Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Worcester district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Worcester district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers parts of Norfolk County and Worcester County.[1] Republican Mike Soter of Bellingham has represented the district since 2019.[2]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Worcester district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:[3]

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's Worcester and Norfolk district.[4]

Former locales

The district previously covered:

Representatives
  • Horace Faulkner, circa 1858 [6]
  • John M. Washburn, circa 1859 [7]
  • John J. Allen, circa 1888 [8]
  • Samuel V. Crane, circa 1920 [9]
  • Peter F. Fitzgerald, circa 1951 [10]
  • Charles A. Mullaly, Jr., circa 1951 [10]
  • Richard James Dwinell, circa 1975 [11]
  • Kevin Kuros, 2011–2018 [12]
  • Michael J. Soter, 2019-current[2]

See also

Images
Portraits of legislators
  • Aaron Jones
  • Samuel Crane
  • James Ferry
  • Herbert George
  • Christopher Tyrrell
  • Elmer Nelson
  • Michael Conway
  • Charles Luke Driscoll
  • Charles Mullaly
  • F. Leo Kenney
  • Harold Gould
  • Richard Dwinell
  • Richard Moore
  • Paul Kujawski
  • Kevin Kuros

References
  1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 8th Worcester district". PD43+. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  3. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
  4. 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
  5. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
  6. "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
  7. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
  8. Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Worcester County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
  9. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
  10. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  11. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  12. "Two-Thirds Of State Legislators Are Unopposed In The General Election", Wbur.org, November 1, 2018, Democrats are hoping they can flip four House districts that are being vacated by Republicans
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