Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden is a district of the
Massachusetts Senate
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since 2013. It covers an area of 1,529.5 square miles across the expanse of
Berkshire
Berkshire ( ; in the 17th century sometimes spelt phonetically as Barkeshire; abbreviated Berks.) is a historic county in South East England. One of the home counties, Berkshire was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II as the Royal County of Ber ...
,
Hampshire
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,
Hampden and
Franklin counties.
Democrat Adam Hinds of Pittsfield has represented the district since 2017. Hinds is running unopposed for re-election in the
2020 Massachusetts general election.
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts House of Representatives'
1st Berkshire,
2nd Berkshire,
3rd Berkshire,
4th Berkshire,
1st Franklin, and
1st Hampshire districts.
The district had been used from 1989 through 2003 before it was eliminated in redistricting.
List of senators
See also
* Other Hampden County districts of the Massachusett Senate:
Hampden;
1st Hampden and Hampshire;
2nd Hampden and Hampshire
* Other Hampshire County districts of the Massachusett Senate:
1st Hampden and Hampshire;
2nd Hampden and Hampshire;
Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester
* Berkshire County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives:
1st
First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one (#1).
First or 1st may also refer to:
*World record, specifically the first instance of a particular achievement
Arts and media Music
* 1$T, American rapper, singer-songwriter, DJ, and reco ...
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2nd,
3rd
Third or 3rd may refer to:
Numbers
* 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3
* , a fraction of one third
* 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute''
Places
* 3rd Street (disambiguation)
* Third Avenue (disambiguation)
* H ...
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4th
* Franklin County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives:
1st
First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one (#1).
First or 1st may also refer to:
*World record, specifically the first instance of a particular achievement
Arts and media Music
* 1$T, American rapper, singer-songwriter, DJ, and reco ...
,
2nd
* Hampden County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives:
1st
First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one (#1).
First or 1st may also refer to:
*World record, specifically the first instance of a particular achievement
Arts and media Music
* 1$T, American rapper, singer-songwriter, DJ, and reco ...
,
2nd,
3rd
Third or 3rd may refer to:
Numbers
* 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3
* , a fraction of one third
* 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute''
Places
* 3rd Street (disambiguation)
* Third Avenue (disambiguation)
* H ...
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4th,
5th
Fifth is the ordinal form of the number five.
Fifth or The Fifth may refer to:
* Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, as in the expression "pleading the Fifth"
* Fifth column, a political term
* Fifth disease, a contagious rash tha ...
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6th
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In mathematics
Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second ...
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7th,
8th,
9th,
10th,
11th,
12th
* Hampshire County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives:
1st
First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one (#1).
First or 1st may also refer to:
*World record, specifically the first instance of a particular achievement
Arts and media Music
* 1$T, American rapper, singer-songwriter, DJ, and reco ...
,
2nd,
3rd
Third or 3rd may refer to:
Numbers
* 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3
* , a fraction of one third
* 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute''
Places
* 3rd Street (disambiguation)
* Third Avenue (disambiguation)
* H ...
References
External links
* (State Senate district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's
American Community Survey
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Government of Berkshire County, Massachusetts