Massachusetts Senate's Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex district, formerly Massachusetts Senate's Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex district, in the United States is one of 40
legislative districts of the
Massachusetts Senate
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. Prior to redistricting that took effect with the 2022 elections, the district covered 8.6% of
Bristol County, 2.0% of
Middlesex County, and 12.4% of
Norfolk County population.
of Needham has represented the district since 2019.
Towns represented
The current Norfolk, Worcester, and Middlesex district represents the following:
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Bellingham
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Dover
Dover ( ) is a town and major ferry port in Kent, southeast England. It faces France across the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel at from Cap Gris Nez in France. It lies southeast of Canterbury and east of Maidstone. ...
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Franklin
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Medfield
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Milford
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Millis
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Needham
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Norfolk
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Sherborn
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Plainville
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Wrentham
The pre-2023 district included the following localities:
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Attleboro
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Franklin
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Millis
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Natick
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Needham
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Norfolk
Norfolk ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in England, located in East Anglia and officially part of the East of England region. It borders Lincolnshire and The Wash to the north-west, the North Sea to the north and eas ...
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North Attleborough
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Plainville
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Sherborn
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Wayland
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Wellesley
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Wrentham
Senators
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David Henry Locke, 1969-1993
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Cheryl Jacques, 1993-2004
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Scott Brown, Mar. 25, 2004-Feb. 4, 2010
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Richard J. Ross, 2010-2019
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Becca Rausch, 2019-current
Electoral history
The state senate district has been held by a Democrat since 2019. Prior to the election of Senator Rausch, it was held by Republicans since 2004.
Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex elections
2022
Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex elections
2020
2018
2016
2014
2012
2010 general
2010 special
2008
2006
Images
;Portraits of legislators
1991 David Henry Locke senator Massachusetts.jpg, David Henry Locke
Ambassador Scott Brown (cropped).jpg, Scott Brown
See also
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List of Massachusetts Senate elections
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List of Massachusetts General Courts
The Massachusetts Legislature, legislature of the U.S. state of Massachusetts is known as the Massachusetts General Court, General Court. It has a 40-member upper house (Massachusetts Senate) and a 160-member lower house (Massachusetts House of ...
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List of former districts of the Massachusetts Senate
The following is a list of former districts of the Massachusetts Senate in the United States. The legislative districts were created to apportion elected representation in the Massachusetts Senate based on voter United States Census, population. I ...
* Bristol County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives:
1st
First most commonly refers to:
* First, the ordinal form of the number 1
First or 1st may also refer to:
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2nd
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3rd,
4th,
5th,
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8th
Eighth is ordinal form of the number eight.
Eighth may refer to:
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* Eighth note (quaver), a musical note played for half the value of a quarter note (crotchet)
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9th,
10th,
11th,
12th,
13th,
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* Middlesex County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives:
1st
First most commonly refers to:
* First, the ordinal form of the number 1
First or 1st may also refer to:
Acronyms
* Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-Centimeters, an astronomical survey carried out by the Very Large Array
* Far Infrared a ...
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2nd
A second is the base unit of time in the International System of Units (SI).
Second, Seconds, The Second, or (The) 2nd may also refer to:
Mathematics
* 2 (number), as an ordinal (also written as ''2nd'' or ''2d'')
* Minute and second of arc, ...
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3rd,
4th,
5th,
6th,
7th,
8th
Eighth is ordinal form of the number eight.
Eighth may refer to:
* One eighth, , a fraction, one of eight equal parts of a whole
* Eighth note (quaver), a musical note played for half the value of a quarter note (crotchet)
* Octave, an interval b ...
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9th,
10th,
11th,
12th,
13th,
14th,
15th,
16th,
17th,
18th,
19th,
20th,
21st,
22nd,
23rd,
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25th,
26th,
27th,
28th,
29th,
30th,
31st,
32nd,
33rd,
34th,
35th,
36th,
37th
* Norfolk County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives:
1st
First most commonly refers to:
* First, the ordinal form of the number 1
First or 1st may also refer to:
Acronyms
* Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-Centimeters, an astronomical survey carried out by the Very Large Array
* Far Infrared a ...
,
2nd
A second is the base unit of time in the International System of Units (SI).
Second, Seconds, The Second, or (The) 2nd may also refer to:
Mathematics
* 2 (number), as an ordinal (also written as ''2nd'' or ''2d'')
* Minute and second of arc, ...
,
3rd,
4th,
5th,
6th,
7th,
8th
Eighth is ordinal form of the number eight.
Eighth may refer to:
* One eighth, , a fraction, one of eight equal parts of a whole
* Eighth note (quaver), a musical note played for half the value of a quarter note (crotchet)
* Octave, an interval b ...
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9th,
10th,
11th,
12th,
13th,
14th,
15th
References
External links
Ballotpedia* (State Senate district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's
American Community Survey
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).
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League of Women Voters of Needham
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