Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Middlesex district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers parts of Middlesex County and Worcester County. The district has been represented by Democrat James Arena-DeRosa since 2022.
Towns represented This district boundary overlaps those of the Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Middlesex and Norfolk district and its Middlesex and Worcester district.
The new boundaries, drawn from 2020 census data, include:
Holliston Hopkinton Sherborn part of Millis
Former locale The district previously covered part of Cambridge, circa 1872.
After the 2010 census the district contained the following localities: Holliston Hopkinton Southborough one precinct of Westborough
Representatives Sedgwick L. Plumer, circa 1858 Edward J. Collins, circa 1858–1859 Thomas Rice, Jr, circa 1859 Theodore P. Dresser, circa 1888 James F. Leland, circa 1920 James Alan Hodder, circa 1951 William I. Randall, circa 1951 Mary Fantasia, circa 1975 Andrew Natsios, 1975–1987 Barbara A. Gardner, 1987–2001 Paul Loscocco, 2001–2009 Carolyn Dykema, 2009–2022 James Arena-DeRosa, 2022–present
See also List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections List of Massachusetts General Courts List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Other Middlesex County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 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
Images Portraits of legislators
References
External links Ballotpedia (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).