The 17th Worcester district is one of 160 state legislative districts for the Massachusetts House of Representatives. It is located in Central Massachusetts.
Democrat David LeBoeuf of Worcester has represented the district since 2019.[1] He is running for reelection in the 2020 Massachusetts general election.
As of the last redistricting in 2011,[2] the district encompasses all of the town of Leicester, including the villages of Cherry Valley and Rochdale, and the southwestern portion of the city of Worcester, including the neighborhoods of Main South and Webster Square.[3] It has maintained these boundaries since 1995.[4] [5]
Leicester is a small town and developing suburb.[6] It contains the Leicester campus of Becker College and is over 90 percent non-Hispanic white[7] The Worcester portion of the district is an urban section of New England's second largest city. It contains Clark University and has significant Latino, Asian, and Black communities.
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Worcester and 2nd Worcester districts.
| General Court | Representative | Party | Term | District location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 145th | nowrap | G. Adolph Johnson | Republican | January 5, 1927 – 1928[12] | Worcester's Ward 6 | |
| 146th | Victor Rolander | Republican | January 2, 1929 – October 10, 1935[13] [14] | |||
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| 149th | nowrap | Axel Sternlof | Republican | December 11, 1935 – 1937[15] | ||
| 150th | Gustaf Carlson | Republican | January 6, 1937 – 1941[16] | |||
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| 152nd | Sven Erickson | Republican | January 1, 1941 – 1947[17] | Worcester's Ward 2 | ||
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| 155th | nowrap | Stanley Johnson | Republican | January 1, 1947 – 1949[18] | ||
| 156th | Joseph Aspero | Democratic | January 5, 1949 – 1953[19] | Worcester's Ward 3 | ||
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| 158th | Domenic DePari | Democratic | January 7, 1953 – 1961[20] | |||
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| 162nd | Leo Turo | Democratic | January 4, 1961 – 1965[21] | |||
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| 164th | Robert Bohigian | Democratic | January 6, 1965 – January 1, 1975[22] | Worcester's Ward 2 and Ward 3[23] | ||
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| 169th | nowrap | Robert Reynolds | Republican | January 1, 1975 – 1977[24] | Berlin, Bolton, Boxborough, Harvard, Lancaster, and Northborough[25] [26] | |
| 170th | nowrap | Walter Bickford | Democratic | January 5, 1977 – 1979[27] | ||
| 171st | Robert McNeil | Democratic | January 3, 1979 – 1985[28] | Leicester; Worcester's Ward 7; and Worcester's Ward 8: Precincts 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7[29] [30] | ||
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| 174th | nowrap | William Donovan | Democratic | January 2, 1985 – 1987[31] | ||
| 175th | John Binienda | Democratic | January 7, 1987 – 1989[32] | |||
| 176th | January 4, 1989 – 1995[33] | Leicester; Worcester's Ward 7; and Worcester's Ward 8: Precincts 2, 5, 6, 7, and 8[34] [35] | ||||
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| 179th | January 4, 1995 – August 22, 2014[36] | Leicester; Worcester's Ward 7; and Worcester's Ward 8: Precincts 2, 3, and 4 | ||||
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| 189th | Kate Campanale | Republican | January 7, 2015 – January 2, 2019 | |||
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| 191st | nowrap | David LeBoeuf | Democratic | January 9, 2019 – Present | ||
| Year | Office | District Results | Statewide Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | President[37] [38] | Obama 63.2 – 34.1% | Obama 60.7 – 37.5% |
| Senator[39] [40] | Warren 56.0 – 42.9% | Warren 53.7 – 46.2% | |
| 2013 | Senator[41] [42] | Markey 50.1 – 49.0% | Markey 54.8 – 44.6% |
| 2014 | Governor[43] [44] | Baker 46.6 – 45.9% | Baker 48.4 – 46.5% |
| Senator[45] [46] | Markey 58.9 – 35.7% | Markey 61.9 – 38.0% | |
| 2016 | President[47] [48] | Clinton 57.4 – 33.7% | Clinton 60.0 – 32.8% |
| 2018 | Governor[49] [50] | Baker 64.2 – 33.4% | Baker 66.6 – 33.1% |
| Senator[51] [52] | Warren 57.4 – 36.9% | Warren 60.3 – 36.2% |
