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

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Franklin 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 Franklin County, Hampshire County, and Worcester County.[1] Independent Susannah Whipps of Athol has represented the district since 2015.[2][3]

Towns represented

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The district includes the following localities:[4]

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Hampden and Hampshire district, Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester district, and Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex district.[5]

Former locales

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The district previously covered:

Elections results from statewide races

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Year Office District Results Statewide Results
2012 President

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Obama 56.6 – 43.3% Obama 60.7 – 37.5%
Senator

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Brown 50.4 – 48.8% Warren 53.7 – 46.2%
2013 Senator

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Gomez 53.0 – 45.9% Markey 54.8 – 44.6%
2014 Governor

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Baker 50.1 – 40.1% Baker 48.4 – 46.5%
Senator

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Markey 53.9 – 42.0% Markey 61.9 – 38.0%
2016 President

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Clinton 45.2 – 43.0% Clinton 60.0 – 32.8%
2018 Governor

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Baker 70.8 – 26.9% Baker 66.6 – 33.1%
Senator

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Warren 50.4 – 43.3% Warren 60.3 – 36.2%

Representatives

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  • Wm. T. Clement, circa 1858 [40]
  • Stephen Bates, circa 1859 [41]
  • Franklin Levi Waters, circa 1888 [42]
  • George K. Pond, circa 1920 [43]
  • Walter Forbes Hurlburt, circa 1951 [44]
  • Edward Shortell, circa 1975 [45]
  • John Merrigan, circa 2002
  • Christopher Donelan, 2003–2011
  • Denise Andrews, January 5, 2011 – January 7, 2015
  • Susannah Whipps, 2015-current[2]

See also

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Images

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Portraits of legislators
  • Lyman Griswold
    Lyman Griswold
  • Frederick Pierce
    Frederick Pierce
  • George Pond
    George Pond
  • Walter Forbes Hurlburt
    Walter Forbes Hurlburt
  • Allan McGuane
    Allan McGuane
  • Edward Shortell
    Edward Shortell
  • William Benson
    William Benson
  • Carmen Buell
    Carmen Buell
  • Christopher Donelan
    Christopher Donelan
  • Susannah Whipps Lee
    Susannah Whipps Lee

References

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  1. ^ "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 2nd Franklin district". PD43+. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  3. ^ Steve Brown (October 29, 2020), "Here Are The Contested Legislative Races In Massachusetts", Wbur.org, archived from the original on November 1, 2020
  4. ^ Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ "Representative Districts". Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A Manual for the Use of the General Court for 1927-1928. Boston. 1858. pp. 196–206.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ^ a b c d "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
  8. ^ "PD43+ » 2012 President General Election Statewide (Showing only Franklin County)".
  9. ^ "PD43+ » 2012 President General Election Statewide (Showing only Hampshire County)".
  10. ^ "PD43+ » 2012 President General Election Statewide (Showing only Worcester County)".
  11. ^ "PD43+ » 2012 President General Election".
  12. ^ "PD43+ » 2012 U.S. Senate General Election Statewide (Showing only Franklin County)".
  13. ^ "PD43+ » 2012 U.S. Senate General Election Statewide (Showing only Hampshire County)".
  14. ^ "PD43+ » 2012 U.S. Senate General Election Statewide (Showing only Worcester County)".
  15. ^ "PD43+ » 2012 U.S. Senate General Election".
  16. ^ "PD43+ » 2013 U.S. Senate Special General Election Statewide (Showing only Franklin County)".
  17. ^ "PD43+ » 2013 U.S. Senate Special General Election Statewide (Showing only Hampshire County)".
  18. ^ "PD43+ » 2013 U.S. Senate Special General Election Statewide (Showing only Worcester County)".
  19. ^ "PD43+ » 2013 U.S. Senate Special General Election".
  20. ^ "PD43+ » 2014 Governor General Election Statewide (Showing only Franklin County)".
  21. ^ "PD43+ » 2014 Governor General Election Statewide (Showing only Hampshire County)".
  22. ^ "PD43+ » 2014 Governor General Election Statewide (Showing only Worcester County)".
  23. ^ "PD43+ » 2014 Governor General Election".
  24. ^ "PD43+ » 2014 U.S. Senate General Election Statewide (Showing only Franklin County)".
  25. ^ "PD43+ » 2014 U.S. Senate General Election Statewide (Showing only Hampshire County)".
  26. ^ "PD43+ » 2014 U.S. Senate General Election Statewide (Showing only Worcester County)".
  27. ^ "PD43+ » 2014 U.S. Senate General Election".
  28. ^ "PD43+ » 2016 President General Election Statewide (Showing only Franklin County)".
  29. ^ "PD43+ » 2016 President General Election Statewide (Showing only Hampshire County)".
  30. ^ "PD43+ » 2016 President General Election Statewide (Showing only Worcester County)".
  31. ^ "PD43+ » 2016 President General Election".
  32. ^ "PD43+ » 2018 Governor General Election Statewide (Showing only Franklin County)".
  33. ^ "PD43+ » 2018 Governor General Election Statewide (Showing only Hampshire County)".
  34. ^ "PD43+ » 2018 Governor General Election Statewide (Showing only Worcester County)".
  35. ^ "PD43+ » 2018 Governor General Election".
  36. ^ "PD43+ » 2018 U.S. Senate General Election Statewide (Showing only Franklin County)".
  37. ^ "PD43+ » 2018 U.S. Senate General Election Statewide (Showing only Hampshire County)".
  38. ^ "PD43+ » 2018 U.S. Senate General Election Statewide (Showing only Worcester County)".
  39. ^ "PD43+ » 2018 U.S. Senate General Election".
  40. ^ "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
  41. ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  42. ^ Geo. F. Andrews, ed. (1888). "Representatives: Franklin County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
  43. ^ Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review. 1920.
  44. ^ 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  45. ^ 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
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