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Massachusetts House of Representatives' 6th Worcester district in the United States is one of 160
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included in the
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of the
Massachusetts General Court The Massachusetts General Court, formally the General Court of Massachusetts, is the State legislature (United States), state legislature of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts located in the state capital of Boston. Th ...
. It covers part of Worcester County. Republican State Representative John Marsi has represented the district since March 2024.


Towns represented

The district includes the following localities: * part of
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Dudley Dudley ( , ) is a market town in the West Midlands, England, southeast of Wolverhampton and northwest of Birmingham. Historically part of Worcestershire, the town is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley. In the ...
* Southbridge * part of Spencer The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's Worcester and Norfolk district and Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex district.


Former locales

The district previously covered: *
Bolton Bolton ( , locally ) is a town in Greater Manchester in England. In the foothills of the West Pennine Moors, Bolton is between Manchester, Blackburn, Wigan, Bury, Greater Manchester, Bury and Salford. It is surrounded by several towns and vill ...
, circa 1872 *
Harvard Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher lear ...
, circa 1872 *
Lancaster Lancaster may refer to: Lands and titles *The County Palatine of Lancaster, a synonym for Lancashire *Duchy of Lancaster, one of only two British royal duchies *Duke of Lancaster *Earl of Lancaster *House of Lancaster, a British royal dynasty ...
, circa 1872


Representatives

* James Bennett, circa 1858 *
Amasa Norcross Amasa Norcross (January 26, 1824 – April 2, 1898) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Rindge, New Hampshire, Norcross attended the common schools and Appleton Academy, New Ipswich, New Hampshire. He studied law, was adm ...
, circa 1858-1859 * Samuel Osgood, circa 1858 * Charles L. Josselyn, circa 1859 * Edwin Upton, circa 1859 * Luther Hill, circa 1888 * Louis Adelard Breault, circa 1920 * Charles J. Skladzien, circa 1951 * William A. Starzec, circa 1975 * Marilyn Travinski, 1983–1991 * David M. Peters * Mark J. Carron *
Geraldo Alicea Geraldo Alicea (born September 27, 1963 in Southbridge, Massachusetts) is an American politician who represented the 6th Worcester District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011. 2010 election and 2011 special election ...
*
Peter Durant Peter J. Durant is an American state legislator and member of the Massachusetts State Senate from the Worcester and Hampshire Senate district. Prior to his election to the State Senate, Durant served as a state representative from the 6th Worces ...
, 2011–2023 * John Marsi, 2024–present


See also

* List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections * Other Worcester County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives:
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; Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester; Middlesex and Worcester; Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex; Worcester and Middlesex; Worcester and Norfolk *
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List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives The following is a list of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in the United States. Legislative districts for elected representation in the Massachusetts House of Representatives are apportioned based on census informat ...


Images

;Portraits of legislators AmasaNorcross.jpg, Amasa Norcross 1908 Frank Collette Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Frank Collette 1918 George Brunell Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, George Brunell 1923 Francis Cassidy Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Francis Cassidy 1935 George Kurzon Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, George Kurzon 1945 Charles Skladzien Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Charles Skladzien 1953 John Peter Ivascyn Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, John Peter Ivascyn 1975 William Starzec Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, William Starzec 1983 Marilyn Travinski Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Marilyn Travinski 1995 David Peters Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, David Peters 2005 Mark Carron Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Mark Carron


References


External links


Ballotpedia
* (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's
American Community Survey The American Community Survey (ACS) is an annual demographics survey program conducted by the United States Census Bureau. It regularly gathers information previously contained only in the long form of the United States census, decennial census ...
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House A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air c ...
Government in Worcester County, Massachusetts