Massachusetts Senate's 1st Middlesex district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate. It covers portions of Middlesex county. State Representative Vanna Howard was elected to this seat on March 3, 2026 to fill the vacancy left by the death of previous Senator Ed Kennedy.
Locales represented
The district includes the following localities: Dunstable Dracut Lowell Pepperell Tyngsborough
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Middlesex, 16th Middlesex, 17th Middlesex, 18th Middlesex, and 36th Middlesex districts.
Former locale The district previously covered Charlestown, circa 1860s.
Senators E.L. Norton, circa 1859 Andrew J. Bailey, circa 1874 James Vahey James MacPherson Abbott Rice Arthur W. Hollis, circa 1935 Joseph F. Montminy, circa 1945 Paul Achin, circa 1953 Edward Joseph DeSaulnier, Jr., circa 1957 John Edward Harrington, Jr., circa 1969 Bernard Joseph Tully, circa 1979 Philip Shea, circa 1983 Paul J. Sheehy, circa 1985 Nancy Achin Sullivan, circa 1991 Daniel P. Leahy, circa 1993 Steven C. Panagiotakos, circa 2002 Eileen Donoghue Edward J. Kennedy, 2019–2025 Vanna Howard, March 18, 2026–present
Images Portraits of legislators
See also List of Massachusetts Senate elections List of Massachusetts General Courts List of former districts of the Massachusetts Senate Other Middlesex County districts of the Massachusett Senate: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th; 1st Essex and Middlesex; 2nd Essex and Middlesex; 1st Middlesex and Norfolk, 2nd Middlesex and Norfolk; Middlesex and Suffolk; Middlesex and Worcester; Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex; 1st Suffolk and Middlesex; 2nd Suffolk and Middlesex Middlesex County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 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
References
Further reading
External links Ballotpedia (State Senate district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
League of Women Voters of Westford