Massachusetts House of Representatives' 12th Worcester district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 12th Worcester district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of Worcester County.[1] Democrat Hank Naughton of Clinton has represented the district since 1995.[2][3] Candidates for this district seat in the 2020 primary included Ceylan Rowe and Meghan Kilcoyne.[4][5] Candidates Meghan Kilcoyne, Susan Smiley, and Charlene DiCalogero have been selected to run in the general election in November 2020.[6]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 12th Worcester district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:[7]

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Worcester district and Worcester and Middlesex district.[8]

Former locales

The district previously covered:

Representatives
  • Amasa Walker, circa 1858 [10]
  • Luther Stowell, circa 1859 [11]
  • Albert L. Fisher, circa 1888 [12]
  • J. Henry Robinson, circa 1888 [12]
  • Henry H. Wheelock, circa 1920 [13]
  • Arthur Ulton Mahan, circa 1951 [14]
  • Thomas Francis Fallon, circa 1975 [15]
  • William Constantino Jr.
  • Harold P. Naughton, Jr., 1995-current[2][16]

See also

Images
Portraits of legislators
  • Benjamin Cook
  • M. Fred O'Connell
  • Frederic Nichols
  • Henry Cowdrey
  • Henry Wheelock
  • Louis Deschenes
  • Martin Swanson
  • Adin Custance
  • E. Guy Sawyer
  • Arthur Ulton Mahan
  • J. Robert Mahan
  • Thomas Fallon
  • William Constantino
  • Harold Naughton

References
  1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 12th Worcester district". PD43+. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  3. "State primary Sept. 1; early voting, mail-ins available", Telegram & Gazette, Gannett Co., Inc., August 7, 2020
  4. "Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus Political Action Committee Endorsed Candidates", Mwpc.org, retrieved August 5, 2020
  5. "2020 State Primary Candidates", Sec.state.ma.us, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, retrieved August 5, 2020
  6. Steve Brown (October 29, 2020), "Here Are The Contested Legislative Races In Massachusetts", Wbur.org, archived from the original on October 30, 2020
  7. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
  8. David Jarman (July 30, 2019), "Upper legislative district ↔ lower legislative district correspondences: MA", How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?, Daily Kos, State House Districts to State Senate Districts
  9. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
  10. "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
  11. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
  12. Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Worcester County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
  13. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
  14. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  15. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  16. "Two-Thirds Of State Legislators Are Unopposed In The General Election", Wbur.org, November 1, 2018, House Democrats...face opposition

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