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Who Represents Fitchburg
When the state decides how to fund your school or the country debates a law, a handful of specific people cast Fitchburg’s votes. At the State House, the city is carried by one state senator and one state representative. In Washington, it is one member of Congress and the Commonwealth’s two U.S. senators. District lines can run right through a neighborhood, so use the lookup tools below to confirm exactly who speaks for your address.
State Senator
Worcester & Middlesex District · Democrat
John J. Cronin
Senator Cronin, a Lunenburg Democrat first elected in 2020, represents the Worcester and Middlesex district, anchored by Fitchburg and Leominster. He has built his record around workforce training and vocational education, and he chairs the Senate’s Gateway Cities Caucus, a group focused on midsize former mill cities like Fitchburg. Reach him through his State House office or the malegislature.gov profile linked below.
State Representative
3rd Worcester District · Democrat
Michael P. Kushmerek
Representative Kushmerek, a Fitchburg Democrat first elected in 2020, represents the 3rd Worcester House district, which covers the city plus two precincts of neighboring Lunenburg. A Fitchburg State graduate who served years on the City Council before heading to Beacon Hill, he keeps a district office right in Fitchburg City Hall and can be reached at Michael.Kushmerek@mahouse.gov.
Find Your Exact Legislator
Not sure which district your street sits in? These two tools confirm your senator and representative from your exact address:
In Washington
In Congress, Fitchburg sits in the 2nd District, represented by U.S. Representative Jim McGovern, a Worcester Democrat who has served central Massachusetts since 1997 and now chairs, or leads his party on, the powerful House Rules Committee. Like every state, Massachusetts also has two U.S. senators who represent the whole Commonwealth: Elizabeth Warren, the senior senator since 2013, and Edward J. “Ed” Markey, the junior senator since 2013.
Sources
Massachusetts Legislature (malegislature.gov). Verified July 2026.
Open States (Plural). Verified July 2026.
What this seat decides
The state and federal seats
Your State Representative and your State Senator. State law: the driving age, the minimum wage, the bottle deposit, and Chapter 70, the formula that decides how much state money your schools get. They also carry a home rule petition to the State House when your town votes for something state law does not yet allow it to do.
Your member of Congress and your two US Senators. Federal law and federal money, and help with a federal agency like Social Security, the VA, or immigration when someone in your family needs it. They also nominate candidates to the US service academies.
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