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Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Hampden and Hampshire district in the United States is one of 40
legislative districts An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other poli ...
of the Massachusetts Senate. It covers 29.3% of Hampden County and 13.8% of Hampshire County population in 2010. Democrat
John Velis John Christopher Velis is an American state legislator and Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate since 2020. He previously represented the 2nd Hampden and Hampshire district, which includes his hometown of Westfield, and currently rep ...
has represented the district since May 2020.


Towns represented

The district includes the following localities: * Agawam * part of Chicopee * Easthampton * Granville *
Holyoke Holyoke is a city in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States, that lies between the western bank of the Connecticut River and the Mount Tom Range. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 38,238. Located north of Springfield, ...
* Montgomery *
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* Southampton * Southwick * Tolland * Westfield The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Berkshire, 3rd Hampden, 4th Hampden, 5th Hampden, 8th Hampden, 1st Hampshire, and 2nd Hampshire districts.


Senators

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Alan D. Sisitsky Alan David Sisitsky (June 4, 1942 – July 7, 2017) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and the Massachusetts Senate. Early life Sisitsky was born on June 4, 1942, in Springfield, ...
* Linda Melconian, circa 1985 *
Michael R. Knapik Michael R. Knapik (born February 11, 1963) is an American politician who served in the Massachusetts Senate (1995–2013) and Massachusetts House of Representatives (1991–1995). In the state Senate he represented the 2nd Hampden and Hampshire ...
, circa 2002 * Donald F. Humason, Jr., November 20, 2013 – January 5, 2020 *
John Velis John Christopher Velis is an American state legislator and Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate since 2020. He previously represented the 2nd Hampden and Hampshire district, which includes his hometown of Westfield, and currently rep ...
, May 28, 2020 – present


Images

;Portraits of legislators 1975 Alan Sisitsky senator Massachusetts.jpg, Alan Sisitsky 1991 Linda Melconian senator Massachusetts.jpg, Linda Melconian Michael Knapik 2010.jpg, Michael Knapik Donald Humason Jr official portrait.jpg, Donald Humason


See also

* List of Massachusetts Senate elections * Other Hampden County districts of the Massachusett Senate: Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden; Hampden; 1st Hampden and Hampshire * Other Hampshire County districts of the Massachusett Senate: Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden; 1st Hampden and Hampshire; Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester * Hampden County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st,
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7th 7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. It is the only prime number preceding a cube (algebra), cube. As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has greatly symbolic associations in religion ...
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10th 10 (ten) is the even natural number following 9 and preceding 11. Ten is the base of the decimal numeral system, by far the most common system of denoting numbers in both spoken and written language. It is the first double-digit number. The rea ...
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11th 11 (eleven) is the natural number following 10 and preceding 12. It is the first repdigit. In English, it is the smallest positive integer whose name has three syllables. Name "Eleven" derives from the Old English ', which is first attested i ...
, 12th * Hampshire County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st,
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* List of Massachusetts General Courts * 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 The American Community Survey (ACS) is a demographics survey program conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. It regularly gathers information previously contained only in the long form of the decennial census, such as ancestry, citizenship, educati ...
). * {{Massachusetts government
Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
Government of Hampden County, Massachusetts Government of Hampshire County, Massachusetts Massachusetts Senate