Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Hampshire district

The Massachusetts House of Representatives 2nd Hampshire district or "2nd Hampshire" is an electoral district for the Massachusetts House of Representatives. It consists of the towns of South Hadley, Easthampton, Hadley and precinct 2 of Granby.[1] Democrat Dan Carey of Easthampton has represented the district since 2019.

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Hampshire district, based on the 2010 United States census.

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Hampden and Hampshire district, 2nd Hampden and Hampshire district, and Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester district.[2]

District history

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

Former locales

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The district previously covered:

Representatives

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Representative Party Years
James Nolen Democratic 1971 to 1973
James Collins Democratic 1973 to 1975
William Carey Democratic 1975 to 1987
Shannon O'Brien Democratic 1987 to 1993
Nancy Flavin Democratic 1993 to 2003
John Scibak[9] Democratic 2003

Elections

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Election data comes from Massachusetts Election Statistics.

2016

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Candidate Party Votes %
John Scibak Democratic 19,023 99.3%
Others 138 0.7%
Blank 5,056
Total 24,217 100%

2014

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Candidate Party Votes %
John Scibak Democratic 12,249 99.1%
Others 115 0.9%
Blank 3,735
Total 16,099 100%

2012

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Candidate Party Votes %
John Scibak Democratic 17,881 99.3%
Others 121 0.7%
Blank 4,786
Total 22,788 100%

2010

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Candidate Party Votes %
John Scibak Democratic 11,756 99%
Others 118 1%
Blank 3,168
Total 15,042 100%

2008

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Candidate Party Votes %
John Scibak Democratic 16,628 99.7%
Others 43 0.3%
Blank 4,471
Total 21,142 100%

See also

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Images

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Portraits of legislators

References

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  1. ^ "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Retrieved August 6, 2018.
  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 August 6, 2018.
  4. ^ "Massachusetts Election Statistics". Retrieved August 6, 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. ^ Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
  9. ^ "Two-Thirds Of State Legislators Are Unopposed In The General Election", Wbur.org, November 1, 2018, Vacancies in the House
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