Second Hampden And Hampshire Massachusetts Senate District
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Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Hampden and Hampshire district in the United States is one of 40
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of the Massachusetts Senate. It covers 29.3% of Hampden County and 13.8% of Hampshire County population in 2010.
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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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* 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

* Alan D. Sisitsky *
Linda Melconian Linda J. Melconian is a former American state legislator who served as the first woman Majority Leader in the history of the Massachusetts Senate. A member of the Democratic Party, she represented the greater Springfield area as its State Sena ...
, 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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* Hampshire County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st,
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References


External links


Ballotpedia
* (State Senate district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's
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Government of Hampden County, Massachusetts Government of Hampshire County, Massachusetts Massachusetts Senate