Massachusetts Senate's Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate.[1] It covers portions of Franklin, Hampshire, and Worcester counties.[2] Since 2019 it is represented in the State Senate by Joanne M. Comerford of the Democratic Party.[3] Comerford is running unopposed for re-election in the 2020 Massachusetts general election.[4][5]
Towns represented
The district includes the following localities:[2]
- Amherst
- Bernardston
- Colrain
- Deerfield
- Erving
- Gill
- Greenfield
- Hadley
- Hatfield
- Leverett
- Leyden
- Montague
- New Salem
- Northampton
- Northfield
- Orange
- Pelham
- Royalston
- Shutesbury
- South Hadley
- Sunderland
- Warwick
- Wendell
- Whately
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Berkshire, 1st Franklin, 2nd Franklin, 1st Hampshire, 2nd Hampshire, and 3rd Hampshire districts.[6]
Senators
- Stanley C. Rosenberg[3]
- Joanne M. Comerford, 2019-current[3]
See also
- List of Massachusetts Senate elections
- List of Massachusetts General Courts
- List of former districts of the Massachusetts Senate
References
- ^ "Massachusetts Senatorial Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
- ^ a b Massachusetts General Court, "An Act Establishing Executive Councillor and Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (2011), retrieved August 28, 2020
- ^ a b c Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester district". PD43+. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
- ^ "2020 State Primary Candidates", Sec.state.ma.us, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, retrieved August 28, 2020
- ^ Zack DeLuca (August 27, 2020), "Area legislators running unopposed in primary", Recorder.com
- ^ David Jarman (July 30, 2019), "Upper legislative district ↔ lower legislative district correspondences: MA", How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?, Daily Kos,
State Senate Districts to State House Districts
External links
- Ballotpedia
- "Hampshire, Franklin & Worcester District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State Senate district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
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