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The First Worcester Senatorial District is one of 40 electoral districts that each send one senator to the Massachusetts Senate. The district is represented by state Sen. Harriette Chandler of Worcester, a Democrat.

The district consists of the northern half of the city of Worcester, in Central Massachusetts, and suburban towns to the northwest, north and east.

Under previous apportionment plans, the district has also been known as the Worcester District or the Central Worcester District.

Cities and towns

The 1st Worcester District consists of all or part of six towns in Central Massachusetts, as well as wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 9 and 10, and precincts 2, 3 and 4 of Ward 8, in the city of Worcester.

Municipality	Pop.	County	U.S. House district(s)		State House district(s)
Boylston	4,320	Worcester		2nd (Jim McGovern)		12th Worcester (Harold Naughton, Jr.)
Clinton (precincts 3 and 4)	13,614	Worcester		3rd (Niki Tsongas)		12th Worcester (Harold Naughton, Jr.)
Holden	17,197	Worcester		2nd (Jim McGovern)		1st Worcester (Kimberly Ferguson)
Northborough (precincts 1, 2 and 4)	14,180	Worcester		2nd (Jim McGovern)		4th Middlesex (Danielle Gregoire)
						12th Worcester (Harold Naughton, Jr.)
Princeton	3,412	Worcester		2nd (Jim McGovern)		1st Worcester (Kimberly Ferguson)
West Boylston	7,660	Worcester		2nd (Jim McGovern)		14th Worcester (James O'Day)
Worcester (precincts as listed above)	180,519	Worcester		2nd (Jim McGovern)		13th Worcester (John J. Mahoney)
						14th Worcester (James O'Day)
						15th Worcester (Mary Keefe)
						17th Worcester (Kate Campanale)

Senators

Senator	Party	Hometown	Years	Notes
Daniel J. Foley	Democratic	Worcester	?? – 1975	Redistricted to Worcester and Middlesex District
John J. Conte	Democratic	Worcester	1975 – 1977	Redistricted from 2nd Worcester District Lost primary election to Gerard D'Amico
Gerard D'Amico	Democratic	Worcester	1977 – 1987	District name changed to Worcester District in 1979 Left to run for lieutenant governor
Thomas P. White	Democratic	Worcester	1987 – 1991	Lost general election to Arthur E. Chase
Arthur E. Chase	Republican	Worcester	1991 – 1995	Left to run for secretary of the commonwealth
Robert A. Bernstein	Democratic	Worcester	1995 – 2001	District name changed to 1st Worcester District in 1995 Did not run for re-election
Harriette L. Chandler	Democratic	Worcester	2001 – present

History

The 1st Worcester District can trace its history back to the original state senatorial districts created in 1857. Before the 1857 apportionment, senators were elected by county, with some counties serving as multi-member districts. Worcester County formed a single district with a delegation consisting of four, five or six senators during the various apportionments of 1780 to the 1850s.

1857-1866

When a statewide system of single-member districts was established in 1957, the Central Worcester District consisted of all of Worcester and three towns to the northwest, Holden, Paxton and Rutland.

1866-1886

The redistricting of 1866 saw the 1st Worcester District renamed and curtailed to the city of Worcester.

1886-1927

After the redistricting of 1886, the 1st Worcester District consisted of several wards on the western, southern and southeastern sides of Worcester; the remainder of the city became part of the 2nd Worcester District.

1927-1971

From the redistricting of 1926 to the redistricting of 1970, the 1st Worcester District consisted of the southern half of the city of Worcester, the town of Leicester to the west, and the town of Millbury to the south.

1971-1975

From the redistricting of 1970 to the redistricting of 1973, the 1st Worcester District consisted of the southern half of the city of Worcester and the towns of Grafton, Leicester, Millbury, Paxton, Princeton, Rutland and Westborough.

Massachusetts Senate elections, 1970: 1st Worcester District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Daniel J. Foley of Worcester	32,253	71.9
	Republican	Paul Rafferty of Worcester	12,569	28
Total votes			47,662

Massachusetts Senate elections, 1972: 1st Worcester District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Daniel J. Foley of Worcester	34,958	67.1
	Republican	Bronislaw Zielinski of Worcester	17,106	32.9
Total votes			55,163

1975-1995

In the redistricting of 1973, the former 1st Worcester District was renamed the Worcester and Middlesex District. The incumbent senator from the 1st Worcester District, Daniel J. Foley, was re-elected in this new district. The new 1st Worcester District was formed out of the former 2nd Worcester District and consisted of the northern half of the city of Worcester, the towns of Boylston and Shrewsbury to the east, and the towns of Clinton and West Boylston to the north.

In the election of 1974, incumbent Senator John J. Conte from the 2nd District was elected, without opposition, to represent the 1st District.

In the Democratic primary of 1976, Conte finished fourth in a four-way race, with just 7.9% of the vote. Gerard D'Amico became the party's nominee with 39.3%.

Massachusetts Senate elections, 1976: 1st Worcester District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gerard D'Amico of Worcester	41,722	67.7
	Republican	G. Gordon Graham of Clinton	19,875	32.2
Total votes			63,327

In the redistricting of 1977, which eliminated the 2nd Worcester District, the 1st Worcester District's name was changed to Worcester District. The district's boundary lines did not change.

D'Amico was re-nominated with one opponent in 1978, and re-elected with no Republican opponents in 1978, 1980 and 1982.

Massachusetts Senate elections, 1984: Worcester District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gerard D'Amico of Worcester	35,576	62.9
	Republican	Ronald J. White of Boylston	20,975	37.1
Total votes			61,529

D'Amico did not run for re-election in 1986, instead mounting an unsuccessful bid to gain the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor. State Representative Thomas P. White won a four-way Democratic primary election for the 1st Worcester District nomination.

Massachusetts Senate elections, 1986: Worcester District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas P. White of Worcester	27,682	69.4
	Republican	Roger L. Steele of Worcester	12,224	30.6
Total votes			44,023

White was re-elected in 1988 with no opponent.

Massachusetts Senate elections, 1990: Worcester District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Arthur E. Chase of Worcester	29,431	55.4
	Democratic	Thomas P. White of Worcester	23,674	44.6
Total votes			55,651

Massachusetts Senate elections, 1992: Worcester District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Arthur E. Chase of Worcester	31,550	53.1
	Democratic	Robert A. Bernstein of Worcester	27,893	46.9
Total votes			64,154

1995-2003

The redistricting of 1993 brought back the name 1st Worcester District and adjusted its boundary in the city of Worcester slightly; it lost Shrewsbury to the newly renamed 2nd Worcester District and added the town of Holden. The 1st Worcester District now consisted of Boylston, Clinton, Holden, West Boylston and the northern wards of Worcester.

Chase did not run for re-election in this district, instead gaining the Republican nomination for secretary of the commonwealth.

Massachusetts Senate elections, 1994: 1st Worcester District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert A. Bernstein of Worcester	24,999	52.3
	Republican	David J. Lionett of Worcester	22,724	47.5
Total votes			50,537

Bernstein was re-elected with no opponents in 1996 and 1998. He did not run for re-election in 2000. Instead, the Democrats nominated state Representative Harriette L. Chandler, who won a primary election against Joseph D. Early, Jr.

Massachusetts Senate elections, 2000: 1st Worcester District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harriette L. Chandler of Worcester	24,999	52.3
	Republican	Christopher P. LoConto of Worcester	15,672	28.6
Total votes			58,447

2003-2013

The redistricting of 2001 again slightly adjusted the district's boundary in Worcester. The town of Clinton was split between the 1st Worcester District and the Worcester and Middlesex District. The towns of Berlin, Paxton and Princeton, and part of Northborough, were added to the 1st Worcester District, which now consisted of Berlin, Boylston, southern Clinton, Holden, western Northborough, Paxton, Princeton, West Boylston and northern Worcester.

Massachusetts Senate elections, 2002: 1st Worcester District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harriette L. Chandler of Worcester	31,016	61.4
	Republican	Robert E. Amorello of Holden	19,418	38.5
Total votes			53,132

Massachusetts Senate elections, 2004: 1st Worcester District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harriette L. Chandler of Worcester	42,473	66.6
	Republican	Stephen N. Paige of West Boylston	21,183	33.2
Total votes			67,322

Massachusetts Senate elections, 2006: 1st Worcester District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harriette L. Chandler of Worcester	35,904	72.9
	Republican	Paul E. Nordborg of Holden	13,269	27
Total votes			52,329

Chandler was re-elected with no opponent in 2008

Massachusetts Senate elections, 2010: 1st Worcester District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harriette L. Chandler of Worcester	32,293	62.2
	Republican	Willliam J. Higgins Sr. of Northborough	19,601	37.7
Total votes			54,759

2013-present

The redistricting of 2011 added two more Worcester precincts to the 1st Worcester District, and removed the towns of Berlin and Paxton, which joined the Worcester and Middlesex and Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex districts, respectively. The 1st Worcester District now consists of Boylston, southern Clinton, Holden, western Northborough, Princeton, West Boylston and northern Worcester.

Harriette Chandler was re-elected with no opponents in 2012.

Massachusetts Senate elections, 2014: 1st Worcester District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harriette L. Chandler of Worcester	27,576	60.2
	Republican	Paul J. Franco of Worcester	18,179	39.7
Total votes			48,267

Chandler was re-elected with no opponents in 2016.

References

http://electionstats.state.ma.us/