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

American legislative district

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 
 
–[[, Massachusetts|]]
Demographics
  • 93.25%% White
  • 2.30%% Black/African American
  • 0.21%% Native American
  • 1.17%% Asian
  • 0.03%% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
  • 0.75%% Other race
  • 2.29%% Two or more races
Population (2012)155,012[1]

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]

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

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

References

  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

  • "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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