Massachusetts House of Representatives' 3rd Hampshire district

The Massachusetts House of Representatives 3rd Hampshire District or "3rd Hampshire" is an electoral district for the Massachusetts House of Representatives. It consists of the towns of Amherst, Pelham and precinct 1 of Granby.[1] Democrat Mindy Domb of Amherst has represented the district since 2019.

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 3rd Hampshire district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census.

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st 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 1974.[4]

Former locales

The district previously covered:

Representatives
  • Spencer Shaw, circa 1859 [7]
  • Henry F. Paige, circa 1920 [8]
RepresentativePartyYears
James NolenDemocratic1975 to 1979
James CollinsDemocratic1979 to 1987
Stan RosenbergDemocratic1987 to 1991
Ellen StoryDemocratic1992 to 2017
Solomon Goldstein-RoseDemocratic, Independent2017 to 2019
Mindy DombDemocratic2019

Elections

Election data comes from Massachusetts Election Statistics.

2010
CandidatePartyVotes%
Ellen StoryDemocratic8,08777.4%
Daniel SandellRepublican1,94218.6%
Daniel Edward MellickIndependent4123.9%
Others70%
Blank565
Total11,013100%

2012
CandidatePartyVotes%
Ellen StoryDemocratic15,36599%
Others1541%
Blank2,766
Total18,285100%

2014
CandidatePartyVotes%
Ellen StoryDemocratic8,12588%
Kenneth Roberts, JrLibertarian1,09211.8%
Others210.2%
Blank727
Total9,965100%

2016
CandidatePartyVotes%
Solomon Goldstein-RoseDemocratic14,60198.7%
Others1861.3%
Blank3,165
Total17,952100%

2018
CandidatePartyVotes%
Mindy DombDemocratic9,37575%
Solomon Goldstein-RoseIndependent3,09824.8%
Others300.2%
Blank1,094
Total13,597100%

See also

Images
Portraits of legislators
  • Frank Hosmer
  • Alvin Wilson
  • Henry Paige
  • Gerald Jones
  • Vincent Dignam
  • Fletcher Smith
  • John Clark
  • James Nolen
  • James Collins
  • Ellen Story

References
  1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Retrieved 2018-07-10.
  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 2018-07-10.
  4. Massachusetts House Of Representatives Legislative Districts (Map). 1973. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
  5. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
  6. "Representative Districts". Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A Manual for the Use of the General Court for 1927-1928. Boston. pp. 196–206.
  7. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
  8. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
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