Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Hampshire district
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The Massachusetts House of Representatives 2nd Hampshire district or "2nd Hampshire" is an electoral district for the Massachusetts House of Representatives. It consists of the towns of South Hadley, Easthampton, Hadley and precinct 2 of Granby.[1] Democrat Dan Carey of Easthampton has represented the district since 2019.
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Hampden and Hampshire district, 2nd Hampden and Hampshire district, and Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester district.[2]
District history
[edit]The district has existed in its current form since 2011,[3] but has existed in name since at least 1970.[4]
Former locales
[edit]The district previously covered:
- Chesterfield, circa 1872, 1927 [5][6]
- Cummington, circa 1872, 1927 [5][6]
- Goshen, circa 1872, 1927 [5][6]
- Huntington, circa 1927 [6]
- Middlefield, circa 1872, 1927 [5][6]
- Plainfield, circa 1872, 1927 [5][6]
- Southampton, circa 1927 [6]
- Westhampton, circa 1927 [6]
- Williamsburg, circa 1927 [6]
- Worthington, circa 1872, 1927 [5][6]
Representatives
[edit]- Albert D. Sanders, circa 1859 [7]
- Frank E. Lyman, 1915–1922 [8]
Representative | Party | Years |
---|---|---|
James Nolen | Democratic | 1971 to 1973 |
James Collins | Democratic | 1973 to 1975 |
William Carey | Democratic | 1975 to 1987 |
Shannon O'Brien | Democratic | 1987 to 1993 |
Nancy Flavin | Democratic | 1993 to 2003 |
John Scibak[9] | Democratic | 2003 |
Elections
[edit]Election data comes from Massachusetts Election Statistics.
2016
[edit]Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|
John Scibak | Democratic | 19,023 | 99.3% |
Others | 138 | 0.7% | |
Blank | 5,056 | ||
Total | 24,217 | 100% |
2014
[edit]Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|
John Scibak | Democratic | 12,249 | 99.1% |
Others | 115 | 0.9% | |
Blank | 3,735 | ||
Total | 16,099 | 100% |
2012
[edit]Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|
John Scibak | Democratic | 17,881 | 99.3% |
Others | 121 | 0.7% | |
Blank | 4,786 | ||
Total | 22,788 | 100% |
2010
[edit]Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|
John Scibak | Democratic | 11,756 | 99% |
Others | 118 | 1% | |
Blank | 3,168 | ||
Total | 15,042 | 100% |
2008
[edit]Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|
John Scibak | Democratic | 16,628 | 99.7% |
Others | 43 | 0.3% | |
Blank | 4,471 | ||
Total | 21,142 | 100% |
See also
[edit]- Other Hampshire County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 3rd
- Hampshire County districts of the Massachusett Senate: Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden; 1st Hampden and Hampshire; 2nd Hampden and Hampshire; Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester
- List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Images
[edit]- Portraits of legislators
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John Bryan
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Frederick Judd
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Michael O'Brien
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George Barrus
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Charles Bisbee
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Donald Madsen
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William Carey
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Nancy Flavin
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John Scibak
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Shannon O'Brien
References
[edit]- ^ "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Retrieved August 6, 2018.
- ^ 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
- ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts House Legislative Districts (Map). 2011. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
- ^ "Massachusetts Election Statistics". Retrieved August 6, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Representative Districts". Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A Manual for the Use of the General Court for 1927-1928. Boston. pp. 196–206.
- ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
- ^ "Two-Thirds Of State Legislators Are Unopposed In The General Election", Wbur.org, November 1, 2018,
Vacancies in the House