Massachusetts Senate's Cape and Islands district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate.[1] It covers 66.7% of Barnstable County, all of Dukes County, and all of Nantucket County population in 2010.[2][3] Democrat Julian Cyr of Truro has represented the district since 2017.[4] He is running unopposed for re-election in the 2020 Massachusetts general election.[5][6]
Towns represented
editThe district includes the following localities:[3]
- Aquinnah
- Barnstable
- Brewster
- Chatham
- Chilmark
- Dennis
- Eastham
- Edgartown
- Gosnold
- Harwich
- Mashpee
- Nantucket
- Oak Bluffs
- Orleans
- Provincetown
- Tisbury
- Truro
- Wellfleet
- West Tisbury
- Yarmouth
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Barnstable, 2nd Barnstable, 3rd Barnstable, 4th Barnstable, 5th Barnstable, and Barnstable, Dukes & Nantucket districts.[7]
List of senators
edit| Senator | Party | Years | Electoral history |
|---|---|---|---|
 Jack Aylmer[8] |
Republican | 1971 – 1981 |
Elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Resigned to become President of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. |
 Paul V. Doane[9] |
Republican | 1981 – 1989 |
Elected in 1981. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. |
 Henri S. Rauschenbach[10] |
Republican | 1989 – January 3, 2001 |
Elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. |
 Robert O'Leary[11] |
Democratic | January 3, 2001 – January 5, 2011 |
Elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Ran for U.S. House in 2010. |
 Dan Wolf |
Democratic | January 5, 2011 – January 4, 2017 |
Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Retired. |
 Julian Cyr[4][12] |
Democratic | January 4, 2017– |
Elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Massachusetts Senatorial Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
- ^ David Jarman (July 30, 2019), "Counties ↔ legislative district correspondences: MA", How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?, Daily Kos,
Counties to State Senate Districts
- ^ a b "An Act Establishing Executive Councillor and Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (2011), retrieved April 18, 2020
- ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: Cape and Islands district". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
- ^ "2020 State Primary Candidates", Sec.state.ma.us, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, retrieved August 11, 2020
- ^ "State Distributes Mail-In Ballots As Primary Nears", CapeNews.net, Falmouth, MA: Enterprise Newspapers, August 7, 2020
- ^ 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
- ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1979.
- ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1985.
- ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1993.
- ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: 2002". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
- ^ "Two-Thirds Of State Legislators Are Unopposed In The General Election", Wbur.org, November 1, 2018,
Seven incumbent Democratic senators face opposition
External links
edit- Ballotpedia
- "Cape & Islands District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State Senate district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
- "Cape and Islands District", Senatorcyr.com, archived from the original on May 14, 2020
- League of Women Voters of the Cape Cod Area
- League of Women Voters Martha’s Vineyard
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