Massachusetts House of Representatives' 26th Middlesex district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of Middlesex County. Democrat Mike Connolly of Cambridge has represented the district since 2017.
Locales represented The district includes the following localities: part of Cambridge part of Somerville
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Middlesex district and Middlesex and Suffolk district.
Former locale The district previously covered part of Lowell, circa 1872.
Representatives Eliel Shumway, circa 1858 Robert P. Woods, circa 1858 Charles Babbidge, circa 1859 James P. Longley, circa 1859 David H. Clark, circa 1888 Charles H. Brown, circa 1920 James Morrison, circa 1920 Rufus Bond, 1935–1938 Michael Catino, circa 1951 Thomas J. Doherty, circa 1951 C. Eugene Farnam, circa 1951 Edward M. Dickson, circa 1971-1974 Edward J. Markey, 1975-1976 John C. McNeil, 1977-1978 Mary Jane Gibson, 1979-1992 Anne M. Paulsen, 1993-2002 Timothy J. Toomey Jr., 2003-2016 Mike Connolly, 2017-current
See also List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections List of Massachusetts General Courts List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Other Middlesex County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 37th
Legislator portraits
References
External links Ballotpedia. Massachusetts House of Representatives Twenty-sixth Middlesex District (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).