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Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Suffolk district in the United States is one of 160
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 ...
included in the lower house of the
Massachusetts General Court The Massachusetts General Court (formally styled the General Court of Massachusetts) is the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The name "General Court" is a hold-over from the earliest days of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, ...
. It covers part of the city of
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and part of the city of Chelsea in Suffolk County. Democrat Dan Ryan of Charlestown has represented the district since 2015. Candidates for this district seat in the
2020 Massachusetts general election The 2020 Massachusetts general election was held on November 3, 2020, throughout Massachusetts. Primary elections were held on September 1, 2020. At the federal level, all nine seats in the United States House of Representatives were conteste ...
include the incumbent Ryan and Damali Vidot. The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's Middlesex and Suffolk district.


Representatives

* Amos A. Dunnels, circa 1858-1859 * Bradbury G. Prescott, circa 1858 * Cyrus Washburn, circa 1858 * Edward F. Porter, circa 1859 * Stephen N. Stockwell, circa 1859 * Patrick J. Kennedy, circa 1888 * Thomas O. McEnany, circa 1888 * John B. Cashman, circa 1920 * Patrick F. Moran, circa 1920 * Jeremiah Francis Brennan, circa 1951 * Dennis Kearney, circa 1975 * Richard A. Voke *
Eugene O'Flaherty Eugene L. O'Flaherty (born July 20, 1968) is an American lawyer and politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as Corporation Counsel of Boston. He was first elected to the House in 1996 He resigned effective January ...
* Daniel Joseph Ryan, 2015-current


See also

* List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections * Other Suffolk County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives:
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Images

;Portraits of legislators 1908 Bernard Hanrahan Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Bernard Hanrahan 1908 John F Sullivan Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, John F. Sullivan 1918 John Cashman Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, John Cashman 1918 William Hearn Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, William Hearn 1923 J Frederick Curtin Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, J. Frederick Curtin 1923 Timothy Francis Donovan Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Timothy Francis Donovan 1935 James Kiley Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, James Kiley 1935 Thomas Flaherty Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Thomas Flaherty 1945 David Cleary Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, David Cleary 1945 James McDevitt Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, James McDevitt 1953 Jeremiah Francis Brennan Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Jeremiah Francis Brennan 1967 Anthony Scalli Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Anthony Scalli 1975 Dennis Kearney Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Dennis Kearney 1995 Richard Voke Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Richard Voke Eugene O'Flaherty.jpg, Eugene O'Flaherty


References


Further reading

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External links


Ballotpedia
* (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
League of Women Voters of Boston
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Government of Suffolk County, Massachusetts