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Who Represents Lanesborough
The whole of Lanesborough sits in one state representative district and one state senate district, so unlike some of its neighbors there is no line down the middle of town: the same four people speak for every address here. One state representative and one state senator carry the town’s business at the State House, one member of Congress carries it in Washington, and the Commonwealth’s two U.S. senators represent the entire state, Lanesborough included. Five names on this page, and between them they cover everything from a rural school aid formula to a federal broadband grant.
State Representative
1st Berkshire District · Democrat
John Barrett, III
State House: Room 277 · (617) 722-2012
Email: john.barrett@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. Before the State House, Barrett served for decades as the mayor of North Adams, so the district’s largest city and its smallest towns are familiar ground. His office takes calls from Lanesborough residents.
State Senator
Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin and Hampshire District · Democrat
Paul W. Mark
State House: Room 504 · (617) 722-1625
Email: paul.mark@masenate.gov
The Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin and Hampshire district reaches across dozens of hill towns in the four western counties, so one senator carries the rural broadband, regional transit, and school funding questions of a wide swath of western Massachusetts. All of Lanesborough sits inside it, which means there is no district line to check before you write.
In Washington
All of Lanesborough sits in the 1st Congressional District, which runs across western Massachusetts from the Berkshires toward the Connecticut River valley. Massachusetts is represented in the U.S. Senate by Elizabeth Warren, the senior senator, and Edward J. Markey, the junior senator, both Democrats.
1st Congressional District · Democrat
Richard E. Neal
Washington: 372 Cannon House Office Building · 202-225-5601
Find Your Exact Legislator
Every address in Lanesborough shares the same representative and senator, but if you want to confirm it for your own street, either lookup takes about ten seconds and will tell you exactly:
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