Your Voice in Government
Legislators
Who Represents Lunenburg
Six people speak for Lunenburg above the town line, and one of them depends on your address. Lunenburg is split between TWO state representative districts, so the first thing to know here is which side of the line your street is on. One state senator carries the whole town in the Massachusetts Senate, one member of Congress carries it in the U.S. House, and the Commonwealth’s two U.S. senators represent the entire state, Lunenburg included. Between them they cover everything from a state road repair to a federal grant for your school.
State Senator
Worcester and Middlesex District · Democrat
John J. Cronin
State House: Room 218 · (617) 722-1230
Email: john.cronin@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 Lunenburg sits inside the Worcester and Middlesex district, so unlike the House side there is no district line to check before you write. Senator Cronin sits on the Senate Committee on Ways and Means, which is the committee the state budget itself passes through.
State Representative
Here is the one thing on this page you cannot answer without knowing where you live. Lunenburg is a SPLIT town in the Massachusetts House, divided between the 3rd Worcester district and the 1st Middlesex district, so two representatives serve the town and only one of them serves your street. Both are listed below.
3rd Worcester District · Democrat
Michael P. Kushmerek
State House: Room 136 · (617) 722-2396
Email: michael.kushmerek@mahouse.gov
1st Middlesex District · Democrat
Margaret R. Scarsdale
State House: Room 473F · (617) 722-2210
Email: margaret.scarsdale@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. Both of Lunenburg’s sit on the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. Representative Kushmerek also sits on the Joint Committee on Education, and Representative Scarsdale sits on the House Committee on Ways and Means, where the state budget is written.
In Washington
All of Lunenburg sits in the Third 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 Lunenburg voter.
3rd Congressional District · Democrat
Lori Trahan
Washington: 2233 Rayburn House Office Building · 202-225-3411
Find Your Exact Legislator
Because the town is split in the House, your street decides which of the two representatives above is yours. Do not guess it. Either lookup below settles it in about ten seconds, and both will also confirm your senator and your polling place:
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.