Massachusetts House of Representatives' 12th Middlesex district

Last updated May 10, 2025

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 12th Middlesex 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 the city of Newton in Middlesex County.^[1]^[2] Democrat Greg Schwartz has represented the district since 2025.

Representatives

Laurin Leland, circa 1858 ^[4]
Nathaniel Dowse, circa 1859 ^[5]
James E. Whitcher, circa 1888 ^[6]
Howard B. White, circa 1920 ^[7]
Earle S. Bagley, circa 1951 ^[8]
Robert A. Manzelli, circa 1975 ^[9]
Ruth B. Balser, 2003-2025^[10]
Greg Schwartz, 2025-Present^[11]

Former locale

The district previously covered Waltham, circa 1872.^[12]

Images

Portraits of legislators

Frank Torrey
Robert Holden
James Kendall
Earle Bagley
Chester Waterous
Felix Perrault
Robert Manzelli
Susan Schur
Kay Khan
Ruth Balser

References

↑ "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
↑ Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
↑ 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
↑ "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
↑ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
↑ Geo. F. Andrews, ed. (October 16, 1888). "Representatives: Middlesex County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
↑ Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review. October 16, 2023.
↑ 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
↑ 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
↑ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 12th Middlesex district". PD43+. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
↑ "Representative Greg Schwartz".
↑ "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.

External links

Ballotpedia
"12th Middlesex District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
League of Women Voters of Newton

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[1] "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 5, 2020.

[Acts2011-2] Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)

[Upper2019-3] 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

[1858Register-4] "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.

[1859manual-5] Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[Gazette1888-6] Geo. F. Andrews, ed. (October 16, 1888). "Representatives: Middlesex County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.

[1920-officials-7] Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review. October 16, 2023.

[officers1951-8] 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.

[1975officers-9] 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.

[elections-10] Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 12th Middlesex district". PD43+. Retrieved May 5, 2020.

[11] "Representative Greg Schwartz".

[Register1872-12] "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.

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v t e Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
194rd General Court (2025–2026) Speaker of the House Ron Mariano (D) Speaker pro tempore Kate Hogan (D) Majority leader Michael Moran (D) Minority leader Bradley Jones Jr. (R)
▌ Chris Flanagan (D, 1st Barnstable) ▌ Kip Diggs (D, 2nd Barn.) ▌ David Vieira (R, 3rd Barn.) ▌ Hadley Luddy (D, 4th Barn.) ▌ Steven Xiarhos (R, 5th Barn.) ▌Thomas Moakley (D, Barn., Dukes, Nan.) ▌ John Barrett (D, 1st Berkshire) ▌ Tricia Farley-Bouvier (D, 2nd Berk.) ▌ Leigh Davis (D, 3rd Berk.) ▌Michael Chaisson (R, 1st Bristol) ▌ Jim Hawkins (D, 2nd Bris.) ▌Vacant (3rd Bris.) ▌ Steve Howitt (R, 4th Bris.) ▌Justin Thurber (R, 5th Bris.) ▌ Carole Fiola (D, 6th Bris.) ▌ Alan Silvia (D, 7th Bris.) ▌Steven J. Ouellette (D, 8th Bris.) ▌ Christopher Markey (D, 9th Bris.) ▌Mark Sylvia (D, 10th Bris.) ▌ Christopher Hendricks (D, 11th Bris.) ▌ Norman Orrall (R, 12th Bris.) ▌ Antonio Cabral (D, 13th Bris.) ▌ Adam Scanlon (D, 14th Bris.) ▌ Dawne Shand (D, 1st Essex) ▌ Kristin Kassner (D, 2nd Ess.) ▌ Andy Vargas (D, 3rd Ess.) ▌ Estela Reyes (D, 4th Ess.) ▌ Ann-Margaret Ferrante (D, 5th Ess.) ▌Vacant (6th Ess.) ▌ Manny Cruz (D, 7th Ess.) ▌ Jenny Armini (D, 8th Ess.) ▌ Donald Wong (R, 9th Ess.) ▌ Daniel Cahill (D, 10th Ess.) ▌Sean Reid (D, 11th Ess.) ▌ Thomas Walsh (D, 12th Ess.) ▌ Sally Kerans (D, 13th Ess.) ▌ Adrianne Ramos (D, 14th Ess.) ▌ Ryan Hamilton (D, 15th Ess.) ▌ Francisco E. Paulino (D, 16th Ess.) ▌ Frank A. Moran (D, 17th Ess.) ▌ Tram Nguyen (D, 18th Ess.) ▌ Natalie Blais (D, 1st Frnk.) ▌ Susannah Whipps (I, 2nd Frnk.) ▌ Todd Smola (R, 1st Hpdn.) ▌ Brian Ashe (D, 2nd Hpdn.) ▌ Nicholas Boldyga (R, 3rd Hpdn.) ▌ Kelly Pease (R, 4th Hpdn.) ▌ Patricia Duffy (D, 5th Hpdn.) ▌ Michael Finn (D, 6th Hpdn.) ▌ Aaron Saunders (D, 7th Hpdn.) ▌ Shirley Arriaga (D, 8th Hpdn.) ▌ Orlando Ramos (D, 9th Hpdn.) ▌ Carlos Gonzalez (D, 10th Hpdn.) ▌ Bud Williams (D, 11th Hpdn.) ▌ Angelo Puppolo (D, 12th Hpdn.) ▌ Lindsay Sabadosa (D, 1st Hampshire) ▌Homar Gomez (D, 2nd Hpsh.) ▌ Mindy Domb (D, 3rd Hpsh.) ▌ Margaret Scarsdale (D, 1st Middlesex) ▌ James Arciero (D, 2nd Mid.) ▌ Kate Hogan (D, 3rd Mid.) ▌ Danielle Gregoire (D, 4th Mid.) ▌ David Linsky (D, 5th Mid.) ▌ Priscila Sousa (D, 6th Mid.) ▌ Jack Lewis (D, 7th Mid.) ▌ James Arena-DeRosa (D, 8th Mid.) ▌ Thomas M. Stanley (D, 9th Mid.) ▌ John J. Lawn (D, 10th Mid.) ▌ Mah Sangiolo (D, 11th Mid.) ▌ Greg Schwartz (D, 12th Mid.) ▌ Carmine Gentile (D, 13th Mid.) ▌ Simon Cataldo (D, 14th Mid.) ▌ Michelle Ciccolo (D, 15th Mid.) ▌ Rodney Elliott (D, 16th Mid.) ▌ Vanna Howard (D, 17th Mid.) ▌Tara Hong (D, 18th Mid.) ▌ Dave Robertson (D, 19th Mid.) ▌ Bradley Jones Jr. (R, 20th Mid.) ▌ Kenneth Gordon (D, 21st Mid.) ▌ Marc Lombardo (R, 22nd Mid.) ▌ Sean Garballey (D, 23rd Mid.) ▌ Dave Rogers (D, 24th Mid.) ▌ Marjorie Decker (D, 25th Mid.) ▌ Michael Connolly (D, 26th Mid.) ▌ Erika Uyterhoeven (D, 27th Mid.) ▌ Joe McGonagle (D, 28th Mid.) ▌ Steven Owens (D, 29th Mid.) ▌ Richard Haggerty (D, 30th Mid.) ▌ Michael Day (D, 31st Mid.) ▌ Kate Lipper-Garabedian (D, 32nd Mid.) ▌ Steven Ultrino (D, 33rd Mid.) ▌ Christine Barber (D, 34th Mid.) ▌ Paul Donato (D, 35th Mid.) ▌ Colleen Garry (D, 36th Mid.) ▌ Dan Sena (D, 37th Mid.) ▌ Bruce Ayers (D, 1st Norfolk) ▌ Tackey Chan (D, 2nd Norf.) ▌ Ron Mariano (D, 3rd Norf.) ▌ James M. Murphy (D, 4th Norf.) ▌ Mark Cusack (D, 5th Norf.) ▌ William C. Galvin (D, 6th Norf.) ▌Richard Wells (D, 7th Norf.) ▌ Ted Philips (D, 8th Norf.) ▌ Marcus Vaughn (R, 9th Norf.) ▌ Jeffrey Roy (D, 10th Norf.) ▌ Paul McMurtry (D, 11th Norf.) ▌ John H. Rogers (D, 12th Norf.) ▌ Joshua Tarsky (D, 13th Norf.) ▌ Alice Peisch (D, 14th Norf.) ▌ Tommy Vitolo (D, 15th Norf.) ▌Michelle Badger (D, 1st Plymouth) ▌ John Gaskey (2nd Plym.) ▌ Joan Meschino (D, 3rd Plym.) ▌ Patrick J. Kearney (D, 4th Plym.) ▌ David DeCoste (R, 5th Plym.) ▌ Kenneth Sweezey (6th Plym.) ▌ Alyson Sullivan (R, 7th Plym.) ▌Dennis Gallagher (D, 8th Plym.) ▌Bridget Plouffe (D, 9th Plym.) ▌ Michelle DuBois (D, 10th Plym.) ▌ Rita Mendes (D, 11th Plym.) ▌ Kathleen LaNatra (D, 12th Plym.) ▌ Adrian Madaro (D, 1st Suffolk) ▌ Daniel Joseph Ryan (D, 2nd Suff.) ▌ Aaron Michlewitz (D, 3rd Suff.) ▌ David Biele (D, 4th Suff.) ▌ Christopher Worrell (D, 5th Suff.) ▌ Russell Holmes (D, 6th Suff.) ▌ Chynah Tyler (D, 7th Suff.) ▌ Jay Livingstone (D, 8th Suff.) ▌ John F. Moran (D, 9th Suff.) ▌ Bill MacGregor (D, 10th Suff.) ▌ Judith García (D, 11th Suff.) ▌ Brandy Fluker Oakley (D, 12th Suff.) ▌ Daniel J. Hunt (D, 13th Suff.) ▌ Robert Consalvo (D, 14th Suff.) ▌ Sam Montaño (D, 15th Suff.) ▌ Jessica Giannino (D, 16th Suff.) ▌ Kevin Honan (D, 17th Suff.) ▌ Michael Moran (D, 18th Suff.) ▌ Jeff Turco (D, 19th Suff.) ▌ Kimberly Ferguson (R, 1st Worcester) ▌ Jonathan Zlotnik (D, 2nd Wor.) ▌ Mike Kushmerek (D, 3rd Wor.) ▌ Natalie Higgins (D, 4th Wor.) ▌ Donnie Berthiaume (R, 5th Wor.) ▌ John Marsi (R, 6th Wor.) ▌ Paul Frost (R, 7th Wor.) ▌ Michael Soter (R, 8th Wor.) ▌ David Muradian (R, 9th Wor.) ▌ Brian Murray (D, 10th Wor.) ▌ Hannah Kane (R, 11th Wor.) ▌ Meghan Kilcoyne (D, 12th Wor.) ▌ John J. Mahoney (D, 13th Wor.) ▌ Jim O'Day (D, 14th Wor.) ▌ Mary Keefe (D, 15th Wor.) ▌ Dan Donahue (D, 16th Wor.) ▌ David LeBoeuf (D, 17th Wor.) ▌ Joseph D. McKenna (R, 18th Wor.) ▌ Kate Donaghue (D, 19th Wor.)
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