The Green Papers: Off Year Election 2001

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Primary - House District 9: Tuesday, September 11, 2001
General Election - House District 9: Tuesday, October 16, 2001
Governor:1(Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms)
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
2000 Representatives:10(2.30% of 435)
2002 Representatives:10(2.30% of 435)
1990 Census: 6,016,425(2.42% of 248,765,170)
2000 Census: 6,355,568(2.25% of 281,998,273)
Registered Voters (Nov 98): 3,378,165
Estimated Voting age population (Jan 98): 4,731,000 
Tuesday, November 6, 2001 Polls Close: 8 PM EST (0100 UTC)
Candidates seeking office
Democrat:1
Republican:1
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Governor  Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, Current Governors  

 Republican  Governor Jane Swift
As Lieutenant Governor, suceeded to the office upon the resignation of Governor Argeo Paul Cellucci (Republican): 10 April 2001
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. (The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit).
 CandidateRepublican  (pending)
Possible candidates: Governor Jane Swift (announced October 17, 2001)
 CandidateDemocrat  (pending)
Possible candidates: State Treasurer Shannon O'Brien; Warren Tolman; Secretary of State William "Bill" Galvin.
 

10 April 2001: Argeo Paul Cellucci resigned the Governor's chair to become Ambassador to Canada. He (as Lieutenant Governor) suceeded to the chair upon the resignation of Governor William F. Weld (Republican) on 29 July 1997. Governor Cellucci was first elected to a full term in 1998. On 5 April 2001, the Senate, by voice vote, confirmed Governor Paul Cellucci as Ambassador to Canada. On 13 February 2001, the Bush Administration nominated Massachusetts Governor Cellucci as Ambassador to Canada.


Senate  6-year term, Current Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1Democrat  Senator Edward M. Kennedy
First elected to finish out the term in a Special Election: 1962 [held to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator John F. Kennedy (Democrat): 22 December 1960- which Benjamin A. Smith II (Democrat) had been appointed by Governor Foster Furcolo (Democrat) to fill, 27 December 1960]; elected to first full term: 1964; re-elected: 1970, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 7, 2006.

Class 2Democrat  Senator John F. Kerry
First elected: 1984; re-elected: 1990, 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

House of Representatives  2 year term, Current House  
Partisan Composition: 10 Democrats

CD 1Democrat  Congressman John W. Olver
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

CD 2Democrat  Congressman Richard E. Neal
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

CD 3Democrat  Congressman James P. McGovern
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

CD 4Democrat  Congressman Barney Frank
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

CD 5Democrat  Congressman Martin T. Meehan
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
 CandidateLibertarian  (pending)
Possible Candidates: Ilana Freedman.

CD 6Democrat  Congressman John F. Tierney
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

CD 7Democrat  Congressman Edward J. Markey
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

CD 8Democrat  Congressman Michael E. Capuano
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

CD 9Democrat  Congressman Stephen F. Lynch
First elected 16 October 2001.
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
 WinnerDemocrat  Stephen F. Lynch
11 September 2001 Primary: WINNNER: Stephen F. Lynch (40%), Cheryl Ann Jacques (28%), Brian Joyce (16%), Mark R. Pacheco (14%), William A. Ferguson, Jr. (0%), William F. Sinnott (0%), John E. Taylor (0%).
 CandidateRepublican  Jo Ann Sprague
11 September 2001 Primary: Jo Ann Sprague (62%), William D. McKinney (38%)
 

16 October 2001: With 68% of the precincts reporting: Democrat: Stephen F. Lynch (61%) WINNER, Republican: Jo Ann Sprague (37%).

Special Election - Primary: Tuesday 11 September 2001, General: Tuesday 16 October 2001.

Monday 28 May 2001: We extend our condolences to the friends and family of Representative J. Joseph Moakley who passed away today at 3:30 PM EST in Bethesda Naval Hospital. 11 February 2001: Congressman Joe Moakley has been diagnosed with leukemia. The 73 year old congressman will not seek re-election in 2002.


CD 10Democrat  Congressman William D. Delahunt
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.

Congressional District

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has 14 Counties and 10 Congressional Districts: 5 counties are wholly within a congressional district; 9 counties are divided among more than one congressional district.

CD # 1 includes:

  • the entirety of BERKSHIRE COUNTY;
  • the entirety of FRANKLIN COUNTY;
  • in HAMPDEN COUNTY: Blandford, Chester, Granville, Holyoke, Montgomery, Southwick, Tolland, Westfield and West Springfield;
  • in HAMPSHIRE COUNTY: Amherst, Belchertown, Chesterfield, Cummington, Easthampton, Goshen, Granby, Hatfield, Huntington, Middlefield, Pelham, Plainfield, Southampton, Westhampton, Williamsburg and Worthington;
  • in MIDDLESEX COUNTY: Ashby and Townsend;
  • in WORCESTER COUNTY: Ashburnham, Athol, Barre, Fitchburg, Gardner, Hardwick, Hubbardston, Leominster, New Braintree, North Brookfield, Oakham, Petersham, Phillipston, Royalston, Templeton, West Brookfield, Westminster and Winchendon.

the Town of Lunenburg (Worcester County) is mostly in CD 1 but a small portion lies in CD 5.

CD # 2 includes:

  • in HAMPDEN COUNTY: Agawam, Brimfield, Chicopee, East Longmeadow, Hampden, Holland, Longmeadow, Ludlow, Monson, Palmer, Springfield, Wales and Wilbraham;
  • in HAMPSHIRE COUNTY: Hadley, Northampton, South Hadley and Ware;
  • in NORFOLK COUNTY: Bellingham;
  • in WORCESTER COUNTY: Blackstone, Brookfield, Charlton, Douglas, Dudley, East Brookfield, Leicester, Mendon, Milford, Millbury, Millville, Oxford, Southbridge, Sturbridge, Sutton, Uxbridge, Warren and Webster.

the Town of Auburn (Worcester County) is mostly in CD 2 but a small portion lies in CD 3.

CD # 3 includes:

  • in BRISTOL COUNTY: Attleboro, Dartmouth, North Attleborough, Seekonk, Somerset, Swansea and Westport;
  • in MIDDLESEX COUNTY: Holliston and Hopkinton;
  • in NORFOLK COUNTY: Franklin, Medway, Plainville and Wrentham;
  • in WORCESTER COUNTY: Berlin, Boylston, Clinton, Grafton, Holden, Northborough, Northbridge, Paxton, Princeton, Rutland, Shrewsbury, Sterling, Upton, Westborough, West Boylston and Worcester.

the City of Fall River (Bristol County) is split between CDs 3 and 4.
the Town of Foxborough (Norfolk County) is split between CDs 3 and 4.
the Town of Lancaster (Worcester County) is split between CDs 3 and 5.
the Town of Mansfield (Bristol County) is mostly in CD 3 but a small portion lies in CD 4.

CD # 4 includes:

  • in BRISTOL COUNTY: Acushnet, Berkley, Dighton, Fairhaven, Freetown, New Bedford, Norton, Raynham and Rehoboth;
  • in MIDDLESEX COUNTY: Sherborn;
  • in NORFOLK COUNTY: Brookline, Dover, Millis, Norfolk, Sharon and Wellesley;
  • in PLYMOUTH COUNTY: Bridgewater, Carver, East Bridgewater, Halifax, Hanson, Lakeville, Marion, Mattapoisett, Middleborough, Pembroke, Plympton, Rochester, Wareham and West Bridgewater.

the Town of Rockland (Plymouth County) is split between CDs 4 and 10.

CD # 5 includes:

  • in ESSEX COUNTY: Andover, Lawrence and Methuen;
  • in MIDDLESEX COUNTY: Acton, Ashland, Ayer, Billerica, Boxborough, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Concord, Dracut, Dunstable, Groton, Hudson, Littleton, Lowell, Marlborough, Maynard, Pepperell, Shirley, Stow, Sudbury, Tewksbury, Tyngsborough, Wayland and Westford;
  • in WORCESTER COUNTY: Bolton, Harvard and Southborough.

as noted earlier, the Town of Lancaster (Worcester County) is split between CDs 3 and 5.

CD # 6 includes:

  • in ESSEX COUNTY: Amesbury, Beverly, Boxford, Danvers, Essex, Georgetown, Gloucester, Groveland, Hamilton, Haverhill, Ipswich, Lynn, Lynnfield, Manchester, Marblehead, Merrimac, Middleton, Nahant, Newbury, Newburyport, North Andover, Peabody, Rockport, Rowley, Salem, Salisbury, Saugus, Swampscott, Topsfield, Wenham and West Newbury;
  • in MIDDLESEX COUNTY: Bedford, Burlington, North Reading and Wilmington.

the Town of Reading (Middlesex County) is split between CDs 6 and 7.

CD # 7 includes:

  • in MIDDLESEX COUNTY: Arlington, Everett, Framingham, Lexington, Lincoln, Malden, Medford, Melrose, Natick, Stoneham, Wakefield, Waltham, Weston, Winchester and Woburn;
  • in SUFFOLK COUNTY: Revere and Winthrop.

CD # 8 includes:

  • in MIDDLESEX COUNTY: Belmont, Cambridge, Somerville and Watertown;
  • in SUFFOLK COUNTY: a portion of the City of Boston plus Chelsea.

CD # 9 includes:

  • in BRISTOL COUNTY: Taunton.
  • in NORFOLK COUNTY: Braintree, Canton, Dedham, Medfield, Milton, Needham, Norwood, Randolph, Stoughton, Walpole and Westwood;
  • in SUFFOLK COUNTY: a portion of the City of Boston.

the City of Brockton (Plymouth County) is split between CDs 9 and 10.
the Town of Easton (Bristol County) is mostly in CD 9 but a small portion lies in CD 4.

CD # 10 includes:

  • the entirety of BARNSTABLE COUNTY (=Cape Cod);
  • the entirety of DUKES COUNTY (=Martha's Vineyard plus the Elizabeth Islands);
  • the entirety of NANTUCKET COUNTY (=the island of Nantucket)
  • in NORFOLK COUNTY: Avon, Cohasset, Holbrook, Quincy and Weymouth;
  • in PLYMOUTH COUNTY: Abington, Duxbury, Hanover, Hingham, Hull, Kingston, Marshfield, Norwell, Plymouth, Scituate and Whitman.

as noted earlier, the Town of Rockland (Plymouth County) is split between CDs 4 and 10.