Massachusetts Senate's 1st Middlesex district

Massachusetts Senate's 1st Middlesex district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate.[1] It covers portions of Middlesex county.[2] Democrat Ed Kennedy of Lowell has represented the district since 2019.[3]

Map of Massachusetts Senate's 1st Middlesex district, based on the 2010 United States census.

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' 1st Middlesex, 2nd Middlesex, 16th Middlesex, 17th Middlesex, 18th Middlesex, and 36th Middlesex districts.[4]

Former locale

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The district previously covered Charlestown, circa 1860s.[5]

Senators

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Images

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Portraits of legislators

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Massachusetts Senatorial Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "An Act Establishing Executive Councillor and Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (2011), retrieved April 15, 2020
  3. ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: 1st Middlesex district". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ Massachusetts General Court (October 15, 1866), "1866 Chap. 0120. An Act To Divide The Commonwealth Into Forty Districts For The Choice Of Senators", Acts and Resolves, hdl:2452/100042 – via State Library of Massachusetts
  6. ^ General Court, Massachusetts (1859). Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston – via Google Books.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ^ Public Officials of Massachusetts. 1935.
  8. ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1945.
  9. ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1957.
  10. ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1969.
  11. ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1979.
  12. ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1985.
  13. ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1993.
  14. ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: 2002". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  15. ^ "Two-Thirds Of State Legislators Are Unopposed In The General Election", Wbur.org, November 1, 2018, Open seats in the state Senate

Further reading

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  • "Multiple-choice test for voters: Open seats in Mass. House, Senate create wide-open First Middlesex races", Boston Globe, September 2, 2010
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