Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Middlesex district
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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.[1] Democrat Carolyn Dykema of Holliston represented the district from 2009[2] until her resignation to take a private sector job in 2022.
Former locale
The district as drawn with 2010 census data includes the following localities:[3]
- Holliston
- Hopkinton
- Southborough
- one precinct of Westborough
This district boundary overlaps those of the Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Middlesex and Norfolk district and its Middlesex and Worcester district.[4]
The new boundaries, drawn from 2020 census data, include:
- Holliston
- Hopkinton
- part of Millis
- Sherborn
The district previously covered part of Cambridge, circa 1872.[5]
Representatives
- Sedgwick L. Plumer, circa 1858 [6]
- Edward J. Collins, circa 1858-1859 [6][7]
- Thomas Rice, Jr, circa 1859 [7]
- Theodore P. Dresser, circa 1888 [8]
- James F. Leland, circa 1920 [9]
- James Alan Hodder, circa 1951 [10]
- William I. Randall, circa 1951 [10]
- Mary Fantasia, circa 1975 [11]
- Andrew Natsios, 1975-1987
- Barbara A. Gardner, 1987-2001 [12]
- Paul Loscocco, 2001–2009
- Carolyn Dykema, 2009-2022[2]
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
