Massachusetts's 17th Worcester House district

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.[1]

District profile

As of the last redistricting in 2011[2], 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.[3] It has maintained these boundaries since 1995.[4][5]

Leicester is a small town and developing suburb.[6] It contains the Leicester campus of Becker College and is over 90 percent non-Hispanic white[7] 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.

Former locations

List of members representing the district
  • Gilbert C. Taft, circa 1859 [9]
  • Alfred S. Pinkerton, circa 1888 [10]
  • Michael J. Fitzgerald, circa 1920 [11]
General
Court		 Representative Party Term District location
146th Victor Rolander Republican January 2, 1929 – October 10, 1935[12][13] Worcester's Ward 6[14]
147th
148th
149th Axel Sternlof Republican December 11, 1935 – 1937[15]
150th Gustaf Carlson Republican January 6, 1937 – 1941[16]
151st
152nd Sven Erickson Republican January 1, 1941 – 1947[17] Worcester's Ward 2[18]
153rd
154th
155th Stanley Johnson Republican January 1, 1947 – 1949[19]
156th Joseph Aspero Democratic January 5, 1949 – 1953[20] Worcester's Ward 3[21]
157th
158th Domenic DePari Democratic January 7, 1953 – 1961[22]
159th
160th
161st
162nd Leo Turo Democratic January 4, 1961 – 1965[23]
163rd
164th Robert Bohigian Democratic January 6, 1965 – January 1, 1975[24] Worcester's Ward 2 and Ward 3[25][26]
165th
166th
167th
168th
169th Robert Reynolds Republican January 1, 1975 – 1977[27] Berlin, Bolton, Boxborough, Harvard, Lancaster, and Northborough[28][29][30]
170th Walter Bickford Democratic January 5, 1977 – 1979[31]
171st Robert McNeil Democratic January 3, 1979 – 1985[32] Leicester; Worcester's Ward 7; and Worcester's Ward 8: Precincts 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7[33][34][35]
172nd
173rd
174th William Donovan Democratic January 2, 1985 – 1987[36]
175th John Binienda
 Democratic January 7, 1987 – 1989[37]
176th January 4, 1989 – 1995[38] Leicester; Worcester's Ward 7; and Worcester's Ward 8: Precincts 2, 5, 6, 7, and 8[39][40]
177th
178th
179th January 4, 1995 – August 22, 2014[41] 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
Election Political result Candidate Party Votes % ±%
2018 general election [42][43]
Campanale did not seek re-election to run for Worcester Register of Deeds
Turnout: 11,487		Democratic gain from Republican
Majority: 2,146 (18.7%)
Swing: 13.7% from Republican to Democratic 		David LeBoeufDemocratic6,80859.3+14
Paul Fullen Republican4,66240.6−13.8
2016 general election [44][45]
Turnout: 14,713		Republican hold
Majority: 1,340 (9.1%) 		Kate CampanaleRepublican8,01154.4+4.2
Moses Dixon Democratic6,67145.3−4.4
2014 general election [46][47]
Binienda did not seek re-election and planned to retire (but died in August)
Turnout: 9,344		Republican gain from Democratic
Majority: 43 (0.5%)
Swing: 26.5% from Democratic to Republican 		Kate CampanaleRepublican4,68850.2+26.9
Doug Belanger Democratic4,64549.7−26.6
2012 general election [48][49]
Turnout: 13,878		Democratic hold
Majority: 7,365 (53.1%) 		John BiniendaDemocratic10,59576.3-21.3
William LeBeau Republican3,23023.3+23.3
2010 general election [50][51]
Turnout: 8,082		Democratic hold
Majority: 7,692 (95.2%) 		John BiniendaDemocratic7,88797.6-0.9
All others 1952.4
2008 general election [52][53]
Turnout: 11,813		Democratic hold
Majority: 11,449 (96.9%) 		John BiniendaDemocratic11,63198.5-0.9
All others 1821.5
2006 general election [54][55]
Turnout: 8,309		Democratic hold
Majority: 8,215 (98.9%) 		John BiniendaDemocratic8,26299.4+0.5
All others 470.6

Elections results from statewide races
Year Office District Results Statewide Results
2012 President[56][57] Obama 63.2 – 34.1% Obama 60.7 – 37.5%
Senator[58][59] Warren 56.0 – 42.9% Warren 53.7 – 46.2%
2013 Senator[60][61] Markey 50.1 – 49.0% Markey 54.8 – 44.6%
2014 Governor[62][63] Baker 46.6 – 45.9% Baker 48.4 – 46.5%
Senator[64][65] Markey 58.9 – 35.7% Markey 61.9 – 38.0%
2016 President[66][67] Clinton 57.4 – 33.7% Clinton 60.0 – 32.8%
2018 Governor[68][69] Baker 64.2 – 33.4% Baker 66.6 – 33.1%
Senator[70][71] Warren 57.4 – 36.9% Warren 60.3 – 36.2%

See also

Images
  • John H. Thompson
  • Francis McKeon
  • George Foley
  • John Binienda

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