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Who Represents Washington

The whole town of Washington sits in one state representative district, one state senate district, and one congressional district, so there is no address line to check before you write. Five names cover you: one state representative and one state senator on Beacon Hill, one member of Congress, and the Commonwealth’s two U.S. senators. Between them they carry everything from a rural road grant to a federal broadband program.

State Senator

The Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin and Hampshire district stretches across the western Massachusetts hilltowns, so one senator carries the road, broadband, housing and school funding questions of dozens of small communities. All of Washington sits inside it.

State Representative

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. All of Washington sits in the 3rd Berkshire District, so this is the House member who answers for the whole town.

In Congress

All of Washington sits in the 1st Congressional District, which covers western Massachusetts. The Commonwealth is represented in the U.S. Senate by Elizabeth Warren, the senior senator, and Edward J. Markey, the junior senator, both Democrats.

Find Your Exact Legislator

All of Washington sits in one set of districts, but if you want to confirm your own, both lookups take about ten seconds and will tell you exactly:

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