Raised in Watertown, Massachusetts, Carmine was the first in his family to graduate college. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Tufts University and his juris doctor from Suffolk University Law School. Prior to his election as a State Representative, Carmine represented children, parents and small businesses and regularly provided free legal services for adults and children in need through his Framingham law firm. While he has largely curtailed his practice to focus on his work as a legislator, his career as a lawyer has given Carmine an understanding of the wide variety of challenges faced by residents and businesses in MetroWest.

Carmine has always been very active in the local community and has a deep understanding of municipal budgets and the impact of state legislation on our communities. He has served as a soccer coach, Scoutmaster, Rotary Club President, and a member of the Sudbury Finance Committee, Board of Registrars, Planning Board, and the Town Manager Search Committee. Currently, Carmine is a member of the Sudbury Council on Aging, Vice Chair of the Sudbury Democratic Town Committee, Boy Scout Merit Badge Councilor, and Chair of the Sudbury Housing Trust.

Carmine and his wife, Linda, are longtime Sudbury residents and raised two children in the local public-school systems. Their commitment to the community has been passed on to their two children. When their daughter, Sara, was 12 she brought a successful petition article before the Sudbury Annual Town Meeting to bring ice cream trucks back to Sudbury after 20 years of banishment. Sara continued her community efforts at college and business school and is now an elder care and housing professional living with her husband in Wayland. Their son, Andrew, a former Eagle Scout, is a health care management professional who assisted Marlborough Hospital and UMASS Medical Center in ramping up for the COVID-19 surge. Carmine’s children and grandson provide him motivation to continue his work in service to the Commonwealth and the communities of the 13th Middlesex District.

In the legislature, Carmine serves as Vice Chair of the Higher Education Committee and also as a member of several Joint Committees: Elder Affairs, State Administration and Regulatory Oversight, and Environment and Natural Resources.