Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Norfolk 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 Bristol County and Norfolk County. Democrat Lou Kafka of Stoughton represented the district from 1991 to 2020. Since January 2021, the district has been represented by Ted Philips of Sharon.
Towns represented The district includes the following localities: part of Mansfield Sharon part of Stoughton part of Walpole
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's Bristol and Norfolk district and Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth district.
Former locales The district previously covered: Norwood, circa 1927 Weymouth, circa 1872
Representatives Lot W. Bicknell, circa 1858 Nathaniel Shaw, circa 1858 Elias S. Beals, circa 1859 Daniel Lovell, circa 1859 Charles W. Seavey, circa 1888 Elijah Baron Stowe, circa 1888 Frederic W. Kingman, circa 1920 Frank D. McCarthy, circa 1951 Andrew H. Card, Jr., circa 1975 William Richard Keating, 1979–1985 Marjorie Clapprood, 1985–1991 Louis L. Kafka, 1991-2020 Ted Philips, 2020–present
See also List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections Other Norfolk County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th List of Massachusetts General Courts List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
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External links Ballotpedia (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey). League of Women Voters of Sharon-Stoughton League of Women Voters of Westwood-Walpole-Dedham