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Massachusetts Senate's Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden district

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]

Map of Massachusetts Senate's Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden district, based on the 2010 United States census.
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Constituency of the
Massachusetts State Senate
Current 
 
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Demographics
Population (2012)155,012[1]

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
 
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

References edit

  1. ^ http://factfinder.census.gov/
  2. ^ "Senator Adam G. Hinds".
  3. ^ "2020 State Primary Candidates", Sec.state.ma.us, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, retrieved August 28, 2020
  4. ^ Zack DeLuca (August 27, 2020), "Area legislators running unopposed in primary", Recorder.com
  5. ^ 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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