Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Plymouth and Bristol district

Map of Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Plymouth and Bristol district, based on the 2010 United States census.

Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Plymouth and Bristol district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate. ^[1] It covers 1.4% of Bristol County and 31.0% of Plymouth County population in 2010. ^{[2] [3]} Democrat Michael Brady of Brockton has represented the district since 2015. ^[4] Candidates running for this district seat in the 2020 Massachusetts general election include Moises Rodrigues. ^{[5] [6]}

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities: ^[3]

• Brockton
• parts of East Bridgewater
• parts of Easton
• Halifax
• Hanover
• Hanson
• Plympton
• Whitman

Senators

• Michael C. Creedon, 1995–1997
• Robert S. Creedon Jr., 1997–2008
• Thomas P. Kennedy, 2009–2015
• Michael D. Brady, 2015-current ^{[4] [7]}

See also

• List of Massachusetts Senate elections
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts Senate
• Bristol County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th
• Plymouth County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th

Images

Portraits of legislators

• 
  Robert S. Creedon Jr.
• 
  Thomas Patrick Kennedy

References

1. "Massachusetts Senatorial Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
2. David Jarman (July 30, 2019), "Counties ↔ legislative district correspondences: MA", How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?, Daily Kos, Counties to State Senate Districts
3. Massachusetts General Court, "An Act Establishing Executive Councillor and Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (2011), retrieved April 18, 2020
4. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: 2nd Plymouth and Bristol district". PD43+. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
5. "2020 State Primary Candidates", Sec.state.ma.us, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, retrieved August 19, 2020
6. Yawu Miller (August 20, 2020), "A challenge in a Charlestown-Chelsea district", Baystatebanner.com
7. "Two-Thirds Of State Legislators Are Unopposed In The General Election", Wbur.org , November 1, 2018, Seven incumbent Democratic senators face opposition

Further reading

• Stephanie Ebbert (August 29, 2020), "Primary challengers, newcomers looking for ticket to Beacon Hill on Tuesday", Boston Globe

External links

• Ballotpedia
• "Second Plymouth & Bristol District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State Senate district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
• Brockton Area NAACP (August 25, 2020), Brockton 2020 Election – Senate Candidate Debate (video)