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The Massachusetts 3rd General Court District (or "3rd Middlesex") is an
electoral district for the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from 14 counties each divided into single-member ...
. Located in central
Massachusetts
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, it comprises the towns of
Hudson,
Maynard and
Stow
Stow may refer to:
Places United Kingdom
* Stow, Lincolnshire or Stow-in-Lindsey, a village
* Stow of Wedale or Stow, Scottish Borders, a village
* Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, a small town
* Stow, Shropshire or Stowe, a village
* Stow ...
(all of which are located in
Middlesex County), as well as the town of
Bolton
Bolton (, locally ) is a large town in Greater Manchester in North West England, formerly a part of Lancashire. A former mill town, Bolton has been a production centre for textiles since Flemish weavers settled in the area in the 14th ...
(located in
Worcester County).
Democrat
Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to:
Politics
*A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people.
*A member of a Democratic Party:
**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
**Democratic ...
Kate Hogan of Stow has represented the district since 2013. She is running unopposed for re-election 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 ...
.
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's
Middlesex and Worcester district and
Worcester and Middlesex district.
District History
The 3rd District has existed in its current iteration since the 2004 redistricting.
Former locale
The district previously covered part of
Charlestown, circa 1872.
Representatives
* Isaac F. Shepard, circa 1859
*
Russell A. Wood circa 1910
* Arthur Enoch Beane, circa 1920
* Louis L. Green, circa 1920
* Arthur K. Reading, circa 1920
*
Paul Andrew Dever, 1928-1935
*
Tip O'Neill
Thomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill Jr. (December 9, 1912 – January 5, 1994) was an American politician who served as the 47th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1987, representing northern Boston, Massachusetts, as ...
, circa 1945
*
Charles F. Flaherty, Jr., 1967–1979
*
Paul Cellucci
Argeo Paul Cellucci (; April 24, 1948 – June 8, 2013) was an American politician and diplomat from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A Republican, he served as the 69th governor of Massachusetts from 1999 to 2001, and as the United State ...
, 1979–1985
*
Patricia Walrath
Patricia A. Walrath (born August 11, 1941, in Brainerd, Minnesota) is an American politician who represented the 3rd Middlesex District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives
The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower hou ...
, 1985–2009
* Kate Hogan, 2009–present
Electoral history
From 1985 to 2009, the 3rd District was represented by Democrat
Patricia Walrath
Patricia A. Walrath (born August 11, 1941, in Brainerd, Minnesota) is an American politician who represented the 3rd Middlesex District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives
The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower hou ...
, who decided not to seek re-election in 2008.
A family affair
Boston Globe, July 10, 2008 Since 2009, the District has been represented by Democrat Kate Hogan.
2014
2012
2010
Voter Affiliation
See also
* Other Middlesex County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd
A second is the base unit of time in the International System of Units (SI).
Second, Seconds or 2nd may also refer to:
Mathematics
* 2 (number), as an ordinal (also written as ''2nd'' or ''2d'')
* Second of arc, an angular measurement unit, ...
, 4th, 5th
Fifth is the ordinal form of the number five.
Fifth or The Fifth may refer to:
* Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, as in the expression "pleading the Fifth"
* Fifth column, a political term
* Fifth disease, a contagious rash tha ...
, 6th, 7th, 8th
8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9.
In mathematics
8 is:
* a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2.
* a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of t ...
, 9th, 10th
10 (ten) is the even natural number following 9 and preceding 11. Ten is the base of the decimal numeral system, by far the most common system of denoting numbers in both spoken and written language. It is the first double-digit number. The re ...
, 11th
11 (eleven) is the natural number following 10 and preceding 12. It is the first repdigit. In English, it is the smallest positive integer whose name has three syllables.
Name
"Eleven" derives from the Old English ', which is first atteste ...
, 12th, 13th
In music or music theory, a thirteenth is the note thirteen scale degrees from the root of a chord and also the interval between the root and the thirteenth. The interval can be also described as a compound sixth, spanning an octave pl ...
, 14th, 15th, 16th
16 (sixteen) is the natural number following 15 and preceding 17. 16 is a composite number, and a square number, being 42 = 4 × 4. It is the smallest number with exactly five divisors, its proper divisors being , , and .
In English speech, ...
, 17th, 18th
18 (eighteen) is the natural number following 17 and preceding 19.
In mathematics
* Eighteen is a composite number, its divisors being 1, 2, 3, 6 and 9. Three of these divisors (3, 6 and 9) add up to 18, hence 18 is a semiperfect number. ...
, 19th
19 (nineteen) is the natural number following 18 and preceding 20. It is a prime number.
Mathematics
19 is the eighth prime number, and forms a sexy prime with 13, a twin prime with 17, and a cousin prime with 23. It is the third full re ...
, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th
25 (twenty-five) is the natural number following 24 and preceding 26.
In mathematics
It is a square number, being 52 = 5 × 5. It is one of two two-digit numbers whose square and higher powers of the number also ends in the same last t ...
, 26th, 27th
27 (twenty-seven; Roman numeral XXVII) is the natural number following 26 and preceding 28.
In mathematics
* Twenty-seven is a cube of 3: 3^3=3\times 3\times 3. 27 is also 23 (see tetration). There are exactly 27 straight lines on a smooth ...
, 28th
28 (twenty-eight) is the natural number following 27 and preceding 29.
In mathematics
It is a composite number, its proper divisors being 1, 2, 4, 7, and 14.
Twenty-eight is the second perfect number - it is the sum of its proper diviso ...
, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd
3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societie ...
, 33rd, 34th, 35th Military units
*35th Fighter Wing, an air combat unit of the United States Air Force
*35th Infantry Division (United States), a formation of the National Guard since World War I
*35th Infantry Regiment (United States), a regiment created on 1 July 1 ...
, 36th, 37th
*
Images
;Portraits of legislators
1908 George Long Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, George Long
1908 Harry Stearns Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Harry Stearns
1908 Samuel Elmore Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Samuel Elmore
1918 Arthur Blanchard Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Arthur Blanchard
1918 George Carrick Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, George Carrick
1918 Philip Ammidon Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Philip Ammidon
1923 Albert Harrison Hall Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Albert Harrison Hall
1923 Louis Green Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Louis Green
1935 James Mahoney Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, James Mahoney
1935 John Foley Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, John Foley
1935 Joseph Cleary Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Joseph Cleary
1945 Jeremiah Sullivan Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Jeremiah Sullivan
1945 Thomas ONeill Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Thomas O'Neill
1953 John Francis Cremens Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, John Francis Cremens
1953 Lawrence Feloney Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Lawrence Feloney
1967 Charles Flaherty Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Charles Flaherty
1967 Timothy Hickey Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Timothy Hickey
1983 Argeo Cellucci Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Argeo Cellucci
1995 Patricia Walrath Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Patricia Walrath
References
Further reading
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External links
Massachusetts House Legislative Districts
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Government of Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Government in Worcester County, Massachusetts