
Massachusetts Senate's 1st Hampden and Hampshire district in the United States is one of 40
legislative districts
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of the
Massachusetts Senate. It covers 30.1% of
Hampden County and 13.2% of
Hampshire County population.
Democrat
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Eric Lesser
Eric Philip Lesser (born February 27, 1985) is an American lawyer and politician who served in the Massachusetts State Senate. Before representing his hometown of Longmeadow, Massachusetts, and neighboring communities in the Greater-Springfield ...
of Longmeadow has represented the district since 2015.
Locales represented
The district includes the following localities:
*
Belchertown
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* part of
Chicopee
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East Longmeadow
*
Granby
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Hampden
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Longmeadow
Longmeadow is a town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, in the United States. The population was 15,853 at the 2020 census.
History
Longmeadow was first settled in 1644, and officially incorporated October 17, 1783. The town was originally farm ...
*
Ludlow
* part of
Springfield
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* Springfield, New South Wales (Central Coast)
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Wilbraham
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts House of Representatives'
2nd Franklin,
2nd Hampden,
7th Hampden,
8th Hampden,
9th Hampden,
10th Hampden,
11th Hampden,
12th Hampden,
2nd Hampshire, and
3rd Hampshire districts.
Senators
*
John P. Burke
John P. Burke is an American politician, who served in the Massachusetts Senate from 1979 to 1991. At the time of his election, he was the youngest senator to ever serve in a state senate, at the age of 24.
See also
* Massachusetts Senate's 1s ...
, circa 1979-1985
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Brian Lees
Brian Paul Lees (born July 25, 1953 in Amesbury, Massachusetts) is a Massachusetts politician, who served as the Clerk of Courts for Hampden County. Until 2007, he had been the State Senator from the First Hampden and Hampshire District and ...
, 1989-2007
*
Gale D. Candaras, 2007-2015
*
Eric Lesser
Eric Philip Lesser (born February 27, 1985) is an American lawyer and politician who served in the Massachusetts State Senate. Before representing his hometown of Longmeadow, Massachusetts, and neighboring communities in the Greater-Springfield ...
, 2015–present
Images
;Portraits of legislators
John P. Burke.JPG, John P. Burke
1991 Brian Lees senator Massachusetts.jpg, Brian Lees
Eric Lesser Solo Photograph.jpg, Eric Lesser
See also
*
List of Massachusetts Senate elections
* Other Hampden County districts of the Massachusett Senate:
Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden;
Hampden;
2nd Hampden and Hampshire
* Other Hampshire County districts of the Massachusett Senate:
Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden;
2nd Hampden and Hampshire;
Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester
* Hampden County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives:
1st,
2nd
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3rd
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* 3rd Street (d ...
,
4th
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5th
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6th,
7th
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8th
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9th
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10th
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11th
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12th
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* Hampshire County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives:
1st,
2nd
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Second, Seconds or 2nd may also refer to:
Mathematics
* 2 (number), as an ordinal (also written as ''2nd'' or ''2d'')
* Second of arc, an angular measurement unit ...
,
3rd
Third or 3rd may refer to:
Numbers
* 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3
* , a fraction of one third
* Second#Sexagesimal divisions of calendar time and day, 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute''
Places
* 3rd Street (d ...
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List of Massachusetts General Courts
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List of former districts of the Massachusetts Senate
References
External links
Ballotpedia* (State Senate district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's
American Community Survey
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).
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League of Women Voters of Northampton Area
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