Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Worcester district

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Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Worcester district, based on the 2010 United States census.

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Worcester district in the United States is one of 160

legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers parts of Norfolk County and Worcester County.[1] Republican Mike Soter of Bellingham has represented the district since 2019.[2]

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:[3]

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's Worcester and Norfolk district.[4]

Former locales

The district previously covered:

Representatives

  • Horace Faulkner, circa 1858 [6]
  • John M. Washburn, circa 1859 [7]
  • John J. Allen, circa 1888 [8]
  • Samuel V. Crane, circa 1920 [9]
  • Peter F. Fitzgerald, circa 1951 [10]
  • Charles A. Mullaly, Jr., circa 1951 [10]
  • Richard James Dwinell, circa 1975 [11]
  • Kevin Kuros, 2011–2018 [12]
  • Michael J. Soter, 2019-current[2]

See also

Images

Portraits of legislators
  • Aaron Jones
    Aaron Jones
  • Samuel Crane
    Samuel Crane
  • James Ferry
    James Ferry
  • Herbert George
    Herbert George
  • Christopher Tyrrell
    Christopher Tyrrell
  • Elmer Nelson
    Elmer Nelson
  • Michael Conway
    Michael Conway
  • Charles Luke Driscoll
    Charles Luke Driscoll
  • Charles Mullaly
    Charles Mullaly
  • F. Leo Kenney
    F. Leo Kenney
  • Harold Gould
    Harold Gould
  • Richard Dwinell
    Richard Dwinell
  • Richard Moore
    Richard Moore
  • Paul Kujawski
    Paul Kujawski
  • Kevin Kuros
    Kevin Kuros

References

  1. ^ "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 8th Worcester district". PD43+. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  3. ^ Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ a b c "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
  6. ^ "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
  7. ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. ^ Geo. F. Andrews, ed. (October 16, 1888). "Representatives: Worcester County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
  9. ^ Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review. October 16, 2023.
  10. ^ a b 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  11. ^ 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  12. Wbur.org
    , November 1, 2018, Democrats are hoping they can flip four House districts that are being vacated by Republicans

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