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Legislators
Who Represents Northampton
Northampton is small enough to sit entirely inside a single state House district, which makes your delegation unusually easy to name. One state representative covers every street in the city. One state senator covers the whole city too. In Washington, all of Northampton is represented by one member of Congress and by the Commonwealth’s two U.S. senators. Five people. That is the entire list, and each of them has a public office and a phone number.
State Senator
Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester District · Democrat
Jo Comerford
Phone: (617) 722-1532
Senator Comerford represents the Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester District, a western Massachusetts district named for the three counties it reaches into. A state senator votes on every state budget and every state law, and the state budget is where line items that touch Northampton directly, from local aid to school funding formulas, are won or lost. Her office is Room 410 at the Massachusetts State House, and answering constituent mail is part of the job description, not a favor.
State Representative
1st Hampshire District · Democrat
Lindsay Sabadosa
Phone: (617) 722-2304
Lindsay Sabadosa holds the 1st Hampshire seat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and every address in Northampton is in her district. A state representative files bills, votes on the state budget, and carries local matters to Beacon Hill, including home rule petitions, the mechanism a city uses when it needs the Legislature’s permission to do something its charter does not already allow. Her office is Room 160 at the State House, and her district is the one place in the Legislature where a Northampton address is the whole constituency.
In Washington
All of Northampton sits in the Second Congressional District, represented by James P. McGovern, whose office is 370 Cannon House Office Building in Washington. Massachusetts is represented in the U.S. Senate by Elizabeth Warren, the senior senator, and Edward J. Markey, the junior senator. Federal offices run casework: if a passport, a veterans benefit, or an immigration file is stuck, a congressional office can ask the agency about it on your behalf, and any constituent can request that, whatever your age.
Find Your Exact Legislator
Northampton is not split, so every address in the city shares the same delegation. If you move, or if you want to check a neighboring town, use these:
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