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

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Map of Massachusetts Senate's Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden district, based on the 2010 United States census. 2013 map Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden district Massachusetts Senate DC10SLDU25004 001.png
Map of Massachusetts Senate's Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden district, based on the 2010 United States census.
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Massachusetts State Senate
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Demographics
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 Paul Mark of Pittsfield has represented the district since 2023. [2] [3] [4]

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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

SenatorPartyYearsElectoral history
1987 Peter Colbourne Webber Massachusetts state senator.png
Peter C. Webber 		Republican1989 –
1991		Redistricted from the Berkshire district.
1991 Jane Swift Massachusetts Senator.jpg
Jane Swift 		Republican1991 –
1997		Retired to run for Congress.
Andrea F. Nuciforo Jr.jpg
Andrea F. Nuciforo Jr. 		Democratic1997 –
2003		Redistricted to the Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin district.
District eliminated in 2003.
District restored in 2013.
Ben Downing.jpg
Benjamin Downing 		Democratic2013 –
January 4, 2017		Redistricted from the Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin district.
Adam Hinds.jpg
Adam G. Hinds 		DemocraticJanuary 4, 2017 –
September 25, 2022		First elected in 2016.

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References

  1. ↑ http://factfinder.census.gov/ Archived May 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine [ bare URL ]
  2. ↑ "Paul Mark". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Democrat Paul Mark wins race for Berkshire state Senate seat". spectrumnews1.com. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Senator Paul W. Mark". malegislature.gov. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
  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
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