Carl Michael Sciortino Jr. (/ʃɔːrˈtiːnoʊ/ shor-TEE-noh; born July 6, 1978) is an American politician serving as executive director of the AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts.

Sciortino was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2013 special election to succeed Ed Markey as a U.S. Representative for Massachusetts's 5th district.

His campaign’s television commercial with his father, a member of the Tea Party, received national publicity and went viral online.

Sciortino sponsored legislation on transgender discrimination, HIV lipodystrophy treatment, banning LGBT conversion therapy, housing, transportation, immigration, and education policies.

Senator John Kerry in June, Sciortino announced on February 8, 2013, that he planned to run in the special election to succeed Markey representing the Massachusetts 5th district in Congress.

Sciortino’s television commercial received national publicity for showing him, a self-identified “Massachusetts liberal,” in a playful contrast to his conservative father.

[1] Sciortino, who is HIV-positive, resigned effective April 7, 2014, to take a position as Executive Director of the AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts.