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The Second Worcester District is one of 40 electoral districts that each send one senator to the Massachusetts Senate. The district is represented by state Sen. Michael O. Moore of Millbury, a Democrat.

The district consists of the southern half of the city of Worcester, and Central Massachusetts suburban towns to the west, south and east.

Under previous apportionment plans, the district has also been known as the 1st Worcester and Middlesex District or the East Worcester District.

Cities and towns

The 2nd Worcester District consists of all or part of seven towns in Central Massachusetts, as well as wards 5, 6 and 7, and precincts 1 and 5 of Ward 8, in the city of Worcester.

Municipality	Pop.	County	U.S. House district(s)		State House district(s)
Auburn	16,183	Worcester		2nd (Jim McGovern)		7th Worcester (Paul Frost)
Grafton	17,472	Worcester		2nd (Jim McGovern)		9th Worcester (David Muradian)
Leicester	10,934	Worcester		2nd (Jim McGovern)		17th Worcester (Kate Campanale)
Millbury	13,250	Worcester		2nd (Jim McGovern)		7th Worcester (Paul Frost)
Northbridge (precincts 2 and 4)	14,180	Worcester		2nd (Jim McGovern)		9th Worcester (David Muradian)
Shrewsbury	35,269	Worcester		2nd (Jim McGovern)		11th Worcester (Hannah Kane)
Upton	7,364	Worcester		2nd (Jim McGovern)		9th Worcester (David Muradian)
Worcester (precincts as listed above)	180,519	Worcester		2nd (Jim McGovern)		15th Worcester (Mary Keefe)
						16th Worcester (Dan Donahue)
						17th Worcester (Kate Campanale)

Senators

Senator	Party	Hometown	Years	Notes
John J. Conte	Democratic	Worcester	?? – 1975	Redistricted to 1st Worcester District
Robert A. Hall	Republican	Fitchburg	1975 – 1977	Redistricted from 3rd Worcester District Redistricted to 2nd Worcester and Middlesex District
Daniel J. Foley	Democratic	Worcester	1977 – 1985	Redistricted from Worcester and Middlesex District District name changed to 1st Worcester and Middlesex District in 1979
John P. Houston	Democratic	Worcester	1985 – 1989	Lost general election to Matthew J. Amorello
Matthew J. Amorello	Republican	Grafton	1989 – 1999	District name changed to 2nd Worcester District in 1995 Left to run for U.S. Congress
Guy Glodis	Democratic	Worcester, Auburn	1999 – 2005	Left to run for sheriff of Worcester County
Edward M. Augustus, Jr.	Democratic	Worcester	2005 – 2009	Did not run for re-election
Michael O. Moore	Democratic	Millbury	2009 – present

History

The 2nd 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 1857, the East Worcester District consisted of the towns of Berlin, Bolton, Boylston, Clinton, Grafton, Millbury, Northborough, Shrewsbury, Southborough, Upton, West Boylston and Westborough.

1866-1896

The redistricting of 1866 saw the East District towns split, with the northern towns joining the North East Worcester District towns in the newly renamed the 5th Worcester District, while the southern towns joined the former South East Worcester District to form the new 2nd Worcester District. The 2nd District included Grafton, Northborough, Shrewsbury, Southborough, Upton and Westborough from the old East District; and Blackstone, Douglas, Mendon, Milford, Northbridge, Sutton and Uxbridge from the old South East District.

In 1876, redistricting added the town of Boylston, on the northwestern edge of the district.

In 1886's redistricting, the district lost Douglas to the 3rd Worcester District, and gained Berlin, Bolton, Clinton and Harvard from the 5th Worcester District. Hopedale separated from Milford but remained in the 2nd Worcester District.

1896-1916

Redistricting in 1896 moved the southern towns of the district to a realigned 5th Worcester District. The 2nd Worcester District gained two northeastern wards of the city of Worcester, along with several towns northwest and north of the city. The 2nd Worcester District now consisted of Berlin, Bolton, Boylston, Clinton, Harvard, Holden, Lancaster, Sterling, West Boylston and part of Worcester.

1916-1939

In 1906, the suburban towns were redistricted to the Worcester and Hampden District. The 2nd Worcester District consisted of several northern wards of the city of Worcester.

1939-1975

After the redistricting of 1939, the 2nd Worcester District again included towns adjacent to Worcester: Holden in 1939; Holden and West Boylston following the redistricting of 1948; Holden, Shrewsbury and West Boylston in the redistricting of 1970.

John J. Conte was elected to the Senate in 1963 and held the 2nd District seat until the election of 1974, when he was redistricted into the 1st Worcester District.

1975-1979

The redistricting of 1973 placed all of the former 2nd District, except Holden, in a new 1st Worcester District. The 2nd Worcester District name was given to a district largely identical to the former 3rd Worcester District represented by Sen. Robert Hall. The new 2nd Worcester District consisted of Ashburnham, Fitchburg, Gardner, Holden, Hubbardston, Lancaster, Leominster, Lunenburg, Oakham, Princeton, Rutland, Sterling and Westminster.

Massachusetts Senate elections, 1974: 2nd Worcester District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert A. Hall of Lunenburg	23,039	61.9
	Democratic	Bernard F. Chartrand of Fitchburg	17,282	38.1
Total votes			46,807

Hall was re-elected with no opponents in 1976.

1979-1995

Redistricting in 1977 eliminated the 2nd Worcester District. The Fitchburg-centered district was named the 2nd Worcester and Middlesex District, but the forerunner of today's 2nd Worcester District was the new 1st Worcester and Middlesex District in southern Worcester County. This district included the southern half of the city of Worcester, and the towns of Grafton, Hopedale, Hopkinton, Leicester, Millbury, Northborough, Southborough, Upton and Westborough.

Daniel J. Foley, the incumbent senator from the Worcester and Middlesex District, was re-elected with no opposition in 1978, 1980 and 1982. He lost the 1984 Democratic primary election, and a write-in bid in the general election, to John P. Houston.

Massachusetts Senate elections, 1984: 1st Worcester and Middlesex District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John P. Houston of Worcester	35,213	60
	Republican	Frederick S. White of Hopkinton	13,327	22.7
	Write-in	Daniel J. Foley of Worcester	10,186	17.3
Total votes			63.345

Houston was re-elected with no opponents in 1986.

In 1987, redistricting moved Southborough from the 1st Worcester and Middlesex District to the Middlesex, Norfolk and Worcester District, and added Sutton from the Worcester and Norfolk District.

Massachusetts Senate elections, 1988: 2nd Worcester District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John P. Houston of Worcester	40,370	68.3
	Republican	John H. Roche of Westborough	18,753	31.7
Total votes			65,880

Massachusetts Senate elections, 1990: 2nd Worcester District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Matthew J. Amorello of Grafton	28,112	50.6
	Democratic	John P. Houston of Worcester	27,340	49.3
Total votes			59,260

Massachusetts Senate elections, 1992: 2nd Worcester District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Matthew J. Amorello of Grafton	38,951	59.4
	Democratic	Guy Glodis of Worcester	26,635	40.6
Total votes			70,927

1995-2003

The redistricting of 1993 brought back the name 2nd Worcester District and adjusted the district's boundary in the city of Worcester slightly; it also lost Hopkinton, Northborough and Westborough; and gained Auburn and Shrewsbury.

Amorello was re-elected in the 2nd Worcester District in 1994 and 1996, facing no opponents in either election. He chose not to run for re-election in 1998 in order to make a bid for U.S. Congress.

Massachusetts Senate elections, 1998: 2nd Worcester District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Guy Glodis of Worcester	27,983	55.4
	Republican	Karyn Polito of Shrewsbury	22,535	44.6
Total votes			51,715

Massachusetts Senate elections, 2000: 2nd Worcester District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Guy Glodis of Worcester	50,511	78.5
	Republican	Donald P. Davidson III of Grafton	13,793	21.4
Total votes			68,282

Glodis changed his residence to Auburn sometime after the 2000 election and before being re-elected, with no opposition, in 2002.

2003-2013

Several suburban towns were added to the district in the redistricting of 2001. The 2nd Worcester District consisted of Auburn, Grafton, Leicester, Millbury, Shrewsbury, Upton and the southern half of the city of Worcester.

Glodis chose not to run for re-election in 2004, instead running for, and winning, the office of Worcester County sheriff.

Massachusetts Senate elections, 2004: 2nd Worcester District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edward M. Augustus, Jr. of Worcester	39,948	60.5
	Republican	Robi Blute of Shrewsbury	21,546	32.6
	Unenrolled	Jane M. Burdzel of Leicester	4,455	6.7
Total votes			69,475

Massachusetts Senate elections, 2006: 2nd Worcester District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edward M. Augustus, Jr. of Worcester	33,187	67.5
	Republican	Richard J. Peters of Worcester	12,352	25.1
	Unenrolled	John M. Lazzaro of Millbury	3,616	7.4
Total votes			52,545

Augustus did not run for re-election in 2008. Michael O. Moore defeated Douglas A. Belanger for the Democratic nomination that year.

Massachusetts Senate elections, 2008: 2nd Worcester District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael O. Moore of Millbury	41,234	59.5
	Republican	John I. Lebeaux of Shrewsbury	24,657	35.6
	Green-Rainbow	Steven W. Baer of Shrewsbury	3,336	4.8
Total votes			74,859

Moore was re-elected with no opponents in 2010.

2013-present

The district was largely unchanged in the redistricting of 2011, adding two precincts in Northborough and losing a handful of precincts in the city of Worcester.

Massachusetts Senate elections, 2012: 2nd Worcester District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael O. Moore of Millbury	48,609	67.8
	Republican	Stephen R. Simonian of Auburn	22,949	32
Total votes			77,544

Moore was re-elected with no opponents in 2014.

Massachusetts Senate elections, 2016: 2nd Worcester District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael O. Moore of Millbury	55,093	74.0
	Republican	Mesfin H. Beshir of Worcester	19,250	25.9
Total votes			83,303

References

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