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Massachusetts House of Representatives' 6th Norfolk 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
Norfolk County.
Democrat
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William Galvin of Canton has represented the district since 1991.
2020 Democratic Primary
Incumbent William Galvin has been opposed in the democratic
primary
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for the first time in over a decade by Tamisha Civil. The election is set to occur on September 1, 2020, with early voting and mail-in voting options offered in greater variety due to COVID-19.
Towns represented
The district includes the following localities:
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Avon
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Canton
* part of
Stoughton
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's
Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth district.
Former locales
The district previously covered:
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Braintree, circa 1927
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Quincy, circa 1872
Representatives
* Franklin Curtis, circa 1858
* William S. Morton, circa 1859
* Willard Franklin Gleason, circa 1888
* Benjamin H. Woodsum, circa 1920
* Francis Appleton Harding, circa 1951
* Harold Putnam, circa 1951
* Robert B. Ambler, circa 1975
* Joseph Semensi
*
John H. Flood
* William C. Galvin, 1991-current
Images
;Portraits of legislators
1908 Rednor Coombs Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Rednor Coombs
1918 Arthur Paine Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Arthur Paine
1923 Allen Lawson Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Allen Lawson
1935 Horace Cahill Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Horace Cahill
1945 Charles Endicott Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Charles Endicott
1945 Leslie Bradley Cutler Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Leslie Bradley Cutler
1953 Francis Appleton Harding Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Francis Appleton Harding
1953 Harold Putnam Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Harold Putnam
1967 Maurice Ronayne Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Maurice Ronayne
1975 Robert Ambler Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Robert Ambler
1983 John Flood Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, John Flood
1995 William C Galvin Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, William C. Galvin
See also
*
List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
* Other Norfolk County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives:
1st,
2nd,
3rd
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4th,
5th,
7th
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8th
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9th
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10th,
11th,
12th
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13th,
14th,
15th
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List of Massachusetts General Courts
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References
Further reading
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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 Sharon-Stoughton
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Government of Norfolk County, Massachusetts