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Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Middlesex district

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Map of Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Middlesex district, based on the 2010 United States census.

Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Middlesex district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate.[1] It covers portions of Middlesex county.[2] Democrat Pat Jehlen of Somerville has represented the district since 2015.[3] She is running for re-election in 2020, and has been endorsed by the Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus.[4]

Locales represented

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The district includes the following localities:[2]

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts House of Representatives' 23rd Middlesex, 24th Middlesex, 25th Middlesex, 26th Middlesex, 27th Middlesex, 29th Middlesex, 31st Middlesex, 34th Middlesex, and 35th Middlesex districts.[6]

Former locales

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The district previously covered the following:

Senators

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  • J.M.S. Williams, circa 1859 [7]
  • Thorndike Spalding
  • William Eustis Russell
  • George Carrick
  • Charles Thomas Cavanagh, circa 1935 [8]
  • Edward M. Rowe, circa 1945 [9]
  • Daniel Francis O'Brien, circa 1953
  • Francis X. McCann, circa 1957-1969 [10][11]
  • Denis L. McKenna, circa 1979 [12]
  • Salvatore R. "Sal" Albano, 1985-1991 [13][14]
  • Charles Edward Shannon, Jr., circa 1993-2002 [15][16]
  • Patricia D. Jehlen, 2015-current[3]

Images

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Portraits of legislators
  • Thorndike Spalding
    Thorndike Spalding
  • William Eustis Russell
    William Eustis Russell
  • George Carrick
    George Carrick
  • Edward Rowe
    Edward Rowe
  • Daniel Francis O'Brien
    Daniel Francis O'Brien
  • Francis McCann
    Francis McCann
  • Denis McKenna
    Denis McKenna
  • Charles Edward Shannon
    Charles Edward Shannon

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Massachusetts Senatorial Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "An Act Establishing Executive Councillor and Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (2011), retrieved April 15, 2020
  3. ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: 2nd Middlesex district". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  4. ^ "Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus Political Action Committee Endorsed Candidates", Mwpc.org, retrieved August 5, 2020
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Massachusetts General Court, "1866 Chap. 0120. An Act To Divide The Commonwealth Into Forty Districts For The Choice Of Senators", Acts and Resolves, hdl:2452/100042 – via State Library of Massachusetts
  6. ^ 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
  7. ^ General Court, Massachusetts (1859). Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston – via Google Books.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. ^ Public Officials of Massachusetts. 1935.
  9. ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1945.
  10. ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1957.
  11. ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1969.
  12. ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1979.
  13. ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1985.
  14. ^ State Library of Massachusetts, "Massachusetts State Legislator's Papers Collections at the State Library", Mass.gov, retrieved September 3, 2020
  15. ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1993.
  16. ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: 2002". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
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