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Who Represents Otis
Five people carry Otis in Boston and Washington, and the good news for anyone writing a letter is that there is no district line to check first. The whole town sits in one state representative district, one state senate district and one congressional district, so the same five names cover every address in Otis. Between them they handle everything from a rural school funding formula to a federal broadband grant.
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 covers 57 towns, which is a great deal of western Massachusetts for one senator, and it is the reason a single office handles rural broadband, regional transit and small-town school funding all at once. Otis has a particular stake in that first one: the senator has made closing western Massachusetts’s rural digital divide a signature cause, and Otis is one of the towns that went ahead and built its own fiber network.
State Representative
All of Otis sits in the 3rd Berkshire District, so there is one representative for the whole town and no address to look up before you write.
3rd Berkshire District · Democrat
Leigh Davis
State House: Room 134 · (617) 722-2400
Email: leigh.davis@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. This one sits on the Joint Committee on Election Laws and on the House Committee on Climate Action and Sustainability, and served as vice chair of the Great Barrington Selectboard before her election to the House.
In Washington
All of Otis sits in the 1st Congressional District, which runs from the New York line across the Berkshires to Springfield and 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, and both represent every resident of Otis.
1st Congressional District · Democrat
Richard E. Neal
Washington: 372 Cannon House Office Building · 202-225-5601
The town’s own annual report prints the Pittsfield district office address for the congressman, at 78 Center Street, alongside the Boston and Washington offices for the rest of the delegation, so the contact list is in the book every household can pick up at Town Hall.
Find Your Exact Legislator
Otis is not split at any level, so these lookups will confirm what this page says rather than surprise you. They are still worth ten seconds, and they are the tool to use for any other town in the state:
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