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Map of Massachusetts Senate's Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden district, based on the 2010 United States census.
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Demographics
Population (2012)155,012

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 Paul Mark of Pittsfield has represented the district since 2023.

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Berkshire, 2nd Berkshire, 3rd Berkshire, 4th Berkshire, 1st Franklin, and 1st Hampshire districts.

The district had been used from 1989 through 2003 before it was eliminated in redistricting.

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 –
September 25, 2022 		First elected in 2016.

See also

References

  1. http://factfinder.census.gov/ Archived May 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Paul Mark". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
  3. "Democrat Paul Mark wins race for Berkshire state Senate seat". spectrumnews1.com. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
  4. "Senator Paul W. Mark". malegislature.gov. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
  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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Districts of the Massachusetts General Court
Senate
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Barnstable1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
Berkshire1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
Bristol1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th
Cape and IslandsBarnstable, Dukes and Nantucket
Essex  1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th
Franklin1st, 2nd
Hampden1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Hampshire1st, 2nd, 3rd
Middlesex1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 37th
Norfolk  1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th
Plymouth1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Suffolk1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th
Worcester1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th
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