Massachusetts Senate's Bristol and Norfolk district

inlineConstituency of the ; Massachusetts State Senate
Current
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Demographics	91.21%% White; 2.34%% Black/African American; 0.05%% Native American; 4.07%% Asian; 0.04%% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander; 0.80%% Other race; 1.48%% Two or more races;
Population (2012)	157,172

Bristol and Norfolk is a district of the Massachusetts Senate. It covers 17.0% of Bristol County and 9.5% of Norfolk County population in 2010.^[2] Democrat Paul Feeney of Foxborough has represented the district since 2017.

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:^[3]

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Bristol, 2nd Bristol, 4th Bristol, 14th Bristol, 8th Norfolk, 9th Norfolk, 11th Norfolk, 12th Norfolk, and 13th Norfolk districts.^[4]

Senator	Party	Years	Electoral history
John Francis Parker	Republican	1975 – 1979	Redistricted from 1st Bristol district. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Redistricted to 1st Bristol district.
District eliminated in 1979. District restored in 2003.
Jo Ann Sprague^[5]	Republican	2003 – 2005	Redistricted from the Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth district. Re-elected in 2002.
James E. Timilty	Democratic	2005–April 28, 2017	Elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Resigned to become Treasurer of Norfolk County.
Paul R. Feeney^[6]	Democratic	November 1, 2017 – Present	Elected in 2017. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020.

^ Data Access and Dissemination Systems (DADS). "U.S. Census website". census.gov. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
^ David Jarman (July 30, 2019), "Counties ↔ legislative district correspondences: MA", How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?, Daily Kos, Counties to State Senate Districts
^ "An Act Establishing Executive Councillor and Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (2011), retrieved April 18, 2020
^ David Jarman (July 30, 2019), "Upper legislative district ↔ lower legislative district correspondences: MA", How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?, Daily Kos, State Senate Districts to State House Districts
^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: 2002". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
^ "Two-Thirds Of State Legislators Are Unopposed In The General Election", Wbur.org, November 1, 2018, Seven incumbent Democratic senators face opposition

"Bristol & Norfolk District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State Senate district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
"Bristol & Norfolk District", Votefeeney.com, archived from the original on May 14, 2020
League of Women Voters of Sharon-Stoughton