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Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Middlesex district in the United States is one of 40

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of the Massachusetts Senate. It covers portions of Middlesex county. Democrat Pat Jehlen of Somerville has represented the district since 2015. She is running for re-election in

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, and has been endorsed by the Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus.

Locales represented

The district includes the following localities: * northwest Cambridge * Medford *

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The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts House of Representatives' 23rd Middlesex, 24th Middlesex, 25th Middlesex, 26th Middlesex, 27th Middlesex, 29th Middlesex, 31st Middlesex, 34th Middlesex, and 35th Middlesex districts.

Former locales

The district previously covered the following: *

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, circa 1860s * Malden, circa 1860s * Waltham, circa 1860s * Watertown, circa 1860s * West Cambridge ( Arlington), circa 1860s

Senators

* J.M.S. Williams, circa 1859 * Thorndike Spalding * William Eustis Russell * George Carrick * Charles Thomas Cavanagh, circa 1935 * Edward M. Rowe, circa 1945 * Daniel Francis O'Brien, circa 1953 * Francis X. McCann, circa 1957-1969 * Denis L. McKenna, circa 1979 * Salvatore R. "Sal" Albano, 1985-1991 * Charles Edward Shannon, Jr., circa 1993-2002 * Patricia D. Jehlen, 2015-current

Images

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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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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17th 17 (seventeen) is the natural number following 16 and preceding 18. It is a prime number. Seventeen is the sum of the first four prime numbers. In mathematics 17 is the seventh prime number, which makes seventeen the fourth super-prime, as s ...

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19th 19 (nineteen) is the natural number following 18 and preceding 20. It is a prime number. Mathematics 19 is the eighth prime number, and forms a sexy prime with 13, a twin prime with 17, and a cousin prime with 23. It is the third full re ...

20th 20 (twenty; Roman numeral XX) is the natural number following 19 and preceding 21. A group of twenty units may also be referred to as a score. In mathematics *20 is a pronic number. *20 is a tetrahedral number as 1, 4, 10, 20. *20 is the ba ...

21st 21 (twenty-one) is the natural number following 20 and preceding 22. The current century is the 21st century AD, under the Gregorian calendar. In mathematics 21 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being 1, 3 and 7, and a defici ...

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28th 28 (twenty-eight) is the natural number following 27 and preceding 29. In mathematics It is a composite number, its proper divisors being 1, 2, 4, 7, and 14. Twenty-eight is the second perfect number - it is the sum of its proper diviso ...

, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th,

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References

External links

Ballotpedia
* (State Senate district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's

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