Massachusetts Senate's Cape and Islands district

Massachusetts Senate's Cape and Islands district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate.[1] It covers 66.7% of Barnstable County, all of Dukes County, and all of Nantucket County population in 2010.[2][3] Democrat Julian Cyr of Truro has represented the district since 2017.[4] He is running unopposed for re-election in the 2020 Massachusetts general election.[5][6]

Map of Massachusetts Senate's Cape and Islands district, based on the 2010 United States census.

Towns represented

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The district includes the following localities:[3]

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Barnstable, 2nd Barnstable, 3rd Barnstable, 4th Barnstable, 5th Barnstable, and Barnstable, Dukes & Nantucket districts.[7]

List of senators

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Senator Party Years Electoral history
 
Jack Aylmer[8]
Republican 1971 –
1981
Elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Resigned to become President of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy.
 
Paul V. Doane[9]
Republican 1981 –
1989
Elected in 1981.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
 
Henri S. Rauschenbach[10]
Republican 1989 –
January 3, 2001
Elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
 
Robert O'Leary[11]
Democratic January 3, 2001 –
January 5, 2011
Elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Ran for U.S. House in 2010.
 
Dan Wolf
Democratic January 5, 2011 –
January 4, 2017
Elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Retired.
 
Julian Cyr[4][12]
Democratic January 4, 2017–
Elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Massachusetts Senatorial Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  2. ^ David Jarman (July 30, 2019), "Counties ↔ legislative district correspondences: MA", How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?, Daily Kos, Counties to State Senate Districts
  3. ^ a b "An Act Establishing Executive Councillor and Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (2011), retrieved April 18, 2020
  4. ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: Cape and Islands district". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  5. ^ "2020 State Primary Candidates", Sec.state.ma.us, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, retrieved August 11, 2020
  6. ^ "State Distributes Mail-In Ballots As Primary Nears", CapeNews.net, Falmouth, MA: Enterprise Newspapers, August 7, 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 Senate Districts to State House Districts
  8. ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1979.
  9. ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1985.
  10. ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1993.
  11. ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: 2002". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  12. ^ "Two-Thirds Of State Legislators Are Unopposed In The General Election", Wbur.org, November 1, 2018, Seven incumbent Democratic senators face opposition
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