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Who Represents Abington
Five people speak for Abington above the town line, and there is no district boundary inside the town to check first. One state representative and one state senator carry the whole town in the Massachusetts Legislature, one member of Congress carries it in the U.S. House, and the Commonwealth’s two U.S. senators represent the entire state, Abington included. Between them they cover everything from a state road repair to a federal grant for your school. Notice one thing in the list below: Abington’s two state seats are held by members of different parties, so a resident writing to Beacon Hill has two doors and they do not open on the same room.
State Senator
Norfolk and Plymouth District · Democrat
John Keenan
State House: Room 413-F · (617) 722-1494
Email: john.keenan@masenate.gov
A state senator votes the state budget, files bills, and sits on the joint committees where most bills live or die. Senator Keenan sits on the Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government, which is the committee a home rule petition from Abington would have to pass through. All of Abington sits inside the Norfolk and Plymouth district, so there is no district line to check before you write.
State Representative
Abington is not split. The entire town sits in the 7th Plymouth House district, so one representative answers for every street in it.
7th Plymouth District · Republican
Alyson Sullivan-Almeida
State House: Room 548 · (617) 722-2488
Email: alyson.sullivan@mahouse.gov
A state representative files bills, votes the state budget, and can chase a state agency on a constituent’s behalf, which is often the fastest use of the office. Representative Sullivan-Almeida sits on the House Committee on Ways and Means and on the Joint Committee on Education, which are two of the committees a school funding question has to survive.
In Washington
All of Abington sits in the Eighth Congressional District, one of nine in Massachusetts. Massachusetts is represented in the U.S. Senate by Elizabeth Warren, the senior senator, and Edward J. Markey, the junior senator, both Democrats, and both of them represent you as much as any Abington voter.
8th Congressional District · Democrat
Stephen F. Lynch
Washington: 2109 Rayburn House Office Building · 202-225-8273
Find Your Exact Legislator
Abington sits whole inside one House district and one Senate district, so the names above are yours whatever your address. If you want to confirm it, or you are looking up a neighbouring town, either lookup takes about ten seconds:
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