Massachusetts's 17th Worcester House district
The 17th Worcester district is one of 160 state legislative districts for the Massachusetts House of Representatives. It is located in Central Massachusetts.
Democrat David LeBoeuf of Worcester has represented the district since 2019.[1]
District profile
As of the last redistricting in 2011[2], the district encompasses all of the town of Leicester, including the villages of Cherry Valley and Rochdale, and the southwestern portion of the city of Worcester, including the neighborhoods of Main South and Webster Square.[3] It has maintained these boundaries since 1995.[4][5]
Leicester is a small town and developing suburb.[6] It contains the Leicester campus of Becker College and is over 90 percent non-Hispanic white[7] The Worcester portion of the district is an urban section of New England's second largest city. It contains Clark University and has significant Latino, Asian, and Black communities.
Former locations
- c. 1872: Auburn, Charlton, Southbridge, and Spencer[8]
List of members representing the district
- Gilbert C. Taft, circa 1859 [9]
- Alfred S. Pinkerton, circa 1888 [10]
- Michael J. Fitzgerald, circa 1920 [11]
General Court |
Representative | Party | Term | District location | |
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146th | Victor Rolander | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | | Republican | January 2, 1929 – October 10, 1935[12][13] | Worcester's Ward 6[14] |
147th | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | | ||||
148th | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | | ||||
149th | Axel Sternlof | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | | Republican | December 11, 1935 – 1937[15] | |
150th | Gustaf Carlson | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | | Republican | January 6, 1937 – 1941[16] | |
151st | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | | ||||
152nd | Sven Erickson | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | | Republican | January 1, 1941 – 1947[17] | Worcester's Ward 2[18] |
153rd | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | | ||||
154th | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | | ||||
155th | Stanley Johnson | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | | Republican | January 1, 1947 – 1949[19] | |
156th | Joseph Aspero | style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | | Democratic | January 5, 1949 – 1953[20] | Worcester's Ward 3[21] |
157th | style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | | ||||
158th | Domenic DePari | style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | | Democratic | January 7, 1953 – 1961[22] | |
159th | style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | | ||||
160th | style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | | ||||
161st | style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | | ||||
162nd | Leo Turo | style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | | Democratic | January 4, 1961 – 1965[23] | |
163rd | style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | | ||||
164th | Robert Bohigian | style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | | Democratic | January 6, 1965 – January 1, 1975[24] | Worcester's Ward 2 and Ward 3[25][26] |
165th | style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | | ||||
166th | style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | | ||||
167th | style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | | ||||
168th | style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | | ||||
169th | Robert Reynolds | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | | Republican | January 1, 1975 – 1977[27] | Berlin, Bolton, Boxborough, Harvard, Lancaster, and Northborough[28][29][30] |
170th | Walter Bickford | style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | | Democratic | January 5, 1977 – 1979[31] | |
171st | Robert McNeil | style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | | Democratic | January 3, 1979 – 1985[32] | Leicester; Worcester's Ward 7; and Worcester's Ward 8: Precincts 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7[33][34][35] |
172nd | style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | | ||||
173rd | style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | | ||||
174th | William Donovan | style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | | Democratic | January 2, 1985 – 1987[36] | |
175th | John Binienda![]() |
style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | | Democratic | January 7, 1987 – 1989[37] | |
176th | style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | | January 4, 1989 – 1995[38] | Leicester; Worcester's Ward 7; and Worcester's Ward 8: Precincts 2, 5, 6, 7, and 8[39][40] | ||
177th | style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | | ||||
178th | style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | | ||||
179th | style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | | January 4, 1995 – August 22, 2014[41] | Leicester; Worcester's Ward 7; and Worcester's Ward 8: Precincts 2, 3, and 4 | ||
180th | style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | | ||||
181st | style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | | ||||
182nd | style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | | ||||
183rd | style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | | ||||
184th | style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | | ||||
185th | style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | | ||||
186th | style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | | ||||
187th | style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | | ||||
188th | style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | | ||||
189th | Kate Campanale | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | | Republican | January 7, 2015 – January 2, 2019 | |
190th | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | | ||||
191st | David LeBoeuf | style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | | Democratic | January 9, 2019 – Present |
Electoral history
Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 general election[42][43] Campanale did not seek re-election to run for Worcester Register of Deeds Turnout: 11,487 | Democratic gain from Republican Majority: 2,146 (18.7%) Swing: 13.7% from Republican to D | David LeBoeuf | Democratic | 6,808 | 59.3 | +14 | ||
Paul Fullen | Republican | 4,662 | 40.6 | −13.8 | ||||
2016 general election[44][45] Turnout: 14,713 | Republican hold Majority: 1,340 (9.1%) | Kate Campanale | Republican | 8,011 | 54.4 | +4.2 | ||
Moses Dixon | Democratic | 6,671 | 45.3 | −4.4 | ||||
2014 general election[46][47] Binienda did not seek re-election and planned to retire (but died in August) Turnout: 9,344 | Republican gain from Democratic Majority: 43 (0.5%) Swing: 26.5% from D to Republican | Kate Campanale | Republican | 4,688 | 50.2 | +26.9 | ||
Doug Belanger | Democratic | 4,645 | 49.7 | −26.6 | ||||
2012 general election[48][49] Turnout: 13,878 | Democratic hold Majority: 7,365 (53.1%) | John Binienda | Democratic | 10,595 | 76.3 | -21.3 | ||
William LeBeau | Republican | 3,230 | 23.3 | +23.3 | ||||
2010 general election[50][51] Turnout: 8,082 | Democratic hold Majority: 7,692 (95.2%) | John Binienda | Democratic | 7,887 | 97.6 | -0.9 | ||
All others | 195 | 2.4 | ||||||
2008 general election[52][53] Turnout: 11,813 | Democratic hold Majority: 11,449 (96.9%) | John Binienda | Democratic | 11,631 | 98.5 | -0.9 | ||
All others | 182 | 1.5 | ||||||
2006 general election[54][55] Turnout: 8,309 | Democratic hold Majority: 8,215 (98.9%) | John Binienda | Democratic | 8,262 | 99.4 | +0.5 | ||
All others | 47 | 0.6 |
Elections results from statewide races
Year | Office | District Results | Statewide Results |
---|---|---|---|
2012 | President[56][57] | Obama 63.2 – 34.1% | Obama 60.7 – 37.5% |
Senator[58][59] | Warren 56.0 – 42.9% | Warren 53.7 – 46.2% | |
2013 | Senator[60][61] | Markey 50.1 – 49.0% | Markey 54.8 – 44.6% |
2014 | Governor[62][63] | Baker 46.6 – 45.9% | Baker 48.4 – 46.5% |
Senator[64][65] | Markey 58.9 – 35.7% | Markey 61.9 – 38.0% | |
2016 | President[66][67] | Clinton 57.4 – 33.7% | Clinton 60.0 – 32.8% |
2018 | Governor[68][69] | Baker 64.2 – 33.4% | Baker 66.6 – 33.1% |
Senator[70][71] | Warren 57.4 – 36.9% | Warren 60.3 – 36.2% |
See also
- Massachusetts General Court
- Massachusetts House of Representatives
- List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
References
- ^ https://www.telegram.com/news/20181106/in-17th-worcester-district-leboeuf-claims-seat-back-for-democrats
- ^ https://malegislature.gov/Bills/187/H3770
- ^ https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/DAL1/District
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- ^ http://www.mapc.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Massachusetts-Community-Types-Summary-July_2008.pdf
- ^ https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/leicestertownworcestercountymassachusetts/PST120218
- ^ "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
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