Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin was a district of the

Massachusetts Senate The Massachusetts Senate is the upper house of the Massachusetts General Court, the bicameral state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Senate comprises 40 elected members from 40 single-member senatorial districts in the st ...

from 2003 to 2013. It covered the expanse of Berkshire,

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English cities on its south coast, Southampton and Portsmouth, Hampshire ...

and

Franklin Franklin may refer to: People * Franklin (given name) * Franklin (surname) * Franklin (class), a member of a historical English social class Places Australia * Franklin, Tasmania, a township * Division of Franklin, federal electoral d ...

counties. It was last represented in the State Senate by

Benjamin Downing Benjamin Brackett Downing (born September 11, 1981) is an American politician and Democratic former member of the Massachusetts State Senate. He represented the Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin district from 2007 to 2013, before being redistr ...

of the Democratic Party. Until the election of Andrea Nuciforo in 1997, the district had been a Republican stronghold.

List of senators

References

{{Massachusetts government berkshire History of Berkshire County, Massachusetts History of Hampshire County, Massachusetts History of Franklin County, Massachusetts

List of senators

See also

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