Leominster is a city in Worcester County,Massachusetts,United States. It is the second-largest city in Worcester County,with a population of 43,222 at the 2023 census. Leominster is located north of Worcester and northwest of Boston. Both Route 2 and Route 12 pass through Leominster. Interstate 190,Route 13,and Route 117 all have starting/ending points in Leominster. Leominster is bounded by Fitchburg and Lunenburg to the north,Lancaster to the east,Sterling and Princeton to the south,and Westminster to the west.
Benjamin Atwood Smith II was an American politician who served as a member of the United States Senate from December 1960 until November 1962.
Robert Edward Travaglini is an American politician and lobbyist. From 2003 to 2007,Travaglini served as President of the Massachusetts Senate. He represented the first Middlesex and Suffolk senate district,encompassing portions of Boston,Cambridge,Revere,and Winthrop.
The 2008 United States Senate election in Massachusetts took place on November 4,2008. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator John Kerry,who remained in the Senate after losing the presidency to incumbent President George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election,won re-election to a fifth term in office. Kerry later resigned his seat in 2013 to become Secretary of State under the Obama administration.
Robert A. Hall was an American politician who served five terms in the Massachusetts State Senate.
Abijah Bigelow was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Jonas Kendall was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts,father of Joseph Gowing Kendall.
Joseph Gowing Kendall was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts,son of Jonas Kendall.
Solomon Strong was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Marcos A. Devers is a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives,since January 2019,after having served in the same position from 2011 until 2017. Devers also is a former acting mayor of Lawrence,Massachusetts;when he served as acting mayor from September to November 2001,he became the first Dominican-American to execute the role of mayor in the United States and the first Latino mayor in Massachusetts.
Kevin Brian Harrington was a Massachusetts politician who served as President of the Massachusetts State Senate.
Joseph Henry Goguen was a Massachusetts teacher,politician and civil servant,who served as Member of the city council of Leominster,Massachusetts,as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives,as the Massachusetts Public Safety Commissioner,the United States Marshall for the District of Massachusetts and,from 1958 to 1959,as the acting Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Arthur E. Chase was an American businessman and politician who represented the Worcester District in the Massachusetts Senate from 1991 to 1995. He co-founded the Central Massachusetts Legislative Caucus. In 1991 he designed the Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science at WPI and in 1992 sponsored legislation to create it. He was the Republican nominee for Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1994,but lost in the general election to William F. Galvin.
Michael Daniels Brady is an American politician from Brockton,Massachusetts,who serves as the state legislator in the Massachusetts Senate representing the Second Plymouth &Norfolk District,which covers Brockton,East Bridgewater,Halifax,Hanson and Whitman in the county of Plymouth;portions of Randolph and Avon in the county of Norfolk. He is a Brockton resident and a member of the Democratic Party.
Patrick M. O'Connor is an American politician from Weymouth,Massachusetts,who was elected to the Massachusetts Senate on May 10,2016,in a special election to replace Robert Hedlund. He represents the Plymouth and Norfolk District,which comprises Cohasset,Duxbury,Hingham,Hull,Marshfield,Norwell,Scituate,and Weymouth.
Dean A. Tran is an American politician from Fitchburg,Massachusetts,who was elected to the Massachusetts Senate in 2017 in a special election. He represented the Worcester and Middlesex District,and is a Republican. Before his election to the Massachusetts Senate,Tran was a member of the Fitchburg City Council.
Edward J. Kennedy Jr. is an American politician,and member of the Massachusetts Senate from the 1st Middlesex district. He has previously served as the 90th Mayor of Lowell (2016–2018).
Massachusetts Senate's Worcester and Middlesex district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate. It covers 0.6% of Middlesex County and 18.7% of Worcester County population in 2010. Democrat John Cronin of Lunenberg has represented the district since 2021.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Worcester district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers the city of Leominster in Worcester County. Democrat Natalie Higgins of Leominster has represented the district since 2017.
The 2021 Boston City Council election was held on November 2,2021. All thirteen councillors from the nine districts and four councillors at-large were up for election. Elections in Boston are officially nonpartisan.
