Cape Cod is a peninsula extending into the Atlantic Ocean from the southeastern corner of Massachusetts,in the northeastern United States. Its historic,maritime character and ample beaches attract heavy tourism during the summer months. The name Cape Cod,coined in 1602 by Bartholomew Gosnold,is the ninth oldest English place-name in the U.S.
Provincetown is a New England town located at the extreme tip of Cape Cod in Barnstable County,Massachusetts,in the United States. A small coastal resort town with a year-round population of 3,664 as of the 2020 United States Census,Provincetown has a summer population as high as 60,000. Often called "P-town" or "Ptown",the locale is known as a vacation destination for its beaches,harbor,artists and tourist industry.
Truro is a town in Barnstable County,Massachusetts,United States,comprising two villages:Truro and North Truro. Located slightly more than 100 miles (160 km) by road from Boston,it is a summer vacation community just south of the northern tip of Cape Cod,in an area known as the "Outer Cape". English colonists named it after Truro in Cornwall,United Kingdom.
The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court,the state legislature of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from 14 counties each divided into single-member electoral districts across the Commonwealth. The House of Representatives convenes at the Massachusetts State House in Boston,the state capital of Massachusetts.
The 2006 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 7,2006. The incumbent Republican governor,Mitt Romney,chose not to seek a second term. Polls had been mixed prior to Romney's announcement,with one poll showing Romney slightly leading Democrat Attorney General Tom Reilly and other polls showing Reilly,who was then the Democratic frontrunner,in the lead.
The 2002 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 5,2002. Incumbent Republican acting governor Jane Swift chose not to seek a full term in office. Republican businessman Mitt Romney defeated Democratic Treasurer Shannon O'Brien.
Elections for the Massachusetts House of Representatives were held on November 7,2006,with all of the 160 seats in the House up for election. The term of Representatives elected is two years,January 2007 until January 2009. The 2006 Massachusetts Senate election occurred on the same day as the House election,along with Federal and Gubernatorial elections.
Shirley Gomes is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1995 to 2007.
Elizabeth A. "Liz" Malia is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A Democrat,she served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from March 1998 to January 2023. She represented the Eleventh Suffolk district,which includes parts of the Boston neighborhoods of Jamaica Plain,Roslindale,Roxbury and Dorchester.
Kate Hogan is an American politician from Stow,Massachusetts. A Democrat,she is a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives representing the 3rd Middlesex district. She was first elected in 2008 and took office on January 7,2009.
Jeffrey Davis Perry is a former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives who represented the 5th Barnstable District from 2003-2011. He was the Republican Party nominee for United States Congress in Massachusetts's 10th congressional district in the 2010 election,losing to Democrat Bill Keating.
Susan Williams Gifford was an American politician who was a Republican member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. She represented the Second Plymouth from 2003 until her death in 2024.
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts were held on Tuesday,November 6,2012,to elect the nine U.S. representatives from the state of Massachusetts,a loss of one seat following the 2010 census,for service in the 113th Congress from January 3,2013,to January 3,2015. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including a quadrennial presidential election. The candidate elected in each of the state's congressional districts was a member the Democratic Party.
Peter J. Durant is an American state legislator and member of the Massachusetts State Senate from the Worcester and Hampshire Senate district.
Ryan C. Fattman is an American politician who currently serves in the Massachusetts State Senate. Previously,Fattman represented the 18th Worcester district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives as a Republican.
Keiko Matsudo Orrall is an American politician,a Republican,she served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the 12th Bristol district,which includes Berkley,Ward 3 –Precinct B and Ward 4 in Taunton,Lakeville,and Precincts 2,4 and 5 of Middleborough. On February 13,2018,she announced that she would not seek reelection and instead run for Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In doing so,she became the first Asian-American woman to seek constitutional office in Massachusetts.
The 2018 Massachusetts gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Republican governor Charlie Baker and lieutenant governor Karyn Polito sought reelection to a second term in office,facing Democratic challengers Jay Gonzalez and Quentin Palfrey,respectively. Candidates were selected in the primary election held on September 4,2018.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Barnstable 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 Barnstable County. Democrat Sarah Peake of Provincetown has represented the district since 2007.
The 193rd Massachusetts General Court is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the state government of Massachusetts,composed of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives. It first convened in Boston at the Massachusetts State House on January 4,2023,on the last day of the governorship of Charlie Baker and is scheduled to continue until January 7,2025,during the first two years of Governor Maura Healey's first term.
The 2024 Massachusetts House of Representatives election was held on Tuesday,November 5,2024,with the primary election held on Tuesday,September 3,2024. Massachusetts voters elected all 160 members of the State House to serve two-year terms in the Massachusetts General Court. The election coincided with United States national elections and Massachusetts state elections,including U.S. Senate,U.S. House,U.S. President,and Massachusetts Senate.
