Massachusetts Senate's Hampden district
Massachusetts Senate's Hampden district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate.[1] It covers portions of Hampden county including most of the majority-minority precincts in Springfield, all of West Springfield, and a small portion of Chicopee .[2] Democrat Adam Gomez of Springfield, Massachusetts has represented the district since 2021.
Locales represented[]
The district includes the following localities:[2]
- part of Chicopee
- part of Springfield
- West Springfield
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts House of Representatives' 6th Hampden, 7th Hampden, 8th Hampden, 9th Hampden, 10th Hampden, 11th Hampden, and 12th Hampden districts.[3]
Senators[]
- Amasa Holcomb, senator in 1852
- Stanley John Zarod, circa 1979 [4]
- Martin Thomas Reilly, circa 1985 [5]
- Linda Melconian, circa 2002 [6]
- Stephen Buoniconti
- James T. Welch, 2011-2021[7]
- Adam Gomez, 2021-current[citation needed]
Images[]
- Portraits of legislators
Stanley John Zarod
Martin Thomas Reilly
Linda Melconian
James T Welch
See also[]
- List of Massachusetts Senate elections
- List of Massachusetts General Courts
- List of former districts of the Massachusetts Senate
- Other Hampden County districts of the Massachusett Senate: Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden; 1st Hampden and Hampshire; 2nd Hampden and Hampshire
- Hampden County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
References[]
- ^ "Massachusetts Senatorial Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "An Act Establishing Executive Councillor and Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (2011), retrieved April 16, 2020
- ^ 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
- ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1979.
- ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1985.
- ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: 2002". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
- ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: Hampden district". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
Further reading[]
- "Massachusetts primary election: State Senate candidates James Welch and Adam Gomez on the issues", Masslive.com, August 16, 2020
- Katie Lannan; Chris Lisinski (September 2, 2020), "Sen. Welch, Rep. Nangle lose state legislative seats", Boston Globe,
Challengers defeated incumbents in key Democratic primaries, reshaping Beacon Hill
External links[]
- Ballotpedia. Massachusetts State Senate Hampden District
- "Hampden Senate District", Stephenbuoniconti.org, archived from the original on July 25, 2011
- League of Women Voters of Northampton Area
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