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]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 9th Hampden district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census

Locales represented

The district includes the following localities:[6]

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Hampden and Hampshire district and Hampden district.[7]

Former locales

The district previously covered:

Representatives

See also

Images
Portraits of legislators
  • Francis Quigley
    Francis Quigley
  • John Murphy
    John Murphy
  • Joseph Francis Kelly
    Joseph Francis Kelly
  • Ralph Clampit
    Ralph Clampit
  • William Barry
    William Barry
  • Wendell Phillips Chamberlain
    Wendell Phillips Chamberlain
  • John O'Brien
    John O'Brien
  • Rudy Chmura
    Rudy Chmura
  • Arthur James McKenna
    Arthur James McKenna
  • Dennis Murphy
    Dennis Murphy
  • Christopher Asselin
    Christopher Asselin
  • Sean Curran
    Sean Curran

References
  1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 9th Hampden district". PD43+. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  3. "Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus Political Action Committee Endorsed Candidates", Mwpc.org, retrieved August 5, 2020
  4. "2020 State Primary Candidates", Sec.state.ma.us, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, retrieved August 5, 2020
  5. Steve Brown (October 29, 2020), "Here Are The Contested Legislative Races In Massachusetts", Wbur.org, archived from the original on October 30, 2020
  6. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
  7. 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
  8. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
  9. "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
  10. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  11. Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Hampden County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
  12. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
  13. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  14. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.

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