Your Voice in Government
Ipswich Legislators
Who Represents Ipswich
Five people speak for Ipswich 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, Ipswich included. Between them they cover everything from a state road repair to a federal grant for your school. One thing worth noticing before you write: your state senator and your state representative sit in different parties, so on a question that splits along party lines you have a hearing on both sides of it.
State Senator
First Essex and Middlesex District · Republican
Bruce E. Tarr
State House: Room 308 · (617) 722-1600
Email: bruce.tarr@masenate.gov
A state senator votes the state budget, files bills, and sits on the joint committees where most bills live or die. All of Ipswich sits inside the First Essex and Middlesex district, which runs up the North Shore from Gloucester and Rockport to Salisbury and inland to North Andover, so there is no district line to check before you write. Senator Tarr is the Senate Minority Leader, which means he speaks for his caucus in negotiations over the budget and the calendar.
State Representative
Ipswich is not split. The entire town sits in the 2nd Essex House district, so one representative answers for every street in it.
2nd Essex District · Democrat
Kristin E. Kassner
State House: Room 254 · (617) 722-2220
Email: kristin.kassner@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. The 2nd Essex is six communities, and Ipswich is the largest of them, so a letter from an Ipswich address is not a small share of the mail this office gets.
In Washington
All of Ipswich sits in the Sixth 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 Ipswich voter.
6th Congressional District · Democrat
Seth Moulton
Washington: 1126 Longworth House Office Building · 202-225-8020
Find Your Exact Legislator
Ipswich 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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