Ryan M. Hamilton

Ryan Hamilton grew up in a working-class family in Methuen; his mother is a public school teacher and his father a retired union truck driver. He attended Methuen Public Schools and was elected an at-large Methuen City Councilor in 2017. In 2019 he left public office to join U.S. Congresswoman Lori Trahan's office in constituent services, and in 2021 he earned a bachelor's degree in political science and government from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell and joined Methuen Mayor Neil Perry's administration.