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Massachusetts Senate's Hampden district

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Map of Massachusetts Senate's Hampden district, based on the 2010 United States census.

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 of in Springfield (7/8), and a half of Chicopee .[2] Democrat Adam Gomez of Springfield, Massachusetts has represented the district since 2021.

Locales represented

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The district includes the following localities:[2]

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]

List of senators

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Senator Party Years Legis. Electoral history District towns
District created in 1975.

Stanley J. Zarod[5]
Democratic 1975 –
1981
169th
170th
171st
Redistricted from 1st Hampden district.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Lost Democratic primary in 1980.

Martin T. Reilly[5]
Democratic 1981 –
1987
172nd
173rd
174th
Elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Retired.
District eliminated in 1987.
District restored in 1995.

Linda Melconian[6]
Democratic 1995 –
2005
179th
180th
181st
182nd
183rd
Redistricted from 1st Hampden district.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.

Stephen Buoniconti
Democratic January 2005–
January 5, 2011
184th
185th
186th
Elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2012.
Resigned on April 2, 2012.

James T. Welch[7]
Democratic January 5, 2011 –
January 5, 2021
187th
188th
189th
190th
191st
Elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Lost Democratic primary in 2020.

Adam Gomez[7]
Democratic January 6, 2021–
192nd Elected in 2020.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Massachusetts Senatorial Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "An Act Establishing Executive Councillor and Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (2011), retrieved April 16, 2020
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1979.
  5. ^ a b Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1985.
  6. ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: 2002". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  7. ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: Hampden district". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 16, 2020.

Further reading

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