Your Voice in Government
Franklin Legislators
Who Represents Franklin
Franklin is small enough to sit inside a single state House district and a single state Senate district, so the whole town shares the same two state legislators. In Washington, all of Franklin is represented by one member of Congress and the Commonwealth’s two U.S. senators. Knowing their names is the first step to being heard by them.
State Senator
Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex District · Democrat
Rebecca L. Rausch
Senator Rausch has represented the Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex district since 2019. All of Franklin sits in her district, which also covers nearby towns such as Needham, Norfolk, Wrentham, and Millis. She carries Franklin’s voice to the 40-member state Senate on Beacon Hill.
State Representative
Representative Roy has held the 10th Norfolk seat since 2013. The district is built around Franklin: it contains the entire town, plus three precincts of neighboring Medway. That means every Franklin voter shares the same state representative, a rarity for a town this size.
Find and Contact Your Legislators
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In Washington
All of Franklin sits in the 4th Congressional District, represented by U.S. Representative Jake Auchincloss, a Democrat who has held the seat since 2021. Massachusetts is represented in the U.S. Senate by Elizabeth Warren, the senior senator, and Edward J. Markey, the junior senator. Both have served in the Senate since 2013.
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.
Knowing who represents you is the first step. Learn how to write to them so it lands.