Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Norfolk district

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Norfolk district, 2013. Based on the 2010 United States census.

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Norfolk 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 Bristol County and Norfolk County. ^[1] Democrat Lou Kafka of Stoughton has represented the district since 1991. ^[2] Candidates running for this district seat in the 2020 Massachusetts general election include Andrew Flowers. ^{[3] [4]}

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities: ^[5]

• part of Mansfield
• Sharon
• part of Stoughton
• part of Walpole

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's Bristol and Norfolk district and Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth district. ^[6]

Former locales

The district previously covered:

• Norwood, circa 1927 ^[7]
• Weymouth, circa 1872 ^[8]

Representatives

• Lot W. Bicknell, circa 1858 ^[9]
• Nathaniel Shaw, circa 1858 ^[9]
• Elias S. Beals, circa 1859 ^[10]
• Daniel Lovell, circa 1859 ^[10]
• Charles W. Seavey, circa 1888 ^[11]
• Elijah Baron Stowe, circa 1888 ^[11]
• Frederic W. Kingman, circa 1920 ^[12]
• Frank D. McCarthy, circa 1951 ^[13]
• Andrew H. Card, Jr., circa 1975 ^[14]
• William Richard Keating, 1979–1985
• Marjorie Clapprood, 1985–1991
• Louis L. Kafka, 1991-2020 ^[2]
• Ted Philips, 2020–present

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Norfolk County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Images

• 
  Louis Flye
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  Frank Allen
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  George Frederick James
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  Frank Coughlin
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  Frank McCarthy
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  William Nourse
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  Daniel Rider
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  Andrew Card
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  William Keating
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  Louis Kafka

References

1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 8th Norfolk district". PD43+. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
3. "2020 State Primary Candidates", Sec.state.ma.us, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, retrieved August 27, 2020
4. "Directory: Massachusetts 2020", Runforsomething.net , Washington, D.C., retrieved August 27, 2020
5. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
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 House Districts to State Senate Districts
7. "Representative Districts". Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A Manual for the Use of the General Court for 1927-1928. Boston. October 16, 2023. pp. 196–206.
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.
11. Geo. F. Andrews, ed. (October 16, 1888). "Representatives: Norfolk County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
12. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review. October 16, 2023.
13. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
14. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.

Further reading

• Chris Lisinski (August 31, 2020), "Voters Likely Picking 7 New Mass. House Members In State Primary", Wbur.org

External links

• Ballotpedia
• "8th Norfolk District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
• League of Women Voters of Sharon-Stoughton
• League of Women Voters of Westwood-Walpole-Dedham