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Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Barnstable district

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Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Barnstable district, based on the 2010 United States census.

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Barnstable 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 Barnstable County and Plymouth County.[1] Since 2021, Steven Xiarhos of the Republican Party has represented the district.

Towns represented

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The district includes the following localities:[2]

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's Cape and Islands and Plymouth and Barnstable districts.[3]

Representatives

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
  2. ^ Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 5th Barnstable district". PD43+. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
  5. ^ "Two-Thirds Of State Legislators Are Unopposed In The General Election", Wbur.org, November 1, 2018, Most of the incumbent Republicans are facing a challenge

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