Michael J. Sullivan
mayor, city of Lawrence, MA
Michael J. Sullivan is the mayor of the City of Lawrence, Massachusetts. A Republican, Sullivan has been the mayor since 2001 beating Isabel Melendez, and was re-elected in 2005 beating Marcos Devers in non-partisan elections. Although he formed an exploratory committee to enter the Special Election to replace Congressman Marty Meehan, Sullivan ultimately decided not to run and endorsed Republican candidate Jim Ogonowski.