Massachusetts House of Representatives' 9th Hampden district explained

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. Candidates Orlando Ramos and Robert Underwood have been selected to run in the general election in November 2020.

Locales represented

The district includes the following localities:

• 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.

Former locales

The district previously covered:

• Blandford, circa 1872 ^[3]
• Chester, circa 1872
• Montgomery, circa 1872
• Russell, circa 1872
• Tolland, circa 1872

Representatives

• Andrew J. Marvin, circa 1858 ^[4]
• Elisha F. Miner, circa 1859 ^[5]
• Henry Clark, circa 1888 ^[6]
• Hugh J. Lacey, circa 1920 ^[7]
• Wendell Phillips Chamberlain, circa 1951 ^[8]
• Rudy Chmura, circa 1975 ^[9]
• Christopher Asselin 2001–2005
• Sean Curran 2005–2015
• Jose Tosado, 2015–2021
• Orlando Ramos, 2021 present

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

External links

• Ballotpedia. Massachusetts House of Representatives Ninth Hampden District
• Web site: 9th Hampden District, MA . Censusreporter.org . (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
• League of Women Voters of Northampton Area

Notes and References

1. Web site: Massachusetts Representative Districts . May 2, 2020 . Sec.state.ma.us .
2. Web site: May 2, 2020 . PD43+ . Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division . State Representative elections: 9th Hampden district .
3. Book: Representative Districts . https://archive.org/details/massachusettsreg1872bost/page/27/mode/1up . Massachusetts Register . 1872 . Sampson, Davenport, & Company . Boston .
4. Book: https://archive.org/details/massachusettsreg1858bost/page/n21/mode/1up . Massachusetts Register . Adams, Sampson & Co. . Boston . 1858 . Massachusetts House of Representatives . 10–12 .
5. Book: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court . 1859 . Boston . Internet Archive .
6. Book: Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts . 1888 State House Directory . Geo. F. Andrews . Lakeview Press . Representatives: Hampden County . https://archive.org/details/officialgazette1888andr/page/50/mode/2up .
7. Book: Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920 . Boston Review .
8. Book: 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston .
9. Book: 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston .