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Map of Massachusetts Senate's 1st Middlesex district, based on the 2010 United States census.

Massachusetts Senate's 1st Middlesex district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate.[1] It covers portions of Middlesex county.[2] State Representative Vanna Howard was elected to this seat on March 3, 2026 to fill the vacancy left by the death of previous Senator Ed Kennedy.[3]

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' 1st Middlesex, 2nd Middlesex, 16th Middlesex, 17th Middlesex, 18th Middlesex, and 36th Middlesex districts.[4]

Former locale

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The district previously covered Charlestown, circa 1860s.[5]

Senators

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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 15, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "An Act Establishing Executive Councillor and Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (2011), retrieved April 15, 2020
  3. 1 2 Kuznitz, Alison (March 4, 2026). "State Rep. Vanna Howard wins special election for Lowell state Senate seat". MassLive. Retrieved March 18, 2026.
  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. Massachusetts General Court (October 15, 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.
  13. Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1993.
  14. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: 2002". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  15. "Two-Thirds Of State Legislators Are Unopposed In The General Election", Wbur.org, November 1, 2018, Open seats in the state Senate
  16. "State Sen. Edward Kennedy dies at 74". www.lowellsun.com. October 2, 2025.
  17. Dumcius, Gintautas (March 18, 2026). "Hitting Beacon Hill in the Wallet". MASSterList. Retrieved March 18, 2026.

Further reading

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  • "Multiple-choice test for voters: Open seats in Mass. House, Senate create wide-open First Middlesex races", Boston Globe, September 2, 2010
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