Massachusetts House of Representatives' 11th Worcester district explained

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 11th Worcester 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 Worcester County.^[1] Republican Hannah Kane of Shrewsbury has represented the district since 2015.^[2]

Locales represented

The district includes the following localities:

• Shrewsbury
• part of Westborough

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's Middlesex and Worcester district and 2nd Worcester district.

Former locale

The district previously covered part of the city of Worcester, circa 1872.^[3]

Representatives

• Samuel E. Blair, circa 1858 ^[4]
• Nelson Carpenter, circa 1859 ^[5]
• James Lally Jr., circa 1888 ^[6]
• Thomas McCooey, circa 1888
• John Carpenter Hull, circa 1920 ^[7]
• Alfred H. Whitney, circa 1920
• William Paul Constantino, circa 1951 ^[8]
• Albert Fairbanks Higgins, circa 1951
• Bessie I. Murray, 1957-58^[9]
• Leo R. Corazzini, circa 1975 ^[10]
• Ronald W. Gauch, 1993-2001
• Karyn Polito
• Matthew Beaton
• Hannah Kane, 2015-current

Elections results from statewide races

Year	Office	District Results	Statewide Results
2012	President^[11] ^[12]	Obama 53.0 – 45.1%	Obama 60.7 – 37.5%
	Senator^[13] ^[14]	Brown 55.2 – 44.0%	Warren 53.7 – 46.2%
2013	Senator^[15] ^[16]	Gomez 55.8 – 43.8%	Markey 54.8 – 44.6%
2014	Governor^[17] ^[18]	Baker 60.9 – 35.2%	Baker 48.4 – 46.5%
	Senator^[19] ^[20]	Markey 49.8 – 45.6%	Markey 61.9 – 38.0%
2016	President^[21] ^[22]	Clinton 56.4 – 34.1%	Clinton 60.0 – 32.8%
2018	Governor^[23] ^[24]	Baker 74.9 – 23.0%	Baker 66.6 – 33.1%
	Senator^[25] ^[26]	Warren 55.1 – 39.3%	Warren 60.3 – 36.2%

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Worcester County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th
• Worcester County districts of the Massachusett Senate: 1st, 2nd; Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester; Middlesex and Worcester; Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex; Worcester and Middlesex; Worcester and Norfolk
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Images

Portraits of legislators

External links

• Ballotpedia
• Web site: 11th Worcester District, MA . Censusreporter.org . (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
• League of Women Voters Grafton & Shrewsbury

Notes and References

1. Web site: Massachusetts Representative Districts . May 3, 2020 . Sec.state.ma.us .
2. Web site: May 3, 2020 . PD43+ . Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division . State Representative elections: 11th Worcester 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: Worcester County . October 16, 1888 . https://archive.org/details/officialgazette1888andr/page/46/mode/2up .
7. Book: Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920 . October 16, 2023 . Boston Review .
8. Book: 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston .
9. Web site: History of Women in the Massachusetts Legislature 1923 – 2015 . Massachusetts Caucus of Women Legislators . 2015 . July 6, 2021 .
10. Book: 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston .
11. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/112698/filter_by_county:Worcester PD43+ » 2012 President General Election Statewide (showing only Worcester County)
12. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/112698 PD43+ » 2012 President General Election
13. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/112702/filter_by_county:Worcester PD43+ » 2012 U.S. Senate General Election Statewide (showing only Worcester County)
14. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/112702 PD43+ » 2012 U.S. Senate General Election
15. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/124797/filter_by_county:Worcester PD43+ » 2013 U.S. Senate Special General Election Statewide (showing only Worcester County)
16. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/124797 PD43+ » 2013 U.S. Senate Special General Election
17. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/126084/filter_by_county:Worcester PD43+ » 2014 Governor General Election Statewide (showing only Worcester County)
18. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/126084 PD43+ » 2014 Governor General Election
19. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/126089/filter_by_county:Worcester PD43+ » 2014 U.S. Senate General Election Statewide (showing only Worcester County)
20. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/126089 PD43+ » 2014 U.S. Senate General Election
21. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/130243/filter_by_county:Worcester PD43+ » 2016 President General Election Statewide (showing only Worcester County)
22. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/130243 PD43+ » 2016 President General Election
23. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/131501/filter_by_county:Worcester PD43+ » 2018 Governor General Election Statewide (showing only Worcester County)
24. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/131501 PD43+ » 2018 Governor General Election
25. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/131505/filter_by_county:Worcester PD43+ » 2018 U.S. Senate General Election Statewide (showing only Worcester County)
26. https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/131505 PD43+ » 2018 U.S. Senate General Election