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Who Represents New Ashford
The whole town sits in a single state representative district, a single state senate district, and a single congressional district, so there is no district line to check before you write. One representative, one senator, and one member of Congress speak for every New Ashford address, and the Commonwealth’s two U.S. senators represent the entire state, New Ashford included. Five names, and between them they cover everything from a town road grant to a federal tax bill.
State Senator
Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin and Hampshire District · Democrat
Paul Mark
State House: Room 504 · (617) 722-1625
Email: paul.mark@masenate.gov
The Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin and Hampshire district is a large one, gathering towns across four western counties, New Ashford among them. Senator Mark sits on the Senate Committee on Ways and Means, which shapes the state budget, and his office takes calls from every town in the district.
State Representative
1st Berkshire District · Democrat
John Barrett
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. Representative Barrett served twenty six years as mayor of North Adams, at the time the longest serving mayor in the state, before the town elected him to the 1st Berkshire seat, and his office takes calls from New Ashford residents.
In Washington
All of New Ashford sits in the 1st Congressional District, which covers most of western Massachusetts, from the Berkshire hills through Springfield. 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
New Ashford is not split, so every address in town has the same delegation. Both lookups take about ten seconds and both work for any Massachusetts address:
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