Massachusetts Senate's Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden district
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Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden is a district of the Massachusetts Senate since 2013. It covers an area of 1,529.5 square miles across the expanse of Berkshire, Hampshire, Hampden and Franklin counties. Democrat Adam Hinds of Pittsfield has represented the district since 2017.[2] Hinds is running unopposed for re-election in the 2020 Massachusetts general election.[3][4]
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Berkshire, 2nd Berkshire, 3rd Berkshire, 4th Berkshire, 1st Franklin, and 1st Hampshire districts.[5]
The district had been used from 1989 through 2003 before it was eliminated in redistricting.
List of senators
[edit]| Senator | Party | Years | Electoral history |
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 Peter C. Webber |
Republican | 1989 – 1991 |
Redistricted from the Berkshire district. |
 Jane Swift |
Republican | 1991 – 1997 |
Retired to run for Congress. |
 Andrea F. Nuciforo Jr. |
Democratic | 1997 – 2003 |
Redistricted to the Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin district. |
| District eliminated in 2003. District restored in 2013. | |||
 Benjamin Downing |
Democratic | 2013 – January 4, 2017 |
Redistricted from the Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin district. |
 Adam G. Hinds |
Democratic | January 4, 2017 – Present |
First elected in 2016. |
See also
[edit]- Other Hampden County districts of the Massachusett Senate: Hampden; 1st Hampden and Hampshire; 2nd Hampden and Hampshire
- Other Hampshire County districts of the Massachusett Senate: 1st Hampden and Hampshire; 2nd Hampden and Hampshire; Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester
- Berkshire County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
- Franklin County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd
- Hampden County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
- Hampshire County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd
References
[edit]- ^ http://factfinder.census.gov/ [bare URL]
- ^ "Senator Adam G. Hinds".
- ^ "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
[edit]- "Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin & Hampden District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State Senate district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
- League of Women Voters of Williamstown
- League of Women Voters of Massachusetts Central Berkshire County Unit
- League of Women Voters of Franklin County
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