Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Hampden district

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Hampden district, based on the 2010 United States census.

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Hampden district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers the city of Holyoke in Hampden County.^[1][2] Democrat Aaron Vega of Holyoke has represented the district since 2013.^[3] Candidates for this district seat in the 2020 Massachusetts general election include Patrick Beaudry^[4] and Patricia Duffy.^[5][6]

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Hampden and Hampshire district.^[7]

Representatives

• Henry Vose, circa 1858 ^[8]
• Philo F. Wilcox, circa 1859 ^[9]
• George W. Gibson, circa 1888 ^[10]
• Joseph E. King, circa 1920 ^[11]
• John G. Curley, circa 1951 ^[12]
• John Pierce Lynch, circa 1951 ^[12]
• Peter A. Velis, circa 1975 ^[13]
• Robert Rohan
• Evelyn Chesky
• Michael F. Kane
• Aaron Vega, 2013-current^[3]

Former locale

The district previously covered part of Springfield, circa 1872.^[14]

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Hampden County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
• Hampden County districts of the Massachusett Senate: Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden; Hampden; 1st Hampden and Hampshire; 2nd Hampden and Hampshire
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Images

• 
  Daniel Morgan
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  Frank Kemp
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  William Foster
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  Arthur Littlefield
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  Philip Markley
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  Thomas O'Connor
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  William Christopher Sullivan
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  James Bowler
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  Peter Velis
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  Robert Rohan
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  Evelyn Chesky
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  Michael Kane

References

1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
2. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
3. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 5th Hampden district". PD43+. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
4. "Patrick Beaudry of Holyoke announces run for 5th Hampden District seat", Masslive.com, January 30, 2020
5. "Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus Political Action Committee Endorsed Candidates", Mwpc.org, retrieved August 5, 2020
6. "2020 State Primary Candidates", Sec.state.ma.us, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, retrieved August 5, 2020
7. 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 House Districts to State Senate Districts
8. "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
9. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
10. Geo. F. Andrews, ed. (October 17, 1888). "Representatives: Hampden County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
11. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review. October 17, 2023.
12. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
13. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
14. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.

Further reading

• "Candidates tout experience in three-way Dem primary in 5th Hampden District", Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, MA: H.S. Gere & Sons, Inc., August 8, 2020
• "Massachusetts primary election: 5th Hampden District candidates David Bartley, Patrick Beaudry and Patricia Duffy on the issues", Masslive.com, August 14, 2020
• "Candidates for Holyoke state rep. seat debate Soldiers' Home, schools", Masslive.com, August 20, 2020
• Chris Lisinski (August 31, 2020), "Voters Likely Picking 7 New Mass. House Members In State Primary", Wbur.org
• Katie Lannan; Chris Lisinski (September 2, 2020), "Sen. Welch, Rep. Nangle lose state legislative seats", Boston Globe, Challengers defeated incumbents in key Democratic primaries, reshaping Beacon Hill

External links

• Ballotpedia. Massachusetts House of Representatives Fifth Hampden District
• "5th Hampden District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).