig</a> (R-Idaho). They expressed their concern that the ATF is hostile to small gun dealers, pursuing them overzealously for small paperwork infractions and driving law-abiding small retailers out of business. They said that Sullivan was indifferent to their concerns and "exhibits a lack of willingness to address these problems."<sup id="cite_ref-latimes-schmitt_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-latimes-schmitt-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sullivan has been criticized frequently by one such affected gun dealer, Ryan Horsley of Red’s Trading Post, Twin Falls, Idaho, Idaho's oldest gun dealership.<sup id="cite_ref-latimes-schmitt_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-latimes-schmitt-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Horsley says that the ATF has a long track record of abusive behavior and Sullivan, as Acting Director, continued to defend the ATF's abusive actions without any indication of making changes.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sullivan was a keynote speaker and special guest at the 2007 Great Lakes Summit on Gun Violence conference.<sup id="cite_ref-taking-a-stand_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-taking-a-stand-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This conference was organized by the <a href="/wiki/International_Association_of_Chiefs_of_Police" title="International Association of Chiefs of Police">International Association of Chiefs of Police</a> and funded by a $375,000 grant from the <a href="/wiki/Joyce_Foundation" title="Joyce Foundation">Joyce Foundation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The report of the conference was titled "Taking a Stand: Reducing Gun Violence in Our Communities" and called for the passage of several gun bans and gun control measures.<sup id="cite_ref-taking-a-stand_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-taking-a-stand-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/National_Rifle_Association_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="National Rifle Association of America">National Rifle Association of America</a> has criticized the IACP report, calling it "a rubber stamp, bought and paid for, of the pre-existing agenda for gun ban groups." The report was produced with assistance from the Joyce Foundation's Communications Director and with contributions from gun control advocates such as Kristen Rand and Tom Diaz of the <a href="/wiki/Violence_Policy_Center" title="Violence Policy Center">Violence Policy Center</a>. The NRA has called the Joyce Foundation an activist foundation whose "shadowy web of huge donations" leads "straight to puppet strings that control the agenda of gun ban groups".<sup id="cite_ref-nra-ftm_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nra-ftm-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sullivan's confirmation was opposed by gun rights groups such as the <a href="/wiki/Gun_Owners_of_America" title="Gun Owners of America">Gun Owners of America</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Citizens_Committee_for_the_Right_to_Keep_and_Bear_Arms" class="mw-redirect" title="Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms">Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms</a><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Jews_for_the_Preservation_of_Firearms_Ownership" title="Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership">Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The NRA did not categorically state its opposition to the confirmation of Mr. Sullivan but expressed its concern over the ATF's "overly restrictive legal interpretations" and "overly zealous enforcement activities".<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sullivan resigned as Acting Director effective January 20, 2009 to make way for incoming President Barack Obama to name his own nominee.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="U.S._Senate_election,_2013"><span id="U.S._Senate_election.2C_2013"></span>U.S. Senate election, 2013</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Sullivan_(U.S._attorney)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: U.S. Senate election, 2013"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sullivan announced on February 14, that he would collect signatures to run for the Republican nomination in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Massachusetts,_2013" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, 2013">2013 special election</a> to succeed <a href="/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry">John Kerry</a> as U.S. Senator.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He relied on volunteers rather than paid organizations to gather signatures. On February 27, he announced that he had gathered the requisite 10,000 signatures to appear on the primary ballot. He faced state Representative <a href="/wiki/Dan_Winslow" class="mw-redirect" title="Dan Winslow">Dan Winslow</a> and former <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_SEALs" title="United States Navy SEALs">U.S. Navy SEAL</a> <a href="/wiki/Gabriel_E._Gomez" class="mw-redirect" title="Gabriel E. Gomez">Gabriel Gomez</a> in the April 30 primary.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sullivan was defeated in the primary by <a href="/wiki/Gabriel_E._Gomez" class="mw-redirect" title="Gabriel E. Gomez">Gabriel E. Gomez</a> who garnered 93,632, or 51% of the votes. Sullivan, gathered 66,164 votes, or 36%, whereas state Representative <a href="/wiki/Dan_Winslow" class="mw-redirect" title="Dan Winslow">Dan Winslow</a>, collected 24,057, or 13% of the votes, with 99 percent of precincts reporting shortly before 11:30 pm, on April 30, 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sullivan later endorsed Gomez.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Sullivan_(U.S._attorney)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sullivan's residence is in Abington. He and his wife Terry have four children.<sup id="cite_ref-ledger-2009_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ledger-2009-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has been partner at <a href="/wiki/The_Ashcroft_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="The Ashcroft Group">The Ashcroft Group</a> since 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His daughter <a href="/wiki/Alyson_Sullivan" title="Alyson Sullivan">Alyson Sullivan</a> represents the 7th Plymouth District in the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives" title="Massachusetts House of Representatives">Massachusetts House of Representatives</a>. Sullivan is the Chairman of the Board of HarborOne Bank the largest state-chartered co-operative bank in New England.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Sullivan_(U.S._attorney)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-metro-2007-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-metro-2007_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFRubin,_Ben2007" class="citation news cs1">Rubin, Ben (December 10, 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130411085945/http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/state/x118361150">"Michael Sullivan: Friends, neighbors reflect on rise to national prominence"</a>. <i>The MetroWest Daily News</i>. 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/editorial/documents/02261124.htm">the original</a> on 2004-12-20.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Boston+Phoenix&rft.atitle=Prosecutorial+abuse%3A+US+Attorney+Michael+Sullivan+should+drop+the+charges+against+the+Logan+19&rft.date=2002-05-09&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bostonphoenix.com%2Fboston%2Fnews_features%2Feditorial%2Fdocuments%2F02261124.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMichael+Sullivan+%28U.S.+attorney%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.justice.gov/archive/ll/subs/testimony/050305-usa-sullivan.pdf">"Statement concerning the surveillance provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act (§§ 201, 202, and 223)"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_the_Judiciary" title="United States House Committee on the Judiciary">United States House Committee on the Judiciary</a>. 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