Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Hampshire district

The Massachusetts House of Representatives 1st Hampshire District or "1st Hampshire" is an electoral district for the Massachusetts House of Representatives. It consists of the municipalities Northampton, Southampton, Hatfield, Westhampton and Montgomery.[1] Democrat Lindsay Sabadosa of Northampton has represented the district since 2019.

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Hampshire district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census.

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden district, 2nd Hampden and Hampshire district, and Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester district.[2]

District History

The district has existed in its current form since 2011,[3] but has existed in name since at least 1970.[4]

Former locales

The district previously covered:

Representatives
  • William H. Dickinson, circa 1859 [6]
  • William F. Arnold, circa 1859 [6]
  • Calvin Coolidge, circa 1908
  • Michael Fitzgerald, circa 1918
  • William Grant, circa 1920 [7]
  • James O'Dea, circa 1923
  • Edwin Olander, circa 1935
  • Jeremiah Lucey, circa 1945
  • John O'Rourke, circa 1953
  • Louis Morini, circa 1967
RepresentativePartyYears
Edward McColganDemocratic1971 to 1975
William NagleDemocratic1975 to 2002
Peter KocotDemocratic2002 to 2018
Lindsay N. SabadosaDemocratic2018 to present

Elections

Election data comes from Massachusetts Election Statistics.

2018
CandidatePartyVotes%
Lindsay N. SabadosaDemocratic18,00199.1%
Others1660.9%
Blank3,628
Total21,795100%

2016
CandidatePartyVotes%
Peter KocotDemocratic20,14599.6%
Others890.4%
Blank4,420
Total24,654100%

2014
CandidatePartyVotes%
Peter KocotDemocratic13,93799.5%
Others680.5%
Blank3,155
Total17,160100%

2012
CandidatePartyVotes%
Peter KocotDemocratic19,09099.6%
Others740.4%
Blank4,442
Total23,606100%

2010
CandidatePartyVotes%
Peter KocotDemocratic14,28499.4%
Others830.6%
Blank3,107
Total17,474100%

2008
CandidatePartyVotes%
Peter KocotDemocratic19,12499.5%
Others940.5%
Blank4,302
Total23,520100%

See also

Images
  • Calvin Coolidge
  • Michael Fitzgerald
  • James O'Dea
  • Edwin Olander
  • Jeremiah Lucey
  • John O'Rourke
  • Louis Morini
  • William Nagle
  • Peter Kocot

References
  1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  2. 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
  3. Commonwealth of Massachusetts House Legislative Districts (Map). 2011. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  4. "Massachusetts Election Statistics". Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  5. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
  6. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
  7. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.

Further reading
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