Massachusetts Senate's Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden district

inlineConstituency of the ; Massachusetts State Senate
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Demographics	93.25%% White ; 2.30%% Black/African American ; 0.21%% Native American ; 1.17%% Asian ; 0.03%% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander ; 0.75%% Other race; 2.29%% Two or more races;
Population (2012)	155,012

Last updated January 17, 2024

Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden is a district of the Massachusetts Senate since 2013. It covers an area of 1,529.5 square miles across the expanse of Berkshire, Hampshire, Hampden and Franklin counties. Democrat Adam Hinds of Pittsfield has represented the district since 2017.^[2] Hinds is running unopposed for re-election in the 2020 Massachusetts general election.^[3]^[4]

List of senators

Senator	Party	Years	Electoral history
Peter C. Webber	Republican	1989 – 1991	Redistricted from the Berkshire district.
Jane Swift	Republican	1991 – 1997	Retired to run for Congress.
Andrea F. Nuciforo Jr.	Democratic	1997 – 2003	Redistricted to the Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin district.
District eliminated in 2003. District restored in 2013.
Benjamin Downing	Democratic	2013 – January 4, 2017	Redistricted from the Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin district.
Adam G. Hinds	Democratic	January 4, 2017 – Present	First elected in 2016.

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References

↑ http://factfinder.census.gov/
↑ "Senator Adam G. Hinds".
↑ "2020 State Primary Candidates", Sec.state.ma.us, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, retrieved August 28, 2020
↑ Zack DeLuca (August 27, 2020), "Area legislators running unopposed in primary", Recorder.com
↑ 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 Senate Districts to State House Districts

External links

"Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin & Hampden District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State Senate district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
League of Women Voters of Williamstown
League of Women Voters of Massachusetts Central Berkshire County Unit
League of Women Voters of Franklin County

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[1] ttp://factfinder.census.gov/

[2] "Senator Adam G. Hinds".

[3] "2020 State Primary Candidates", Sec.state.ma.us, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, retrieved August 28, 2020

[4] Zack DeLuca (August 27, 2020), "Area legislators running unopposed in primary", Recorder.com

[Lower2019-5] 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 Senate Districts to State House Districts

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