Massachusetts's 17th Worcester House district

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 17th Worcester district, 2013. Based on the 2010 United States census.

The 17th Worcester district is one of 160 state legislative districts for the Massachusetts House of Representatives. It is located in Central Massachusetts.

Democrat David LeBoeuf of Worcester has represented the district since 2019. ^[1] He is running for reelection in the 2020 Massachusetts general election. ^{[2] [3]}

District profile

As of the last redistricting in 2011, ^[4] the district encompasses all of the town of Leicester, including the villages of Cherry Valley and Rochdale, and the southwestern portion of the city of Worcester, including the neighborhoods of Main South and Webster Square. ^[5] It has maintained these boundaries since 1995. ^{[6] [7]}

Leicester is a small town and developing suburb. ^[8] It contains the Leicester campus of Becker College and is over 90 percent non-Hispanic white ^[9] The Worcester portion of the district is an urban section of New England's second largest city. It contains Clark University and has significant Latino, Asian, and Black communities.

• Leicester
• Worcester's Ward 7; and Worcester's Ward 8: Precincts 2, 3, and 4

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Worcester and 2nd Worcester districts. ^[10]

Former locations

• c. 1872: Auburn, Charlton, Southbridge, and Spencer ^[11]

List of members representing the district

• Gilbert C. Taft, circa 1859 ^[12]
• Alfred S. Pinkerton, circa 1888 ^[13]
• Michael J. Fitzgerald, circa 1920 ^[14]

General Court	Representative	Party		Term	District location
145th	G. Adolph Johnson		Republican	January 5, 1927 – 1928 [15]	Worcester's Ward 6 [16]
146th	Victor Rolander		Republican	January 2, 1929 – October 10, 1935 [16] [17]
147th
148th
149th	Axel Sternlof		Republican	December 11, 1935 – 1937 [18]
150th	Gustaf Carlson		Republican	January 6, 1937 – 1941 [19]
151st
152nd	Sven Erickson		Republican	January 1, 1941 – 1947 [20]	Worcester's Ward 2 [20]
153rd
154th
155th	Stanley Johnson		Republican	January 1, 1947 – 1949 [21]
156th	Joseph Aspero		Democratic	January 5, 1949 – 1953 [22]	Worcester's Ward 3 [22]
157th
158th	Domenic DePari		Democratic	January 7, 1953 – 1961 [23]
159th
160th
161st
162nd	Leo Turo		Democratic	January 4, 1961 – 1965 [24]
163rd
164th	Robert Bohigian		Democratic	January 6, 1965 – January 1, 1975 [25]	Worcester's Ward 2 and Ward 3 [26] [25]
165th
166th
167th
168th
169th	Robert Reynolds		Republican	January 1, 1975 – 1977 [27]	Berlin, Bolton, Boxborough, Harvard, Lancaster, and Northborough [28] [27] [29]
170th	Walter Bickford		Democratic	January 5, 1977 – 1979 [30]
171st	Robert McNeil		Democratic	January 3, 1979 – 1985 [31]	Leicester; Worcester's Ward 7; and Worcester's Ward 8: Precincts 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7 [32] [31] [33]
172nd
173rd
174th	William Donovan		Democratic	January 2, 1985 – 1987 [34]
175th	John Binienda		Democratic	January 7, 1987 – 1989 [35]
176th				January 4, 1989 – 1995 [36]	Leicester; Worcester's Ward 7; and Worcester's Ward 8: Precincts 2, 5, 6, 7, and 8 [37] [38]
177th
178th
179th				January 4, 1995 – August 22, 2014 [39]	Leicester; Worcester's Ward 7; and Worcester's Ward 8: Precincts 2, 3, and 4
180th
181st
182nd
183rd
184th
185th
186th
187th
188th
189th	Kate Campanale		Republican	January 7, 2015 – January 2, 2019 [40]
190th
191st	David LeBoeuf		Democratic	January 9, 2019 – Present

Electoral history

Election	Political result		Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
2018 general election [41] [42] Campanale did not seek re-election to run for Worcester Register of Deeds Turnout: 11,487		Democratic gain from Republican Majority: 2,146 (18.7%) Swing: 13.7% from Republican to D		David LeBoeuf	Democratic	6,808	59.3	+14
				Paul Fullen	Republican	4,662	40.6	−13.8
2016 general election [42] [43] Turnout: 14,713		Republican hold Majority: 1,340 (9.1%)		Kate Campanale	Republican	8,011	54.4	+4.2
				Moses Dixon	Democratic	6,671	45.3	−4.4
2014 general election [43] [44] Binienda did not seek re-election and planned to retire (but died in August) Turnout: 9,344		Republican gain from Democratic Majority: 43 (0.5%) Swing: 26.5% from D to Republican		Kate Campanale	Republican	4,688	50.2	+26.9
				Doug Belanger	Democratic	4,645	49.7	−26.6
2012 general election [44] [45] Turnout: 13,878		Democratic hold Majority: 7,365 (53.1%)		John Binienda	Democratic	10,595	76.3	-21.3
				William LeBeau	Republican	3,230	23.3	+23.3
2010 general election [45] [46] Turnout: 8,082		Democratic hold Majority: 7,692 (95.2%)		John Binienda	Democratic	7,887	97.6	-0.9
				All others		195	2.4
2008 general election [46] [47] Turnout: 11,813		Democratic hold Majority: 11,449 (96.9%)		John Binienda	Democratic	11,631	98.5	-0.9
				All others		182	1.5
2006 general election [47] [48] Turnout: 8,309		Democratic hold Majority: 8,215 (98.9%)		John Binienda	Democratic	8,262	99.4	+0.5
				All others		47	0.6

Elections results from statewide races

Year	Office	District Results	Statewide Results
2012	President [49] [50]	Obama 63.2 – 34.1%	Obama 60.7 – 37.5%
	Senator [51] [52]	Warren 56.0 – 42.9%	Warren 53.7 – 46.2%
2013	Senator [53] [54]	Markey 50.1 – 49.0%	Markey 54.8 – 44.6%
2014	Governor [55] [56]	Baker 46.6 – 45.9%	Baker 48.4 – 46.5%
	Senator [57] [58]	Markey 58.9 – 35.7%	Markey 61.9 – 38.0%
2016	President [59] [60]	Clinton 57.4 – 33.7%	Clinton 60.0 – 32.8%
2018	Governor [61] [62]	Baker 64.2 – 33.4%	Baker 66.6 – 33.1%
	Senator [63] [64]	Warren 57.4 – 36.9%	Warren 60.3 – 36.2%

See also

• Massachusetts General Court
• Massachusetts House of Representatives
• Other Worcester County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 18th
• Worcester County districts of the Massachusett Senate: 1st, 2nd; Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester; Middlesex and Worcester; Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex; Worcester and Middlesex; Worcester and Norfolk
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Images

Portraits of legislators

• 
  John H. Thompson
• 
  Francis McKeon
• 
  George Foley
• 
  Victor Rolander
• 
  Sven Erickson
• 
  Domenic Victor DePari
• 
  Andrew Collaro
• 
  Robert Bohigian
• 
  Robert Reynolds
• 
  Walter Bickford
• 
  Robert McNeil
• 
  John Binienda

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48. "PD43+ » 2004 State Representative General Election 17th Worcester District".
49. "PD43+ » 2012 President General Election Statewide (Showing only Worcester County)".
50. "PD43+ » 2012 President General Election".
51. "PD43+ » 2012 U.S. Senate General Election Statewide (Showing only Worcester County)".
52. "PD43+ » 2012 U.S. Senate General Election".
53. "PD43+ » 2013 U.S. Senate Special General Election Statewide (Showing only Worcester County)".
54. "PD43+ » 2013 U.S. Senate Special General Election".
55. "PD43+ » 2014 Governor General Election Statewide (Showing only Worcester County)".
56. "PD43+ » 2014 Governor General Election".
57. "PD43+ » 2014 U.S. Senate General Election Statewide (Showing only Worcester County)".
58. "PD43+ » 2014 U.S. Senate General Election".
59. "PD43+ » 2016 President General Election Statewide (Showing only Worcester County)".
60. "PD43+ » 2016 President General Election".
61. "PD43+ » 2018 Governor General Election Statewide (Showing only Worcester County)".
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External links

• League of Women Voters of the Worcester Area