Massachusetts's 17th Worcester House district

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Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 17th Worcester district, based on the 2010 United States census. 2013 map 17th Worcester district Massachusetts House of Representatives DC10SLDL25219 001.png
Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 17th Worcester district, based on the 2010 United States census.

The 17th Worcester district is one of 160 state legislative districts for the Massachusetts House of Representatives. It is located in Central Massachusetts.

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Democrat David LeBoeuf of Worcester has represented the district since 2019. [1] He is running for reelection in the 2020 Massachusetts general election. [2] [3]

District profile

As of the last redistricting in 2011, [4] the district encompasses all of the town of Leicester, including the villages of Cherry Valley and Rochdale, and the southwestern portion of the city of Worcester, including the neighborhoods of Main South and Webster Square. [5] It has maintained these boundaries since 1995. [6] [7]

Leicester is a small town and developing suburb. [8] It contains the Leicester campus of Becker College and is over 90 percent non-Hispanic white [9] The Worcester portion of the district is an urban section of New England's second largest city. It contains Clark University and has significant Latino, Asian, and Black communities.

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Worcester and 2nd Worcester districts. [10]

Former locations

List of members representing the district

General
Court		RepresentativePartyTermDistrict location
145th G. Adolph Johnson RepublicanJanuary 5, 1927 – 1928 [15] Worcester's Ward 6 [16]
146thVictor RolanderRepublicanJanuary 2, 1929 – October 10, 1935 [16] [17]
147th
148th
149thAxel SternlofRepublicanDecember 11, 1935 – 1937 [18]
150thGustaf CarlsonRepublicanJanuary 6, 1937 – 1941 [19]
151st
152ndSven EricksonRepublicanJanuary 1, 1941 – 1947 [20] Worcester's Ward 2 [20]
153rd
154th
155th Stanley JohnsonRepublicanJanuary 1, 1947 – 1949 [21]
156thJoseph AsperoDemocraticJanuary 5, 1949 – 1953 [22] Worcester's Ward 3 [22]
157th
158thDomenic DePariDemocraticJanuary 7, 1953 – 1961 [23]
159th
160th
161st
162ndLeo TuroDemocraticJanuary 4, 1961 – 1965 [24]
163rd
164thRobert BohigianDemocraticJanuary 6, 1965 – January 1, 1975 [25] Worcester's Ward 2 and Ward 3 [26] [25]
165th
166th
167th
168th
169thRobert ReynoldsRepublicanJanuary 1, 1975 – 1977 [27] Berlin, Bolton, Boxborough, Harvard, Lancaster, and Northborough [28] [27] [29]
170th Walter Bickford DemocraticJanuary 5, 1977 – 1979 [30]
171stRobert McNeilDemocraticJanuary 3, 1979 – 1985 [31] Leicester; Worcester's Ward 7; and Worcester's Ward 8: Precincts 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7 [32] [31] [33]
172nd
173rd
174thWilliam DonovanDemocraticJanuary 2, 1985 – 1987 [34]
175th John Binienda
1997 John Binienda.png 		DemocraticJanuary 7, 1987 – 1989 [35]
176thJanuary 4, 1989 – 1995 [36] Leicester; Worcester's Ward 7; and Worcester's Ward 8: Precincts 2, 5, 6, 7, and 8 [37] [38]
177th
178th
179thJanuary 4, 1995 – August 22, 2014 [39] Leicester; Worcester's Ward 7; and Worcester's Ward 8: Precincts 2, 3, and 4
180th
181st
182nd
183rd
184th
185th
186th
187th
188th
189th Kate Campanale RepublicanJanuary 7, 2015 – January 2, 2019 [40]
190th
191st David LeBoeuf DemocraticJanuary 9, 2019 – Present

Electoral history

ElectionPolitical resultCandidatePartyVotes%±%
2018 general election [41] [42]
Campanale did not seek re-election to run for Worcester Register of Deeds
Turnout: 11,487		 Democratic gain from Republican
Majority: 2,146 (18.7%)
Swing: 13.7% from Republican to D 		David LeBoeuf Democratic 6,80859.3+14
Paul Fullen Republican 4,66240.6−13.8
2016 general election [42] [43]
Turnout: 14,713		 Republican hold
Majority: 1,340 (9.1%) 		Kate Campanale Republican 8,01154.4+4.2
Moses Dixon Democratic 6,67145.3−4.4
2014 general election [43] [44]
Binienda did not seek re-election and planned to retire (but died in August)
Turnout: 9,344		 Republican gain from Democratic
Majority: 43 (0.5%)
Swing: 26.5% from D to Republican 		Kate Campanale Republican 4,68850.2+26.9
Doug Belanger Democratic 4,64549.7−26.6
2012 general election [44] [45]
Turnout: 13,878		 Democratic hold
Majority: 7,365 (53.1%) 		John Binienda Democratic 10,59576.3-21.3
William LeBeau Republican 3,23023.3+23.3
2010 general election [45] [46]
Turnout: 8,082		 Democratic hold
Majority: 7,692 (95.2%) 		John Binienda Democratic 7,88797.6-0.9
All others1952.4
2008 general election [46] [47]
Turnout: 11,813		 Democratic hold
Majority: 11,449 (96.9%) 		John Binienda Democratic 11,63198.5-0.9
All others1821.5
2006 general election [47] [48]
Turnout: 8,309		 Democratic hold
Majority: 8,215 (98.9%) 		John Binienda Democratic 8,26299.4+0.5
All others470.6

Elections results from statewide races

YearOfficeDistrict ResultsStatewide Results
2012 President [49] [50] Obama 63.2 – 34.1% Obama 60.7 – 37.5%
Senator [51] [52] Warren 56.0 – 42.9% Warren 53.7 – 46.2%
2013 Senator [53] [54] Markey 50.1 – 49.0% Markey 54.8 – 44.6%
2014 Governor [55] [56] Baker 46.6 – 45.9% Baker 48.4 – 46.5%
Senator [57] [58] Markey 58.9 – 35.7% Markey 61.9 – 38.0%
2016 President [59] [60] Clinton 57.4 – 33.7% Clinton 60.0 – 32.8%
2018 Governor [61] [62] Baker 64.2 – 33.4% Baker 66.6 – 33.1%
Senator [63] [64] Warren 57.4 – 36.9% Warren 60.3 – 36.2%

See also

Images

Portraits of legislators

References

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  9. ↑ https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/leicestertownworcestercountymassachusetts/PST120218 [ dead link ]
  10. ↑ 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
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  56. ↑ "PD43+ » 2014 Governor General Election".
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