Your Voice in Government
Legislators
Who Represents Wayland
Six people speak for Wayland above the town line, and one of them depends on your address. Wayland is split between two Massachusetts House districts, so which state representative is yours is a question about which street you live on. One state senator carries the whole town, one member of Congress carries it in the U.S. House, and the Commonwealth’s two U.S. senators represent the entire state, Wayland included. Between them they cover everything from a state road repair to a federal grant for your school.
State Senator
Middlesex and Worcester District · Democrat
James B. Eldridge
State House: Room 511-C · (617) 722-1120
Email: james.eldridge@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 Wayland sits inside the Middlesex and Worcester district, which means there is no district line to check before you write. Senator Eldridge sits on the Joint Committees on the Judiciary, on Election Laws, on Public Safety and Homeland Security, on Revenue, and on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities, among others. His office is also the one carrying Wayland’s Millennium Fund article through the Legislature, the article Town Meeting approved in 2025.
State Representatives
Wayland is split. Part of the town sits in the 13th Middlesex House district and part in the 5th Middlesex, so the person who speaks for your street depends on where in town you live. If you are not sure which is yours, the lookup below settles it in about ten seconds, and it is worth doing before you write, because a letter to the wrong district is a letter to someone else’s representative.
13th Middlesex District · Democrat
Carmine Lawrence Gentile
Email: carmine.gentile@mahouse.gov
5th Middlesex District · Democrat
David Paul Linsky
Email: david.linsky@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 Gentile sits on the Joint Committees on Municipalities and Regional Government, on Higher Education, on Aging and Independence, and on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight. Representative Linsky sits on the Joint Committees on Transportation, on Revenue, on Public Safety and Homeland Security, and on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development. Between the two of them, most questions a Wayland resident brings to Beacon Hill land in a committee one of them already sits on.
In Washington
All of Wayland sits in the Fifth 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 Wayland voter.
5th Congressional District · Democrat
Katherine Clark
Washington: 2368 Rayburn House Office Building · 202-225-2836
Leadership: House Minority Whip
Find Your Exact Legislator
Because Wayland is split between two House districts, the address lookup is not optional here. Either tool below tells you which of the two representatives is yours, and it takes about ten seconds:
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