Massachusetts House of Representatives' 32nd Middlesex district in the United States is one of 160
legislative districts
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included in the
lower house
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of the
Massachusetts General Court
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. It covers part of
Malden,
Melrose, and part of
Wakefield
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in
Middlesex County.
Democrat
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*A member of a Democratic Party:
**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
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Kate Lipper-Garabedian has represented the district since 2020.
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's
5th Middlesex district.
Representatives
* George Contalonis, circa 1967
* Nils Nordberg, circa 1976
* Salvatore Ciccarelli, circa 1979-1985
* John C. Bartley, circa 1990
*
Warren Tolman
Warren Eugene Tolman (born October 23, 1959 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American politician who has served as a member of both houses of the Massachusetts General Court. He was the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts ...
, 1991-1995
*
Rachel Kaprielian, 1995–2003
*
Mike Festa
Mike Festa is state director of AARP Massachusetts, based in Boston, which serves 800,000 members age 50+ in the commonwealth.
He had a longstanding law practice in his hometown of Melrose. He is the former President of the Carroll Center for ...
, 2003-2007
*
Katherine Clark
Katherine Marlea Clark (born July 17, 1963) is an American politician who has served as the U.S. Representative for Massachusetts's 5th congressional district since 2013. She has been Assistant House Democratic Leader (officially Assistant Speak ...
, March 13, 2008 – January 5, 2011
*
Paul A. Brodeur, 2011-2019
*
Kate Lipper-Garabedian, 2020-current
See also
*
List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
*
List of Massachusetts General Courts
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*
* Other Middlesex County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives:
1st,
2nd
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,
3rd
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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 ...
,
4th,
5th,
6th,
7th
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,
8th
8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9.
In mathematics
8 is:
* a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2.
* a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of t ...
,
9th
9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding .
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,
10th
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,
11th,
12th
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,
13th,
14th
14 (fourteen) is a natural number following 13 (number), 13 and preceding 15 (number), 15.
In relation to the word "four" (4), 14 is spelled "fourteen".
In mathematics
* 14 is a composite number.
* 14 is a square pyramidal number.
* 14 is a s ...
,
15th
15 (fifteen) is the natural number following 14 (number), 14 and preceding 16 (number), 16.
Mathematics
15 is:
* A composite number, and the sixth semiprime; its proper divisors being , and .
* A deficient number, a smooth number, a lucky ...
,
16th
16 (sixteen) is the natural number following 15 and preceding 17. 16 is a composite number, and a square number, being 42 = 4 × 4. It is the smallest number with exactly five divisors, its proper divisors being , , and .
In English speech, ...
,
17th,
18th
18 (eighteen) is the natural number following 17 and preceding 19.
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,
19th,
20th,
21st,
22nd,
23rd,
24th,
25th,
26th,
27th,
28th,
29th,
30th,
31st,
33rd,
34th,
35th Military units
*35th Fighter Wing, an air combat unit of the United States Air Force
*35th Infantry Division (United States), a formation of the National Guard since World War I
*35th Infantry Regiment (United States), a regiment created on 1 July 1 ...
,
36th,
37th
Images
;Portraits of legislators
1967 George Contalonis Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, George Contalonis
1975 Nils Nordberg Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Nils Nordberg
1983 Salvatore Ciccarelli Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Salvatore Ciccarelli
RMV Registrar Rachel Kaprielian, Watertown Branch, December 30, 2011 (6628114687).jpg, Rachel Kaprielian
2005 Michael Festa Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Michael Festa
Katherine Clark - November 2011.jpg, Katherine Clark
PaulBrodeur.jpg, Paul Brodeur
Kate Lipper-Garabedian.jpg, Kate Lipper-Garabedian
References
External links
Ballotpedia* (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's
American Community Survey
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).
League of Women Voters of Melrose
House
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Government of Middlesex County, Massachusetts
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