Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden Massachusetts Senate district

Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden Senate District
Senator	Benjamin Downing (D)
Demographics	93.25%% White 2.30%% Black/African American 0.21%% Native American 1.17%% Asian 0.03%% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.75%% Other race 2.29%% Two or more races
Population (2012)	155,012^[1]

Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden is a district of the Massachusetts Senate from since 2013. It covers the expanse of Berkshire, Hampshire, Hampden and Franklin counties, and is represented by Benjamin Downing of the Democratic Party.^[2]

The district had been used from 1989 through 2003 before it was eliminated in redistricting.

List of Senators

Senator	Party	Years	Electoral history
Peter C. Webber	Republican	1989 – 1991	Redistricted from the Berkshire district
Jane Swift	Republican	1991 – 1997	Retired to run for Lieutenant Governor
Andrea F. Nuciforo, Jr.	Democratic	1997 – 2003	Redistricted to the Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin district
		2003 – 2013	District eliminated in 2002 District restored in 2013
Benjamin Downing	Democratic	2013 – Present	Redistricted from the Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin district

Districts of the Massachusetts General Court

Senate	Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden Bristol and Norfolk Bristol and Plymouth: 1st, 2nd Cape and Islands Essex: 1st, 2nd, 3rd Essex and Middlesex: 1st, 2nd Hampden Hampden and Hampshire: 1st, 2nd Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester Middlesex: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Middlesex and Norfolk: 1st, 2nd Middlesex and Suffolk Middlesex and Worcester Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth Norfolk and Plymouth Norfolk and Suffolk Plymouth and Barnstable Plymouth and Bristol: 1st, 2nd Plymouth and Norfolk Suffolk: 1st, 2nd Suffolk and Middlesex: 1st, 2nd Worcester: 1st, 2nd Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex Worcester and Middlesex Worcester and Norfolk Obsolete: Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin, 3rd, Hampshire and Franklin, Middlesex and Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk and Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin

House	Barnstable: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket Berkshire: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Bristol: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th Essex: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th Franklin: 1st, 2nd Hampden: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th Hampshire: 1st, 2nd, 3rd Middlesex: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 10th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 10th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 37th Norfolk: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th Plymouth: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th Suffolk: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th Worcester: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th

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