Massachusetts House of Representatives' 9th Hampden district
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 9th Hampden district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of Hampden County.[1] Democrat José Tosado of Springfield has represented the district since 2015.[2] Candidates for this district seat in the 2020 primary included Denise Hurst.[3][4] Candidates Orlando Ramos and Robert Underwood have been selected to run in the general election in November 2020.[5]
Locales represented[edit]
The district includes the following localities:[6]
- part of Chicopee
- part of Springfield
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Hampden and Hampshire district and Hampden district.[7]
Former locales[edit]
The district previously covered:
- Blandford, circa 1872 [8]
- Chester, circa 1872 [8]
- Montgomery, circa 1872 [8]
- Russell, circa 1872 [8]
- Tolland, circa 1872 [8]
Representatives[edit]
- Andrew J. Marvin, circa 1858 [9]
- Elisha F. Miner, circa 1859 [10]
- Henry Clark, circa 1888 [11]
- Hugh J. Lacey, circa 1920 [12]
- Wendell Phillips Chamberlain, circa 1951 [13]
- Rudy Chmura, circa 1975 [14]
- Christopher Asselin 2001–2005
- Sean Curran 2005–2015
- Jose Tosado, 2015–2021
- Orlando Ramos, 2021 present[2]
See also[edit]
- List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
- Other Hampden County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th, 12th
- Hampden County districts of the Massachusett Senate: Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden; Hampden; 1st Hampden and Hampshire; 2nd Hampden and Hampshire
- List of Massachusetts General Courts
- List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Images[edit]
- Portraits of legislators
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Francis Quigley -
John Murphy -
Joseph Francis Kelly -
Ralph Clampit -
William Barry -
Wendell Phillips Chamberlain -
John O'Brien -
Rudy Chmura -
Arthur James McKenna -
Dennis Murphy -
Christopher Asselin -
Sean Curran
References[edit]
- ^ "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
- ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 9th Hampden district". PD43+. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
- ^ "Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus Political Action Committee Endorsed Candidates", Mwpc.org, retrieved August 5, 2020
- ^ "2020 State Primary Candidates", Sec.state.ma.us, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, retrieved August 5, 2020
- ^ Steve Brown (October 29, 2020), "Here Are The Contested Legislative Races In Massachusetts", Wbur.org, archived from the original on October 30, 2020
- ^ Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
- ^ 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
- ^ a b c d e "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
- ^ "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
- ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Hampden County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
- ^ Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
- ^ 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
- ^ 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
Further reading[edit]
- "Massachusetts primary election: 9th Hampden District candidates Denise Hurst, Sean Mullan and Orlando Ramos on the issues", Masslive.com, August 16, 2020
External links[edit]
- Ballotpedia. Massachusetts House of Representatives Ninth Hampden District
- "9th Hampden District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
- League of Women Voters of Northampton Area
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