Massachusetts House of Representatives' 9th Hampden district
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Massachusetts House of Representatives' 9th Hampden district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of Hampden County.[1] Democrat José Tosado of Springfield has represented the district since 2015.[2] Candidates for this district seat in the 2020 primary included Denise Hurst.[3][4] Candidates Orlando Ramos and Robert Underwood have been selected to run in the general election in November 2020.[5]
Former locales
The district includes the following localities:[6]
- part of Chicopee
- part of Springfield
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Hampden and Hampshire district and Hampden district.[7]
The district previously covered:
Representatives
- Andrew J. Marvin, circa 1858 [9]
- Elisha F. Miner, circa 1859 [10]
- Henry Clark, circa 1888 [11]
- Hugh J. Lacey, circa 1920 [12]
- Wendell Phillips Chamberlain, circa 1951 [13]
- Rudy Chmura, circa 1975 [14]
- Christopher Asselin 2001–2005
- Sean Curran 2005–2015
- Jose Tosado, 2015–2021
- Orlando Ramos, 2021 present[2]
See also
- List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
- Other Hampden County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 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
- Portraits of legislators
Francis Quigley
John Murphy
Joseph Francis Kelly
Ralph Clampit
William Barry
Wendell Phillips Chamberlain
John O'Brien
Rudy Chmura
Arthur James McKenna
Dennis Murphy
Christopher Asselin
Sean Curran
