Massachusetts's 17th Worcester House district
American legislative district
Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 17th Worcester district, based on the 2010 United States census .
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 .[ 2] [ 3]
District profile
As of the last redistricting in 2011,[ 4] 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.[ 5] It has maintained these boundaries since 1995.[ 6] [ 7]
Leicester is a small town and developing suburb.[ 8] It contains the Leicester campus of Becker College and is over 90 percent non-Hispanic white [ 9] 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.[ 10]
List of members representing the district
Gilbert C. Taft, circa 1859 [ 12]
Alfred S. Pinkerton, circa 1888 [ 13]
Michael J. Fitzgerald, circa 1920 [ 14]
General Court
Representative
Party
Term
District location
145th
G. Adolph Johnson
Republican
January 5, 1927 – 1928[ 15]
Worcester's Ward 6[ 16]
146th
Victor Rolander
Republican
January 2, 1929 – October 10, 1935[ 16] [ 17]
147th
148th
149th
Axel Sternlof
Republican
December 11, 1935 – 1937[ 18]
150th
Gustaf Carlson
Republican
January 6, 1937 – 1941[ 19]
151st
152nd
Sven Erickson
Republican
January 1, 1941 – 1947[ 20]
Worcester's Ward 2[ 20]
153rd
154th
155th
Stanley Johnson
Republican
January 1, 1947 – 1949[ 21]
156th
Joseph Aspero
Democratic
January 5, 1949 – 1953[ 22]
Worcester's Ward 3[ 22]
157th
158th
Domenic DePari
Democratic
January 7, 1953 – 1961[ 23]
159th
160th
161st
162nd
Leo Turo
Democratic
January 4, 1961 – 1965[ 24]
163rd
164th
Robert Bohigian
Democratic
January 6, 1965 – January 1, 1975[ 25]
Worcester's Ward 2 and Ward 3[ 26] [ 25]
165th
166th
167th
168th
169th
Robert Reynolds
Republican
January 1, 1975 – 1977[ 27]
Berlin , Bolton , Boxborough , Harvard , Lancaster , and Northborough [ 28] [ 27] [ 29]
170th
Walter Bickford
Democratic
January 5, 1977 – 1979[ 30]
171st
Robert McNeil
Democratic
January 3, 1979 – 1985[ 31]
Leicester; Worcester's Ward 7; and Worcester's Ward 8: Precincts 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7[ 32] [ 31] [ 33]
172nd
173rd
174th
William Donovan
Democratic
January 2, 1985 – 1987[ 34]
175th
John Binienda
Democratic
January 7, 1987 – 1989[ 35]
176th
January 4, 1989 – 1995[ 36]
Leicester; Worcester's Ward 7; and Worcester's Ward 8: Precincts 2, 5, 6, 7, and 8[ 37] [ 38]
177th
178th
179th
January 4, 1995 – August 22, 2014[ 39]
Leicester; Worcester's Ward 7; and Worcester's Ward 8: Precincts 2, 3, and 4
180th
181st
182nd
183rd
184th
185th
186th
187th
188th
189th
Kate Campanale
Republican
January 7, 2015 – January 2, 2019 [ 40]
190th
191st
David LeBoeuf
Democratic
January 9, 2019 – Present
Electoral history
Election
Political result
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
±%
2018 general election [ 41] [ 42] Campanale did not seek re-election to run for Worcester Register of Deeds Turnout: 11,487Democratic gain from Republican Majority: 2,146 (18.7%) Swing: 13.7% from Republican to D David LeBoeuf Democratic 6,808 59.3 +14 Paul Fullen Republican 4,662 40.6 −13.8
2016 general election [ 42] [ 43] Turnout: 14,713Republican hold Majority: 1,340 (9.1%) Kate Campanale Republican 8,011 54.4 +4.2 Moses Dixon Democratic 6,671 45.3 −4.4
2014 general election [ 43] [ 44] Binienda did not seek re-election and planned to retire (but died in August) Turnout: 9,344Republican gain from Democratic Majority: 43 (0.5%) Swing: 26.5% from D to Republican Kate Campanale Republican 4,688 50.2 +26.9 Doug Belanger Democratic 4,645 49.7 −26.6
2012 general election [ 44] [ 45] Turnout: 13,878Democratic hold Majority: 7,365 (53.1%) John Binienda Democratic 10,595 76.3 -21.3 William LeBeau Republican 3,230 23.3 +23.3
2010 general election [ 45] [ 46] Turnout: 8,082Democratic hold Majority: 7,692 (95.2%) John Binienda Democratic 7,887 97.6 -0.9 All others 195 2.4
2008 general election [ 46] [ 47] Turnout: 11,813Democratic hold Majority: 11,449 (96.9%) John Binienda Democratic 11,631 98.5 -0.9 All others 182 1.5
2006 general election [ 47] [ 48] Turnout: 8,309Democratic hold Majority: 8,215 (98.9%) John Binienda Democratic 8,262 99.4 +0.5 All others 47 0.6
Elections results from statewide races
See also
Massachusetts General Court
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Other Worcester County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st , 2nd , 3rd , 4th , 5th , 6th , 7th , 8th , 9th , 10th , 11th , 12th , 13th , 14th , 15th , 16th , 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 former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Images
Portraits of legislators
John H. Thompson
Francis McKeon
George Foley
Victor Rolander
Sven Erickson
Domenic Victor DePari
Andrew Collaro
Robert Bohigian
Robert Reynolds
Walter Bickford
Robert McNeil
John Binienda
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^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court . Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.{{cite book }}
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^ a b "PD43+ » 2006 State Representative General Election 17th Worcester District" .
^ "PD43+ » 2004 State Representative General Election 17th Worcester District" .
^ "PD43+ » 2012 President General Election Statewide (Showing only Worcester County)" .
^ "PD43+ » 2012 President General Election" .
^ "PD43+ » 2012 U.S. Senate General Election Statewide (Showing only Worcester County)" .
^ "PD43+ » 2012 U.S. Senate General Election" .
^ "PD43+ » 2013 U.S. Senate Special General Election Statewide (Showing only Worcester County)" .
^ "PD43+ » 2013 U.S. Senate Special General Election" .
^ "PD43+ » 2014 Governor General Election Statewide (Showing only Worcester County)" .
^ "PD43+ » 2014 Governor General Election" .
^ "PD43+ » 2014 U.S. Senate General Election Statewide (Showing only Worcester County)" .
^ "PD43+ » 2014 U.S. Senate General Election" .
^ "PD43+ » 2016 President General Election Statewide (Showing only Worcester County)" .
^ "PD43+ » 2016 President General Election" .
^ "PD43+ » 2018 Governor General Election Statewide (Showing only Worcester County)" .
^ "PD43+ » 2018 Governor General Election" .
^ "PD43+ » 2018 U.S. Senate General Election Statewide (Showing only Worcester County)" .
^ "PD43+ » 2018 U.S. Senate General Election" .
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