Martha Coakley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Martha Coakley

American lawyer, politician

Date of Birth: 14-Jul-1953

Place of Birth: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Martha Mary Coakley (born July 14, 1953) is an American lawyer and former Attorney General of Massachusetts.
Prior to serving as Attorney General, she was District Attorney of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, from 1999 to 2007. Coakley was the Democratic nominee in the 2010 special election to fill the United States Senate seat long held by Ted Kennedy (and held in the interim by Paul G.
Kirk).
Coakley was defeated 52% to 47% by Republican Scott Brown in what was widely considered an upset.
She won reelection as Attorney General in the 2010 general election.
Coakley was the Democratic nominee for governor in 2014, but lost to Republican Charlie Baker.