Evandro Carvalho


Evandro C. Carvalho is an American lawyer and politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2014 to 2019. He is a member of the Democratic Party and represented the Fifth Suffolk District, comprising the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston.

Biography

Carvalho was born in Cape Verde. He emigrated to Boston when he was 15 years old. He then graduated from Madison Park Technical Vocational High School, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Howard University School of Law. He worked in the office of the Suffolk County District Attorney as an Assistant District Attorney. He won the Democratic Party primary election for the Fifth Suffolk seat on April 1, 2014, and was unopposed in the general election on April 29, winning with around 739 votes. He was sworn in May 14.
In 2018, Carvalho did not run for reelection in his seat, instead launching a campaign for the Democratic nomination for Suffolk County District Attorney. He lost the primary to Rachael Rollins, finishing third in a field of five candidates.

Other activities

In 2006 he was a legal intern with the Immigration Law Project at South Coastal Counties Legal Services, Inc. in Brockton, Massachusetts. From 2007 to 2010 he was a summer associate and later associate with WilmerHale in Washington, DC. From 2013 to 2014 he was a field legal counsel with Liberty Mutual Insurance. From 2011 to 2014 he served on the Board of Directors of .
Since August of 2019 he has served as Executive Director of the .