Massachusetts House Of Representatives' 8th Worcester District
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Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th 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 parts of Norfolk County and Worcester County. Republican Mike Soter of Bellingham has represented the district since 2019.


Towns represented

The district includes the following localities: * Bellingham * Blackstone * Millville *
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The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's Worcester and Norfolk district.


Former locales

The district previously covered: * Boylston, circa 1872 *
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, circa 1872 * West Boylston, circa 1872


Representatives

* Horace Faulkner, circa 1858 * John M. Washburn, circa 1859 * John J. Allen, circa 1888 * Samuel V. Crane, circa 1920 * Peter F. Fitzgerald, circa 1951 * Charles A. Mullaly, Jr., circa 1951 * Richard James Dwinell, circa 1975 *
Kevin Kuros Kevin J. Kuros is an American state legislator who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2011 to 2018 as a member of the Republican Party. Kuros represented the 8th Worcester District consisting of the towns of ...
, 2011–2018 * Michael J. Soter, 2019-current


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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Images

;Portraits of legislators 1908 Aaron Jones Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Aaron Jones 1908 Samuel Crane Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Samuel Crane 1918 James Ferry Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, James Ferry 1923 Herbert George Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Herbert George 1935 Christopher Tyrrell Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Christopher Tyrrell 1935 Elmer Nelson Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Elmer Nelson 1945 Michael Conway Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Michael Conway 1953 Charles Luke Driscoll Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Charles Luke Driscoll 1953 Charles Mullaly Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Charles Mullaly 1967 F Leo Kenney Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, F. Leo Kenney 1967 Harold Gould Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Harold Gould 1975 Richard Dwinell Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Richard Dwinell 1983 Richard Moore Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Richard Moore 1995 Paul Kujawski Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Paul Kujawski Massachusetts State Representative Kevin Kuros.jpg, Kevin Kuros


References


External links


Ballotpedia
* (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's
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Government in Worcester County, Massachusetts Government of Norfolk County, Massachusetts