Middlesex County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,United States. As of the 2020 census,the population was 1,632,002,making it the most populous county in both Massachusetts and New England and the 22nd most populous county in the United States. Middlesex County is one of two U.S. counties to be amongst the top 25 counties with the highest household income and the 25 most populated counties. It is included in the Census Bureau's Boston–Cambridge–Newton,MA–NH Metropolitan Statistical Area. As part of the 2020 United States census,the Commonwealth's mean center of population for that year was geo-centered in Middlesex County,in the town of Natick.
Malden is a city in Middlesex County,Massachusetts,United States. At the time of the 2020 U.S. Census,the population was 66,263 people.
Massachusetts shares with the five other New England states a governmental structure known as the New England town. Only the southeastern third of the state has functioning county governments;in western,central,and northeastern Massachusetts,traditional county-level government was eliminated in the late 1990s. Generally speaking,there are four kinds of public school districts in Massachusetts:local schools,regional schools,vocational/technical schools,and charter schools.
Richard R. Tisei is an American politician and real estate agent from Massachusetts. A Republican,he served in both chambers of the Massachusetts General Court for a combined 26 years,eventually becoming Minority Leader in the Massachusetts Senate. He was the Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in 2010 and the nominee for Congress from Massachusetts's 6th district in 2012 and 2014.
Michael J. McGlynn served as the 31st Mayor of Medford,Massachusetts,from 1988–2016. He also served from 1977–1988 as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives representing the 37th Middlesex District (Medford/Malden).
Setti David Warren is an American politician. He served as Mayor of Newton,Massachusetts,a suburb of Boston,and is a former Democratic candidate for United States Senate in 2012. He is the first popularly elected African-American mayor in Massachusetts.
Thomas Henry Fallon was a Massachusetts educator,lawyer,politician who served as the Mayor of Malden,Massachusetts from 1982 to 1986,and United States Administrative Law Judge for the Social Security Administration from 1994 to 2010.
Sal N. DiDomenico is an American state legislator who has served in the Massachusetts Senate since May 2010 and as Assistant Majority Leader since 2018. He is a Democrat representing the Middlesex and Suffolk district,which includes his hometown of Everett as well as Chelsea,Allston,Brighton,Charlestown,and parts of Cambridge and Boston. In 2010,he won a special election to succeed the retiring Anthony D. Galluccio. Before that,he spent three years as Gallucio's chief of staff. From 2004 to 2010 he was a member of the Everett City Council.
James Vincent DiPaola was county sheriff of Middlesex County,Massachusetts,from 1996 until his death in 2010. He had served as a Malden police officer for 18 years and was a Massachusetts state representative from 1993 to 1996. On November 26,2010,DiPaola died by suicide. At the time of his death,he was facing multiple allegations from the state and press over ethics issues.
The 2013 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts was held on June 25,2013,in order to fill the Massachusetts Class 2 United States Senate seat for the remainder of the term ending January 3,2015.
Nick Collins is an American politician who currently serves as a member of the Massachusetts Senate,representing First Suffolk District. Collins serves as the Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight and the Senate Vice Chair of the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses. Additionally,he serves a member of the Senate Committee on Bills in the Third Reading,and a member on the Joint Committee's on Bonding,Capital Expenditures and State Assets;Mental Health,Substance Use and Recovery;and Public Service. He is a Boston resident and a Democrat. Elected into the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 2010,he served four terms in the House representing the 4th Suffolk District.
Stephen John McGrail is an American politician who served in the Massachusetts Senate.
George Edwin Smith was a Massachusetts lawyer,legal writer,and politician. He served three terms as the President of the Massachusetts Senate. Previous to his assumption of the Senate Presidency,he served as a member of the Massachusetts Senate,elected from the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
Richard M. Haggerty is an American politician. He represents the 30th Middlesex District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives,representing the towns of Woburn and Reading. As State Representative,Richard serves as Vice-Chair of the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business,and serves on the Joint Committee on Financial Services,the Joint Committee on Telecommunications,Utility,and Energy,along with the House Standing Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change.
Lydia Marie Edwards is an American attorney and politician. She served as a member of the Boston City Council from the 1st district from 2018 to 2022 and has served as a member of the Massachusetts Senate from the 1st Suffolk and Middlesex district since 2022. She resigned from the Boston City Council at the end of April 2022.
Edward J. Kennedy Jr. is an American politician,and member of the Massachusetts Senate from the 1st Middlesex district. He has previously served as the 90th Mayor of Lowell (2016–2018).
Kenneth V. Desmond,Jr. is an associate justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court.
Ricardo N. Arroyo is an American lawyer and politician from the state of Massachusetts. He was previously a member of the Boston City Council.
Rodney Elliott is the current State Representative for the 16th Middlesex District of Massachusetts,which is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of Middlesex County.
