Massachusetts House of Representatives' Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers Dukes County, Nantucket County, and part of Barnstable County.^[1] Since 2017, Dylan A. Fernandes of the Democratic Party has represented the district.^[2] Fernandes is running unopposed in the 2020 Massachusetts general election.^[3][4]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' Barnstable, Dukes & Nantucket district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census.

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:^[5]

• Aquinnah
• Chilmark
• Edgartown
• part of Falmouth
• Gosnold
• Nantucket
• Oak Bluffs
• Tisbury
• West Tisbury

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's Cape and Islands and Plymouth and Barnstable districts.^[6]

Representatives

• Eric T. Turkington^[2]
• Timothy R. Madden^[2]
• Dylan A. Fernandes, 2017-current^[2]

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Barnstable County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

References

1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket district". PD43+. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
3. "2020 State Primary Candidates", Sec.state.ma.us, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, retrieved August 28, 2020
4. "State Primary Is Tuesday; Early Voting Ends Friday", Vineyardgazette.com, August 27, 2020
5. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
6. 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 House Districts to State Senate Districts

External links

• Ballotpedia
• "Barnstable, Dukes & Nantucket District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).