page_title: Eric Turkington
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Eric Turkington / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Eric Turkington (left) with former MBL President and Director Gary Borisy and WHOI President and Director Susan Avery. Photo credit: Shelley Dawicki, NEFSC/NOAA
context_page_description: Eric Turkington is a former Democratic member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, who represented the Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket District from 1989-2009.
context_section_description: On November 7, 2006, he won his race against Republican Jim Powell in the 2006 elections. He did not run for reelection in 2008, instead running for Barnstable Register of Probate. He served as a co-chair of the Rachel Carson sculpture committee.
caption: Eric Turkington (left) with former MBL President and Director Gary Borisy and WHOI President and Director Susan Avery at the dedication of the statue of Rachel Carson.
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