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. He is running for reelection in the 2020 Massachusetts general election.
District profile As of the last redistricting in 2011, 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. It has maintained these boundaries since 1995.
Leicester is a small town and developing suburb. It contains the Leicester campus of Becker College and is over 90 percent non-Hispanic whitehttps://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/leicestertownworcestercountymassachusetts/PST120218 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.
Leicester Worcester's Ward 7; and Worcester's Ward 8: Precincts 2, 3, and 4
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Worcester and 2nd Worcester districts.
Former locations c. 1872: Auburn, Charlton, Southbridge, and Spencer
List of members representing the district Gilbert C. Taft, circa 1859 Alfred S. Pinkerton, circa 1888 Michael J. Fitzgerald, circa 1920
GeneralCourt Representative Party Term District location 145th G. Adolph Johnson Republican January 5, 1927 – 1928 Worcester's Ward 6 146th Victor Rolander Republican January 2, 1929 – October 10, 1935 147th 148th 149th Axel Sternlof Republican December 11, 1935 – 1937 150th Gustaf Carlson Republican January 6, 1937 – 1941 151st 152nd Sven Erickson Republican January 1, 1941 – 1947 Worcester's Ward 2 153rd 154th 155th Stanley Johnson Republican January 1, 1947 – 1949 156th Joseph Aspero Democratic January 5, 1949 – 1953 Worcester's Ward 3 157th 158th Domenic DePari Democratic January 7, 1953 – 1961 159th 160th 161st 162nd Leo Turo Democratic January 4, 1961 – 1965 163rd 164th Robert Bohigian Democratic January 6, 1965 – January 1, 1975 Worcester's Ward 2 and Ward 3 165th 166th 167th 168th 169th Robert Reynolds Republican January 1, 1975 – 1977 Berlin, Bolton, Boxborough, Harvard, Lancaster, and Northborough 170th Walter Bickford Democratic January 5, 1977 – 1979 171st Robert McNeil Democratic January 3, 1979 – 1985 Leicester; Worcester's Ward 7; and Worcester's Ward 8: Precincts 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7 172nd 173rd 174th William Donovan Democratic January 2, 1985 – 1987 175th John Binienda Democratic January 7, 1987 – 1989 176th January 4, 1989 – 1995 Leicester; Worcester's Ward 7; and Worcester's Ward 8: Precincts 2, 5, 6, 7, and 8 177th 178th 179th January 4, 1995 – August 22, 2014 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 190th 191st David LeBoeuf Democratic January 9, 2019 – Present
Electoral history
Elections results from statewide races Year Office District Results Statewide Results 2012 President Obama 63.2 – 34.1% Obama 60.7 – 37.5% Senator Warren 56.0 – 42.9% Warren 53.7 – 46.2% 2013 Senator Markey 50.1 – 49.0% Markey 54.8 – 44.6% 2014 Governor Baker 46.6 – 45.9% Baker 48.4 – 46.5% Senator Markey 58.9 – 35.7% Markey 61.9 – 38.0% 2016 President Clinton 57.4 – 33.7% Clinton 60.0 – 32.8% 2018 Governor Baker 64.2 – 33.4% Baker 66.6 – 33.1% Senator Warren 57.4 – 36.9% Warren 60.3 – 36.2%
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
References
External links League of Women Voters of the Worcester Area