Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Barnstable district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Barnstable 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 Barnstable County and Plymouth County.[1] Since 2011, Randy Hunt of the Republican Party has represented the district.[2] He will not run in the 2020 Massachusetts general election.[3][4]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Barnstable district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:[5]

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's Cape and Islands and Plymouth and Barnstable districts.[6]

Representatives

See also

References
  1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
  2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 5th Barnstable district". PD43+. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
  3. "2020 State Primary Candidates", Sec.state.ma.us, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, retrieved August 19, 2020
  4. Steve Brown (October 29, 2020), "Here Are The Contested Legislative Races In Massachusetts", Wbur.org, archived from the original on October 30, 2020
  5. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
  6. 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
  7. "Two-Thirds Of State Legislators Are Unopposed In The General Election", Wbur.org, November 1, 2018, Most of the incumbent Republicans are facing a challenge

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