Jacob Harold Gallinger,was a United States senator from New Hampshire who served as President pro tempore of the Senate in 1912 and 1913.
Gale D. Candaras was a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate from 2006 to 2014,representing the First Hampden and Hampshire District. She is an attorney and a former five-term member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives,where she served as a Division Leader.
Brian Paul Lees is a Massachusetts politician,who served as the Clerk of Courts for Hampden County. Until 2007,he had been the State Senator from the First Hampden and Hampshire District and the Massachusetts Senate Minority Leader.
Andrea F. Nuciforo Jr. served as a Democratic State Senator from January 1,1997,until January 3,2007,representing the Berkshire,Hampshire,Franklin,and Hampden and Berkshire,Hampshire and Franklin Massachusetts Senate districts in western Massachusetts. He is an attorney,having practiced law with a focus on commercial real estate,health care,education and business litigation. He ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination of the United States House of Representatives in Massachusetts's newly drawn 1st congressional district on September 6,2012.
Ludlow High School is the public high school of Ludlow,Massachusetts,United States,located at 500 Chapin Street. It is next to Ludlow Town Hall. The high school is the only public high school in the town and services all of its residents. Ludlow high school normally scores close to the state average on standardized tests such as Massachusetts' MCAS and the SAT Reasoning Test.
Michael John Barrett is an American politician noted for having been elected to serve in three completely different state legislative districts over the course of his political career. At present he is the state senator for the 3rd Middlesex District of Massachusetts. Barrett served in the State Senate earlier,in 1987–1994,representing another district,before moving to his present home in suburban Lexington in 1996. Even earlier,in 1979–1985,he served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from a district comprising Reading,North Reading and a portion of Wilmington.
Brian M. Ashe is an American politician who represents the 2nd Hampden District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. A member of the Democratic Party,his district includes all of Hampden and Longmeadow and part of East Longmeadow,Monson,and Springfield.
Donald F. Humason Jr. is an American politician who served as mayor of Westfield,Massachusetts from 2020 to 2022 and current town administrator of Chester,beginning September 6,2022. A member of the Republican Party,he previously represented the 2nd Hampden and Hampshire District in the Massachusetts Senate from 2013 to 2020,and as representative for the 4th Hampden District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives between 2003 and 2013.
Linda J. Melconian is a former American state legislator who served as the first woman Majority Leader in the history of the Massachusetts Senate. A member of the Democratic Party,she represented the greater Springfield area as its State Senator from 1983-2005. In 2017 Melconian was invited by the U. S. House of Representatives Historian’s Office to participate in an oral interview and transcript as part of the Oral History Project commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first woman elected to Congress.
Eric Philip Lesser is an American lawyer and politician who served in the Massachusetts State Senate. Before representing his hometown of Longmeadow,Massachusetts,and neighboring communities in the Greater-Springfield area,he worked as a White House aide during the Obama administration. Lesser is one of the originators of the White House Passover Seder. In the 2022 Massachusetts race for Lieutenant Governor,Lesser lost the Democratic primary to Kim Driscoll.
John Christopher Velis is an American state legislator and Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate since 2020. He previously represented the 2nd Hampden and Hampshire district,which includes his hometown of Westfield,and currently represents the Hampden and Hampshire district after the 2020 census. Prior his election to the state senate,Velis was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2014 to 2020.
Massachusetts Senate's 1st Hampden and Hampshire district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate. It covers 30.1% of Hampden County and 13.2% of Hampshire County population. Democrat Eric Lesser of Longmeadow has represented the district since 2015.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 7th Hampden 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 Hampden County and Hampshire County. Democrat Aaron Saunders of Belchertown has represented the district since 2023.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd 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. Democrat Brian Ashe of Longmeadow has represented the district since 2009.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Hampden district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers the city of Holyoke in Hampden County. Democrat Aaron Vega of Holyoke has represented the district since 2013. Candidates for this district seat in the 2020 Massachusetts general election include Patrick Beaudry and Patricia Duffy.
The 191st Massachusetts General Court was the meeting of the legislative branch of the state government of Massachusetts,composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. It convened in Boston at the Massachusetts State House,on January 2,2019,and ended on January 6,2021,during the fifth and sixth years of the governorship of Charlie Baker. Senate and House districts were drawn based on the 2010 Census.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 12th 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. Since 2007,Angelo J. Puppolo,Jr. of the Democratic Party has represented the district.
The 193rd Massachusetts General Court is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the state government of Massachusetts,composed of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives. It first convened in Boston at the Massachusetts State House on January 4,2023,on the last day of the governorship of Charlie Baker and is scheduled to continue until January 7,2025,during the first two years of Governor Maura Healey's first term.
An election was held on November 8,2022,to elect all 8 members to the Massachusetts Governor's Council. The election coincided with elections for other offices,including governor,and U.S. House of Representatives.
