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Population6984205

Males voting age2718440

Females voting age2898749

Median household income93467

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★ Massachusetts State Legislature

Bicameral Legislature

39 Senators 158 Representatives

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Showing 197 legislators

Senate 39 members

District Hampden

District Second Essex and Middlesex

Brendan Crighton

District Third Essex

District First Essex and Middlesex

District Fourth Middlesex

District Norfolk and Middlesex

Dylan Fernandes

District Plymouth and Barnstable

District Middlesex and Worcester

District Fifth Middlesex

District Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester

District Second Essex

District Worcester and Middlesex

District Norfolk and Plymouth

District Hampden and Hampshire

District Cape and Islands

District Middlesex and Norfolk

District Third Bristol and Plymouth

District Second Suffolk

District Third Suffolk

District Second Bristol and Plymouth

Michael Barrett

District Third Middlesex

District Second Plymouth and Norfolk

District Second Worcester

Michael Rodrigues

District First Bristol and Plymouth

District Norfolk and Suffolk

District First Suffolk

Patricia Jehlen

District Second Middlesex

Patrick O'Connor

District First Plymouth and Norfolk

District Bristol and Norfolk

District Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin and Hampshire

District First Essex

District Worcester and Hampshire

District Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex

District First Worcester

District Worcester and Hampden

District Middlesex and Suffolk

District First Middlesex

Will Brownsberger

District Suffolk and Middlesex

William Driscoll

District Norfolk, Plymouth and Bristol

House of Representatives 158 members

Michael Chaisson

District Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket

District 1st Suffolk

District 1st Norfolk

Christopher Flanagan

District 1st Barnstable

District 1st Essex

District 1st Berkshire

Kimberly Ferguson

District 1st Worcester

Lindsay Sabadosa

District 1st Hampshire

Margaret Scarsdale

District 1st Middlesex

Michelle Badger

District 1st Plymouth

District 1st Hampden

District 2nd Hampden

District 2nd Hampshire

District 2nd Plymouth

Jonathan Zlotnik

District 2nd Worcester

District 2nd Barnstable

Kristin Kassner

District 2nd Essex

Susannah Whipps

District 2nd Franklin

District 2nd Norfolk

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

District 2nd Berkshire

Aaron Michlewitz

District 3rd Suffolk

District 3rd Plymouth

District 3rd Middlesex

District 3rd Berkshire

District 3rd Bristol

Michael Kushmerek

District 3rd Hampshire

Nicholas Boldyga

District 3rd Norfolk

Danielle Gregoire

District 4th Middlesex

District 4th Suffolk

District 4th Essex

District 4th Barnstable

District 4th Hampden

Natalie Higgins

District 4th Worcester

Patrick Kearney

District 4th Plymouth

District 4th Bristol

Christopher Worrell

District 5th Suffolk

District 5th Plymouth

District 5th Middlesex

Donald Berthiaume

District 5th Bristol

District 5th Norfolk

District 5th Hampden

District 5th Barnstable

District 6th Bristol

District 6th Essex

District 6th Worcester

Kenneth Sweezey

District 6th Plymouth

District 6th Middlesex

District 6th Suffolk

District 7th Hampden

District 7th Bristol

Alyson Sullivan-Almeida

District 7th Plymouth

District 7th Suffolk

District 7th Middlesex

District 7th Essex

District 7th Worcester

District 7th Norfolk

Dennis Gallagher

District 8th Plymouth

James Arena-DeRosa

District 8th Middlesex

Jay Livingstone

District 8th Suffolk

Jennifer Balinsky Armini

Shirley Arriaga

District 8th Hampden

Steven Ouellette

District 8th Bristol

Bridget Plouffe

District 9th Plymouth

Christopher Markey

District 9th Bristol

District 9th Essex

District 9th Suffolk

District 9th Norfolk

District 9th Hampden

District 10th Worcester

Carlos González

District 10th Hampden

District 10th Essex

District 10th Norfolk

District 10th Middlesex

District 10th Bristol

Michelle DuBois

District 10th Plymouth

William MacGregor

District 11th Middlesex

District 11th Hampden

Christopher Hendricks

District 11th Bristol

District 11th Worcester

District 11th Suffolk

District 11th Norfolk

District 11th Plymouth

District 11th Essex

District 12th Hampden

Brandy Fluker-Reid

District 12th Suffolk

District 12th Middlesex

District 12th Norfolk

Kathleen LaNatra

Meghan Kilcoyne

District 12th Worcester

District 12th Bristol

Carmine Gentile

District 13th Middlesex

District 13th Suffolk

District 13th Worcester

District 13th Norfolk

District 13th Essex

District 14th Bristol

District 14th Essex

District 14th Norfolk

District 14th Suffolk

District 14th Middlesex

District 15th Worcester

Michelle Ciccolo

District 15th Middlesex

District 15th Essex

Samantha Montaño

District 15th Suffolk

District 15th Norfolk

District 16th Worcester

Francisco Paulino

District 16th Essex

Jessica Giannino

District 16th Suffolk

District 16th Middlesex

District 17th Worcester

District 17th Essex

District 17th Suffolk

District 18th Middlesex

District 18th Essex

David Robertson

District 19th Suffolk

District 19th Worcester

District 20th Middlesex

District 21st Middlesex

District 22nd Middlesex

District 23rd Middlesex

Marjorie Decker

District 25th Middlesex

District 26th Middlesex

Erika Uyterhoeven

District 27th Middlesex

Joseph McGonagle

District 29th Middlesex

Richard Haggerty

District 30th Middlesex

Kate Lipper-Garabedian

District 32nd Middlesex

District 33rd Middlesex

Christine Barber

District 34th Middlesex

District 35th Middlesex

District 36th Middlesex

District 37th Middlesex

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★ Bills & Legislation — Massachusetts

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★ Government Structure — Massachusetts

★ Executive Branch

• Governor — Chief executive, signs/vetoes bills, oversees state agencies
• Lieutenant Governor — Presides over Senate, succession
• Attorney General — State legal affairs, consumer protection
• Secretary of State — Elections, business registration
• Treasurer / Comptroller — State finances, revenue

★ Legislative Branch

• State Senate — Upper chamber, 39 members
• State House/Assembly — Lower chamber, 158 members
• Committees — Review bills before floor votes
• Session — Typically meets Jan-May, varies by state

★ Judicial Branch

• State Supreme Court — Highest court, final appeals
• Appeals Court — Intermediate appellate review
• District / Circuit Courts — Trial courts for major cases
• County / Municipal Courts — Local jurisdiction

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