Massachusetts House of Representatives' Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket district in the
United States
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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
Dukes County
Dukes County is a county located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,600, making it the second-least populous county in Massachusetts. Its county seat is Edgartown.
Dukes County comprises the Viney ...
,
Nantucket County, and part of
Barnstable County. Since 2017,
Dylan A. Fernandes of the
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has represented the district.
Fernandes is running unopposed in the
2020 Massachusetts general election
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.
Towns represented
The district includes the following localities:
*
Aquinnah
Aquinnah ( wam, Âhqunah) is a town located on the western end of Martha's Vineyard island, Massachusetts. From 1870 to 1997, the town was incorporated as Gay Head. At the 2020 U.S. census, the population was 439. Aquinnah is known for its beaut ...
*
Chilmark
*
Edgartown
Edgartown is a tourist destination on the island of Martha's Vineyard in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States, for which it is the county seat.
It was once a major whaling port, with historic houses that have been carefully preserved. Tod ...
* part of
Falmouth
*
Gosnold
*
Nantucket
Nantucket () is an island about south from Cape Cod. Together with the small islands of Tuckernuck and Muskeget, it constitutes the Town and County of Nantucket, a combined county/town government that is part of the U.S. state of Massachuse ...
*
Oak Bluffs
*
Tisbury
*
West Tisbury
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's
Cape and Islands
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and
Plymouth and Barnstable districts.
Representatives
*
Eric T. Turkington
*
Timothy R. Madden
* Dylan A. Fernandes, 2017-current
See also
*
List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
* Other Barnstable County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives:
1st,
2nd
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3rd
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Places
* 3rd Street (d ...
,
4th
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,
5th
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*
List of Massachusetts General Courts
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References
External links
Ballotpedia* (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's
American Community Survey
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).
House
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Government of Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Dukes County, Massachusetts
Nantucket, Massachusetts
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