Massachusetts Senate's 5th Middlesex district
American legislative district
Massachusetts Senate's 5th 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 Jason Lewis of Winchester has represented the district since 2014.[3]
Locales represented
The district includes the following localities:[2]
- Malden
- Melrose
- Reading
- Stoneham
- Wakefield
- Winchester
Former locales
The district previously covered the following:
- Acton, circa 1860s-1870s[4][5]
- Ashby, circa 1860s-1870s[4][5]
- Ayer, circa 1870s[5]
- Boxborough, circa 1860s-1870s[4][5]
- Carlisle, circa 1860s-1870s[4][5]
- Chelmsford, circa 1870s[5]
- Concord, circa 1860s-1870s[4][5]
- Dracut, circa 1870s[5]
- Dunstable, circa 1860s-1870s[4][5]
- Groton, circa 1860s-1870s[4][5]
- Hudson, circa 1860s-1870s[4][5]
- Lincoln, circa 1860s-1870s[4][5]
- Littleton, circa 1860s-1870s[4][5]
- Marlborough, circa 1860s[4]
- Maynard, circa 1870s[5]
- Pepperell, circa 1860s-1870s[4][5]
- Shirley, circa 1860s-1870s[4][5]
- Stow, circa 1860s-1870s[4][5]
- Sudbury, circa 1860s-1870s[4][5]
- Townsend, circa 1860s-1870s[4][5]
- Tyngsborough, circa 1860s-1870s[4][5]
- Westford, circa 1860s-1870s[4][5]
Senators
- Horace Conn, circa 1859 [6]
- John Mitchell
- Charles Sumner Smith
- John Gibbs
- George G. Moyse, circa 1935 [7]
- Richard I. Furbush, circa 1945 [8]
- William E. Hays, circa 1957 [9]
- James DeNormandie, circa 1969 [10]
- Carol Campbell Amick, 1978-1989 [11][12][13]
- Lucile P. Hicks, 1991-1996[14]
- Katherine Clark
- Jason M. Lewis, April 16, 2014-current[3][15]
Images
- Portraits of legislators
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John Mitchell -
Charles Sumner Smith -
John Gibbs -
Richard Furbush -
James DeNormandie -
Carol Campbell Amick -
Lucile Hicks
See also
- List of Massachusetts Senate elections
- List of Massachusetts General Courts
- List of former districts of the Massachusetts Senate
- Middlesex County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 37th
References
- ^ "Massachusetts Senatorial Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
- ^ a b "An Act Establishing Executive Councillor and Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (2011), retrieved April 16, 2020
- ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: 5th Middlesex district". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Massachusetts General Court (October 16, 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
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Massachusetts General Court (October 16, 1876), "1876 Chap. 0190. An Act To Divide The Commonwealth Into Forty Districts For The Choice Of Senators", Acts and Resolves, hdl:2452/89814 – via State Library of Massachusetts
- ^ 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) - ^ Public Officials of Massachusetts. 1935.
- ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1945.
- ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1957.
- ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1969.
- ^ State Library of Massachusetts, "Massachusetts State Legislator's Papers Collections at the State Library", Mass.gov, retrieved September 3, 2020
- ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1979.
- ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1985.
- ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1993.
- ^ "Two-Thirds Of State Legislators Are Unopposed In The General Election", Wbur.org, November 1, 2018,
Seven incumbent Democratic senators face opposition
External links
- Ballotpedia
- "Fifth Middlesex District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State Senate district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
- "5th Middlesex District", Senatorjasonlewis.com, July 7, 2014, archived from the original on May 14, 2020
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Members of the Massachusetts Senate
193rd General Court (2023–present)
- President of the Senate
- Karen Spilka (D)
- President pro tempore
- Will Brownsberger (D)
- Majority Leader
- Cynthia Stone Creem (D)
- Minority Leader
- Bruce Tarr (R)
- ▌Paul Mark (D, Berk., Hpsh., Frnk., & Hpdn.)
- ▌Paul Feeney (D, Bris. & Norf.)
- ▌Michael Rodrigues (D, 1st Bris. & Plym.)
- ▌Mark Montigny (D, 2nd Bris. & Plym.)
- ▌Marc Pacheco (D, 3rd Bris. & Plym.)
- ▌Julian Cyr (D, Cape & Islands)
- ▌Pavel Payano (D, 1st Essex)
- ▌Joan Lovely (D, 2nd Essex)
- ▌Brendan Crighton (D, 3rd Essex)
- ▌Bruce Tarr (R, 1st Ess. & Mid.)
- ▌Barry Finegold (D, 2nd Ess. & Mid.)
- ▌Adam Gomez (D, Hampden)
- ▌John Velis (D, Hpdn. & Hpsh.)
- ▌Jacob Oliveira (D, Hpdn., Hpsh. & Wor.)
- ▌Jo Comerford (D, Hpsh., Frnk., & Wor.)
- ▌Edward J. Kennedy (D, 1st Mid.)
- ▌Patricia D. Jehlen (D, 2nd Mid.)
- ▌Michael J. Barrett (D, 3rd Mid.)
- ▌Cindy Friedman (D, 4th Mid.)
- ▌Jason Lewis (D, 5th Mid.)
- ▌Karen Spilka (D, Mid. & Norf.)
- ▌Sal DiDomenico (D, Mid. & Suff.)
- ▌Jamie Eldridge (D, Mid. & Wor.)
- ▌Cynthia Stone Creem (D, Norf. & Mid.)
- ▌John F. Keenan (D, Norf. & Plym.)
- ▌Walter Timilty (D, Norf., Plym. & Bris.)
- ▌Mike Rush (D, Norf. & Suff.)
- ▌Becca Rausch (D, Norf., Wor. & Mid.)
- ▌Susan Moran (D, Plym. & Barn.)
- ▌Patrick O'Connor (R, 1st Plym. & Norf.)
- ▌Michael Brady (D, 2nd Plym. & Norf.)
- ▌Nick Collins (D, 1st Suffolk)
- ▌Liz Miranda (D, 2nd Suffolk)
- ▌Lydia Edwards (D, 3rd Suffolk)
- ▌Will Brownsberger (D, Suff. & Mid.)
- ▌Robyn Kennedy (D, 1st Worcester)
- ▌Michael O. Moore (D, 2nd Worcester)
- ▌Ryan Fattman (R, Wor. & Hpdn.)
- ▌Peter Durant (R, Wor. & Hpsh.)
- ▌John Cronin (D, Wor. & Mid.)
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