Massachusetts Senate's 3rd Essex district

Massachusetts Senate's 3rd Essex district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate.[1] It covers portions of Essex county.[2] Democrat Brendan Crighton of Lynn has represented the district since 2018.[3]

Map of Massachusetts Senate's 3rd Essex district, based on the 2010 United States census.

Locales represented

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The district includes the following localities:[2]

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Essex, 9th Essex, 10th Essex, 11th Essex, 20th Middlesex, and 16th Suffolk districts.[4]

Former locales

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Map of the 1876 apportionment of the 3rd Essex senatorial district

The district previously covered the following:

Senators

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  • George L. Davis, circa 1859 [6]
  • Horace C. Bacon, circa 1874
  • James Shaw
  • Charles Donnell Brown
  • John Stoddart
  • Cornelius F. Haley, circa 1935-1945 [7][8]
Senator Party Years Legis. Electoral history District towns
 
Philip A. Graham[9]
Republican 1951 –
1967
157th
158th
159th
160th
161st
162nd
163rd
164th
Elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
 
William L. Saltonstall[10]
Republican 1967 –
1975
165th
166th
167th
168th
Elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Redistricted to 1st Essex and Middlesex district.
 
James Rurak
Democratic 1975 –
1977
169th Redistricted from 4th Essex district.
Elected in 1974.
Lost Democratic primary in 1976.
 
Sharon Pollard[11]
Democratic 1977 –
1983
170th
171st
172nd
173rd
Elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Resigned to become Massachusetts Secretary of Energy.
 
Nicholas J. Costello[12]
Democratic 1983 –
1991
173rd
174th
175th
176th
Elected in 1983 special election.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
 
James Jajuga
Democratic 1991 –
2001
177th
178th
179th
180th
181st
182nd
Elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Resigned to become Massachusetts Secretary of Public Safety.
 
Steven Baddour
Democratic 2002 –
2003
182nd Elected in 2001 special election.
Redistricted to 1st Essex district.
District eliminated in 2003.
District restored in 2013.
 
Thomas M. McGee
Democratic January 2003 –
2018
188th
189th
190th
Redistricted from 3rd Essex and Middlesex district.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Resigned to become Mayor of Lynn.
 
2013–23: Lynn, Lynnfield, Marblehead,
Nahant, Saugus, and Swampscott
 
Brendan Crighton[3]
Democratic March 7, 2018–
190th
191st
192nd
Elected in 2018 special election.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.

Images

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Portraits of legislators

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Massachusetts Senatorial Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "An Act Establishing Executive Councillor and Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (2011), retrieved April 16, 2020
  3. ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: 3rd Essex district". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ a b c d e f Massachusetts General Court (October 17, 1866), "1866 Chap. 0120. An Act To Divide The Commonwealth Into Forty Districts For The Choice Of Senators", Acts and Resolves, hdl:2452/100042 – via State Library of Massachusetts
  6. ^ General Court, Massachusetts (1859). Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston – via Google Books.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ^ Public Officials of Massachusetts. 1935.
  8. ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1945.
  9. ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1957.
  10. ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1969.
  11. ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1979.
  12. ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1985.
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