Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Middlesex District
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Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Middlesex district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the
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. It covers portions of Middlesex County. Democrat Pat Jehlen of Somerville had represented the district since 2015. She ran for re-election in
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, and was endorsed by the Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus.


Locales represented

The district includes the following localities: * northwest
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* Medford * Somerville *
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The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts House of Representatives' 23rd Middlesex, 24th Middlesex, 25th Middlesex, 26th Middlesex, 27th Middlesex, 29th Middlesex, 31st Middlesex, 34th Middlesex, and 35th Middlesex districts.


Former locales

The district previously covered the following: * Belmont, circa 1860s * Malden, circa 1860s * Waltham, circa 1860s * Watertown, circa 1860s * West Cambridge ( Arlington), circa 1860s


Senators

* J.M.S. Williams, circa 1859 * Thorndike Spalding * William Eustis Russell * George Carrick * Charles Thomas Cavanagh, circa 1935 * Edward M. Rowe, circa 1945 * Daniel Francis O'Brien, circa 1953 * Francis X. McCann, circa 1957-1969 * Denis L. McKenna, circa 1979 * Salvatore R. "Sal" Albano, 1985-1991 * Charles Edward Shannon, Jr., circa 1993-2002 * Patricia D. Jehlen, 2015-current


Images

;Portraits of legislators 1908 Thorndike Spalding senator Massachusetts.jpg, Thorndike Spalding 1918 William Eustis Russell senator Massachusetts.jpg, William Eustis Russell 1923 George Carrick senator Massachusetts.jpg, George Carrick 1945 Edward Rowe senator Massachusetts.jpg, Edward Rowe 1953 Daniel Francis OBrien senator Massachusetts.jpg, Daniel Francis O'Brien 1967 Francis McCann senator Massachusetts.jpg, Francis McCann 1967 Denis McKenna senator Massachusetts.jpg, Denis McKenna 1991 Charles Edward Shannon senator Massachusetts.jpg, Charles Edward Shannon


See also

* List of Massachusetts Senate elections *
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* Other Middlesex County districts of the Massachusett Senate:
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, 3rd, 4th, 5th; 1st Essex and Middlesex; 2nd Essex and Middlesex; 1st Middlesex and Norfolk, 2nd Middlesex and Norfolk; Middlesex and Suffolk; Middlesex and Worcester; Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex; 1st Suffolk and Middlesex; 2nd Suffolk and Middlesex * Middlesex County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives:
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References


External links


Ballotpedia
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