Massachusetts Senate's 1st Bristol and Plymouth district

American legislative district

Map of Massachusetts Senate's 1st Bristol and Plymouth district, based on the 2010 United States census.

Massachusetts Senate's 1st Bristol and Plymouth district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate.[1] It covers 26.9% of Bristol County and 3.2% of Plymouth County population.[2][3] Democrat Michael Rodrigues of Westport has represented the district since 2011.[4]

Locales represented

The district includes the following localities:[5][2]

  • Fall River
  • Freetown
  • Lakeville
  • Rochester
  • Somerset
  • Swansea
  • Westport

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Bristol, 5th Bristol, 6th Bristol, 7th Bristol, 8th Bristol, 10th Bristol, and 12th Bristol districts.[6]

List of senators

Senator Party Years Electoral history
District created in 2002.

Joan Menard
Democratic 2003 –
2011
Redistricted from the 1st Bristol district.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Retired.

Michael J. Rodrigues
Democratic 2011– Elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Massachusetts Senatorial Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "An Act Establishing Executive Councillor and Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (2011), retrieved April 8, 2020, First Bristol and Plymouth
  3. ^ David Jarman (July 30, 2019), "Counties ↔ legislative district correspondences: MA", How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?, Daily Kos, Counties to State Senate Districts
  4. ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: 1st Bristol and Plymouth district". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  5. ^ "Senatorial Districts". Mass.gov. Archived from the original on October 23, 2004. As established by Chapter 126, Section 3, of the Acts of 2001, based on the Federal census of 2000. See General Laws, Chapter 57
  6. ^ 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 Senate Districts to State House Districts

External links

  • "First Bristol & Plymouth District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State Senate district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
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