Massachusetts Senate's 1st Bristol and Plymouth district explained

Massachusetts Senate's 1st Bristol and Plymouth district should not be confused with Massachusetts Senate's 1st Plymouth and Bristol district.

Massachusetts Senate's 1st Bristol and Plymouth district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate.^[1] It covers 26.9% of Bristol County and 3.2% of Plymouth County population. Democrat Michael Rodrigues of Westport has represented the district since 2011.^[2]

Locales represented

The district includes the following localities:^[3]

• Fall River
• Freetown
• Lakeville
• Rochester
• Somerset
• Swansea
• Westport

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Bristol, 5th Bristol, 6th Bristol, 7th Bristol, 8th Bristol, 10th Bristol, and 12th Bristol districts.

List of senators

Senator	Party	Years	Electoral history
District created in 2002.
align=left nowrap	Joan Menard		Democratic	2003 – 2011	Redistricted from the 1st Bristol district. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Retired.
align=left nowrap	Michael J. Rodrigues		Democratic	2011–	Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020.

See also

• List of Massachusetts Senate elections
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts Senate
• Bristol County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th
• Plymouth County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th

External links

• Web site: First Bristol & Plymouth District, MA . Censusreporter.org . (State Senate district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).

Notes and References

1. Web site: Massachusetts Senatorial Districts . April 8, 2020 . Sec.state.ma.us .
2. Web site: April 8, 2020 . Sec.state.ma.us . Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division . State Senate elections: 1st Bristol and Plymouth district .
3. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20041023085644/http://www.mass.gov/legis/sendis03.htm . Senatorial Districts . October 23, 2004 . Mass.gov . As established by Chapter 126, Section 3, of the Acts of 2001, based on the Federal census of 2000. See General Laws, Chapter 57 .