Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Hampshire district

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Hampshire district, 2013. Based on the 2010 United States census.

The Massachusetts House of Representatives 2nd Hampshire District or "2nd Hampshire" is an electoral district for the Massachusetts House of Representatives. It consists of the towns of South Hadley, Easthampton, Hadley and precinct 2 of Granby. ^[1] Democrat Dan Carey of Easthampton has represented the district since 2019.

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Hampden and Hampshire district, 2nd Hampden and Hampshire district, and Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester district. ^[2]

District History

The district has existed in its current form since 2011, ^[3] but has existed in name since at least 1970. ^[4]

Former locales

The district previously covered:

• Chesterfield, circa 1872, 1927 ^{[5] [6]}
• Cummington, circa 1872, 1927 ^{[5] [6]}
• Goshen, circa 1872, 1927 ^{[5] [6]}
• Huntington, circa 1927 ^[6]
• Middlefield, circa 1872, 1927 ^{[5] [6]}
• Plainfield, circa 1872, 1927 ^{[5] [6]}
• Southampton, circa 1927 ^[6]
• Westhampton, circa 1927 ^[6]
• Williamsburg, circa 1927 ^[6]
• Worthington, circa 1872, 1927 ^{[5] [6]}

Representatives

• Albert D. Sanders, circa 1859 ^[7]
• Frank E. Lyman, 1915–1922 ^[8]

Representative	Party	Years
James Nolen	Democratic	1971 to 1973
James Collins	Democratic	1973 to 1975
William Carey	Democratic	1975 to 1987
Shannon O'Brien	Democratic	1987 to 1993
Nancy Flavin	Democratic	1993 to 2003
John Scibak [9]	Democratic	2003

Elections

Election data comes from Massachusetts Election Statistics.

2016

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
John Scibak	Democratic	19,023	99.3%
Others		138	0.7%
Blank		5,056
Total		24,217	100%

2014

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
John Scibak	Democratic	12,249	99.1%
Others		115	0.9%
Blank		3,735
Total		16,099	100%

2012

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
John Scibak	Democratic	17,881	99.3%
Others		121	0.7%
Blank		4,786
Total		22,788	100%

2010

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
John Scibak	Democratic	11,756	99%
Others		118	1%
Blank		3,168
Total		15,042	100%

2008

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
John Scibak	Democratic	16,628	99.7%
Others		43	0.3%
Blank		4,471
Total		21,142	100%

See also

• Other Hampshire County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 3rd
• Hampshire County districts of the Massachusett Senate: Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden; 1st Hampden and Hampshire; 2nd Hampden and Hampshire; Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Images

Portraits of legislators

• 
  John Bryan
• 
  Frederick Judd
• 
  Michael O'Brien
• 
  George Barrus
• 
  Charles Bisbee
• 
  Donald Madsen
• 
  William Carey
• 
  Nancy Flavin
• 
  John Scibak
• 
  Shannon O'Brien

References

1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts" . Retrieved August 6, 2018.
2. 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
3. Commonwealth of Massachusetts House Legislative Districts (Map). 2011. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
4. "Massachusetts Election Statistics" . Retrieved August 6, 2018.
5. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
6. "Representative Districts". Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A Manual for the Use of the General Court for 1927-1928. Boston. pp. 196–206.
7. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
8. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
9. "Two-Thirds Of State Legislators Are Unopposed In The General Election", Wbur.org , November 1, 2018, Vacancies in the House

External links

• Amherst League of Women Voters