Ryan Fattman

Ryan Fattman was elected to the Massachusetts State Senate on November 4, 2014 after serving two terms in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He is the first Republican to win an election to the Worcester-Norfolk Senate seat since 1938, when Dr. Wilfred Bazinet was elected from Webster. Fattman defeated the twenty-year incumbent and President Pro Tempore (since 2013) Richard T. Moore. He currently has a 100% attendance record in the State Senate.

Fattman met his wife at a high school dance, and proposed at the same location nine years later to the day they met. Ryan and his wife Stephanie, the current Worcester County Register of Probate, reside in the town of Webster since their marriage in May 2013.

In April 2010, Fattman announced his candidacy for State Representative. Down early in the polls by 32 points, Fattman knocked on nearly 8,000 doors throughout the campaign and won all five towns in the district. Fattman was outspent by a margin of two-to-one, yet defeated eight-year incumbent Jennifer Callahan, 53-47%. The surprising upset received attention from statewide media outlets. The Worcester Telegram and Gazette described Fattman's win as the "most surprising upset" in Central Massachusetts. Boston Globe Columnist Yvonne Abraham said "the new standard-bearer for beleaguered Massachusetts Republicans is a cherubic 26-year-old." Fattman had a perfect 100% voting attendance record for 2011.

In 2007, Fattman proposed and achieved an increase in property tax exemptions the elderly, veterans, widows, mothers, the disabled and impoverished families. Fattman joined a subcommittee on Tax Increment Financing for Business Development with fellow Selectman Michael Chizy. They negotiated with small businesses to alleviate the 90% residential tax burden, reducing it from above $12 to below $11.50, at a time when most other towns were increasing their residential tax rate.

In 2006, Ryan announced his candidacy for the Sutton Board of Selectmen. On May 23, 2006, Ryan earned 70% of the vote, defeating two long-term incumbents. At 21 years old, this made him the youngest Selectman in the history of Sutton, and one of the youngest in MA history. He was re-elected in 2009 for a second term.

Fattman graduated from Sutton High School in 2003, and went on to study at Suffolk University for his bachelor's degree. For his master's degree, Fattman went on to Tufts University, where he was selected for the Harvard University Kennedy School Rappaport Public Policy Fellowship, class of 2008.

Ryan C. Fattman (born July 1, 1984) is an American state legislator currently serving in the Massachusetts State Senate. Prior to being elected to the Massachusetts Senate, Fattman represented the 18th Worcester district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives as a Republican. Before serving as a state representative, he attended Suffolk University and Tufts University and served on the Sutton Board of Selectmen from 2006 to 2011.

Ryan was born on July 1, 1984 in Sutton. Ryan graduated from Sutton High School. Ryan's mother is a small business owner, running her own preschool in Worcester called Kids Kount Nursery School. Ryan's father is a long-time businessman.