Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Plymouth district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers parts of Bristol County and Plymouth County.[1] Republican Angelo D'Emilia of Bridgewater has represented the district from 2011 to 2025.[2] Upon D'Emilia's retirement,[3] Democrat Dennis Gallagher defeated Republican Sandra Wright in the 2024 election,[4] becoming the first Democrat to hold the seat since 2010.
Towns represented
editThe district includes the following localities:[5]
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's Third Bristol and Plymouth district[6] (Raynham) and the Norfolk, Plymouth, and Bristol district[7] (Bridgewater).
Former locales
editThe district previously covered:
Representatives
edit- Jonathan H. Holmes, circa 1858 [9]
- Job T. Tobey, circa 1859 [10]
- Sidney T. Nelson, circa 1888 [11]
- C. Gerald Lucey, circa 1951 [12]
- Arthur Joseph Sheehan, circa 1951 [12]
- Peter Y. Flynn, 1975-1999 [13]
- David Flynn, 1999-2011 [14]
- Angelo L. D'Emilia, 2011-2025[2]
- Dennis C. Gallagher, 2025-Present [15]
See also
edit- List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
- Other Plymouth County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
- List of Massachusetts General Courts
- List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Images
edit- Portraits of legislators
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Roland Keith -
Eddy Dunbar -
Adolph Johnson -
Arthur Sheehan -
Harvey Iris -
James Lawton -
Karl Nordin -
Peter Flynn -
Allan Chiocca -
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David Flynn
References
edit- ^ "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
- ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 8th Plymouth district". PD43+. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
- ^ https://www.tauntongazette.com/story/news/politics/state/2024/08/08/bridgewater-raynham-state-rep-angelo-demilia-not-running-candidates-dennis-gallagher-sandra-wright/74668924007/
- ^ "Massachusetts Election Results". The New York Times. November 5, 2024. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
- ^ Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
- ^ https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/bookstore/maps/download/ThirdBristolPlymouth.pdf
- ^ https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/bookstore/maps/download/NorfolkPlymouthBristol.pdf
- ^ a b c "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
- ^ "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
- ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Plymouth County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
- ^ a b 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
- ^ 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
- ^ https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/search/year_from:1998/year_to:2008/office_id:8/district_id:58850/stage:General
- ^ https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/search/year_from:2024/year_to:2024/office_id:8/district_id:58850/stage:General
External links
edit- Ballotpedia
- "8th Plymouth District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
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