Worcester is the second largest city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the 114th most-populous city in the United States. Named after Worcester,England,the city's population was 206,518 at the 2020 census,also making it the second-most populous city in New England after Boston. Worcester is approximately 40 miles (64 km) west of Boston,50 miles (80 km) east of Springfield and 40 miles (64 km) north-northwest of Providence. Due to its location near the geographic center of Massachusetts,Worcester is known as the "Heart of the Commonwealth";a heart is the official symbol of the city. Worcester is the historical seat of Worcester County in central Massachusetts.
Leominster is a city in Worcester County,Massachusetts,United States. It is the second-largest city in Worcester County,with a population of 43,782 at the 2020 census. Leominster is located north of Worcester and northwest of Boston. Both Route 2 and Route 12 pass through Leominster. Interstate 190,Route 13,and Route 117 all have starting/ending points in Leominster. Leominster is bounded by Fitchburg and Lunenburg to the north,Lancaster to the east,Sterling and Princeton to the south,and Westminster to the west.
Raymond Leo Flynn is an American politician who served as the mayor of Boston,Massachusetts,from 1984 until 1993. He also served as United States Ambassador to the Holy See from 1993 to 1997.
Arthur Christ Agnos is an American politician. He served as the 39th mayor of San Francisco,California from 1988 to 1992 and as the Regional Head of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development from 1993 to 2001.
Peter I. Blute is a former American politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives. He served two terms,between January 3,1993,and January 3,1997,representing Massachusetts' 3rd congressional district. As of 2023,Blute and colleague Peter G. Torkildsen remain the last Republicans elected to serve in the United States House delegation from Massachusetts.
Timothy Patrick Murray is an American lawyer and member of the Democratic Party who served as the 71st lieutenant governor of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2013,when he resigned to become the head of the Worcester Chamber of Commerce. Murray had previously served as a member of Worcester City Council from 1998 to 2007 and as the mayor of Worcester from 2002 to 2007.
Raj Mukherji is a State Assemblyman in the New Jersey Legislature,who was first elected in 2013 and represents the 33rd Legislative District. Since 2022,he serves in the Assembly as Deputy Speaker and formerly served as Majority Whip of the New Jersey General Assembly. He is also a lawyer,former healthcare and information technology CEO,former Deputy Mayor of Jersey City,former municipal prosecutor,and political science professor. Mukherji was reelected in 2015,2017,2019,and 2021,most recently by a 4-to-1 margin. In February 2022,following the adoption of a new 10-year legislative map by the New Jersey Legislative Apportionment Commission,Mukherji announced his candidacy for an open seat in the New Jersey Senate in a reconfigured 32nd Legislative District and was rapidly endorsed by local and statewide officials such as New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop. He is a former U.S. Marine Corps sergeant who enlisted two weeks following the September 11th terrorist attacks. Mukherji serves as Chairman of the Assembly Judiciary Committee and Vice Chairman of the Assembly Appropriations Committee. He previously served as Vice Chair of the Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee.
Konstantina Bequary "Konnie" Lukes is an American politician who served fifteen two-year terms as a Councilor-At-Large in the city of Worcester,Massachusetts. She also served as the city's mayor from 2007 to 2009.
James Bradley Eldridge is an American politician and lawyer. He serves as a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate from the Middlesex and Worcester District. Eldridge previously served three terms in the Massachusetts House of Representatives,where he sat on the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business,the Joint Committee on Election Laws,and the Joint Committee on Public Service.
Jordan Levy is an American Independent politician and talk radio host from Worcester,Massachusetts. He served as the Mayor of Worcester on two occasions,first from 1981 to 1982 and the second time from 1988 to 1993. He is the host of The Jordan Levy Show on WTAG (580-AM) from 3–6 PM on weekdays.
Temple Emanuel Sinai is a medium-sized Reform (progressive) Jewish synagogue located in Worcester,Massachusetts,New England's second largest city.
Bradley H. Jones Jr. is a Republican member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives since January 1995. He has also been the minority leader of the House since 2003. Jones represents the 20th Middlesex district,which includes Lynnfield,parts of Middleton,North Reading and parts of Reading.
Harriette L. Chandler is an American politician who was the 94th President of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts State Senator for the 1st Worcester district,which includes parts of the city of Worcester,where she resides,and the towns of Boylston,Holden,Princeton,and West Boylston,and parts of Clinton and Northborough. She is a Democrat who has served since January 2001. From 1995 to 2001 she was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Prior to serving in the Massachusetts legislature,she was a member of the Worcester school committee from 1991 to 1994. She is the first woman from Worcester ever to be elected to the Massachusetts Senate.
Arthur E. Chase was an American businessman and politician who represented the Worcester District in the Massachusetts Senate from 1991 to 1995. He co-founded the Central Massachusetts Legislative Caucus. In 1991 he designed the Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science at WPI and in 1992 sponsored legislation to create it. He was the Republican nominee for Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1994,but lost in the general election to William F. Galvin.
Joseph C. O'Brien is an American politician and community organizer. He previously served as an at-large member of the Worcester,Massachusetts City Council and served as Mayor of Worcester,Massachusetts from 2010 to 2012.
Daniel Anthony Grabauskas is an American transportation executive and government figure,who is the former executive director and CEO of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART) and former general manager of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA).
Joseph C. Casdin was a three-term mayor of Worcester,Massachusetts,and the city's first Jewish mayor.
Kevin O'Sullivan is an American non-profit executive and politician who served as president and CEO of Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives from 2003 to 2018 and represented the 13th Worcester District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1987 to 1995.
Elections are held every two years to elect the mayor of Worcester,Massachusetts.
Thu Nguyen is a Vietnamese-born American politician and community organizer who is a member of the Worcester City Council,serving since 2022. Nguyen is the first openly non-binary candidate elected to public office in Massachusetts history.
