The Massachusetts House of Representatives 1st Hampshire district or "1st Hampshire" is an electoral district for the Massachusetts House of Representatives. It consists of the municipalities Northampton, Chesterfield, Cummington, Goshen, Hatfield, Plainfield, Westhampton, Williamsburg, and Worthington. Democrat Lindsay Sabadosa of Northampton has represented the district since 2019.
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin and Hampshire district and Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester district.
District history The district has existed in its current form since November 4, 2021, but has existed in name since at least 1970.
Former locales The district previously covered: Southampton and Montgomery, 1970s–2021 Easthampton, circa 1872 Huntington, circa 1872
Representatives William H. Dickinson, circa 1859 William F. Arnold, circa 1859 Calvin Coolidge, circa 1908 (later Governor of Massachusetts, Vice President, and President of the United States) Michael Fitzgerald, circa 1918 William Grant, circa 1920 James O'Dea, circa 1923 Edwin Olander, circa 1935 Jeremiah Lucey, circa 1945 John O'Rourke, circa 1953 Louis Morini, circa 1967 Representative Party Years Edward McColgan Democratic William Nagle Democratic Peter Kocot Democratic Lindsay N. Sabadosa Democratic
Elections Election data comes from Massachusetts Election Statistics.
2018 Candidate Party Votes % Lindsay N. Sabadosa Democratic 18,001 Others 166 Blank 3,628 Total 21,795
2016 Candidate Party Votes % Peter Kocot Democratic 20,145 Others 89 Blank 4,420 Total 24,654
2014 Candidate Party Votes % Peter Kocot Democratic 13,937 Others 68 Blank 3,155 Total 17,160
2012 Candidate Party Votes % Peter Kocot Democratic 19,090 Others 74 Blank 4,442 Total 23,606
2010 Candidate Party Votes % Peter Kocot Democratic 14,284 Others 83 Blank 3,107 Total 17,474
2008 Candidate Party Votes % Peter Kocot Democratic 19,124 Others 94 Blank 4,302 Total 23,520
See also Other Hampshire County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 2nd, 3rd Hampshire County districts of the Massachusett Senate: Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden; 1st Hampden and Hampshire; 2nd Hampden and Hampshire; Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
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League of Women Voters of Northampton Area Amherst League of Women Voters