Daniel J. Valianti

Valianti began his career working on various municipal political campaign's in his hometown of Marlborough, Massachusetts.^{[citation needed]} In 1990, he successfully sought the Democratic nomination for the 4th Middlesex district seat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives; receiving 39.7% of the vote in the three-candidate primary.^[2] He went on to defeat Republican Marc Decourcey in the general election by 1,369 votes.^[2]

Valianti was re-elected in 1992 and 1994, but did not seek a fourth term.