Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Middlesex district

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Middlesex district, based on the 2010 United States census.

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Middlesex 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 Middlesex County and Worcester County.[1] The district has been represented by Democrat James Arena-DeRosa since 2022.[2]

Towns represented

This district boundary overlaps those of the Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Middlesex and Norfolk district and its Middlesex and Worcester district.[3]

The new boundaries, drawn from 2020 census data, include:[4]

  • Holliston
  • Hopkinton
  • Sherborn
  • part of Millis

Former locale

The district previously covered part of Cambridge, circa 1872.[5]

After the 2010 census the district contained the following localities:[6]

Representatives

See also

Images

Portraits of legislators

References

  1. ↑ "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Representative James C. Arena-DeRosa". malegislature.gov. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
  3. ↑ David Jarman (July 30, 2019), "Upper legislative district ↔ lower legislative district correspondences: MA", How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?, Daily Kos, State House Districts to State Senate Districts
  4. ↑ "Session Law - Acts of 2021 Chapter 83". malegislature.gov. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
  6. ↑ Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
  7. 1 2 "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
  8. 1 2 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  9. ↑ Geo. F. Andrews, ed. (October 16, 1888). "Representatives: Middlesex County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
  10. ↑ Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review. October 16, 2023.
  11. 1 2 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  12. ↑ 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  13. ↑ State Library of Massachusetts, "Massachusetts State Legislator's Papers Collections at the State Library", Mass.gov, retrieved September 3, 2020
  14. ↑ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 8th Middlesex district". PD43+. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
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