Brewer Announces Redistricting Plan Passes Senate

Brewer to Represent Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex

(Boston) -  Senator Stephen M. Brewer (D-Barre) announced today that the Senate voted unanimously to pass legislation that would redraw the House and Senate legislative districts.  The plan was crafted by the Special Joint Committee on Redistricting chaired by Senator Stanley C. Rosenberg and Representative Michael J. Moran.

“This process is bitter sweet,” said Brewer.  “I will miss representing the towns of Orange, Warwick and Royalston.  Although my district has changed, the friendships and great relationships that I have developed over the years will remain with me.”  Brewer will add the towns of Ashby and Paxton to his area of representation, which will now be known as the Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex district.

The Special Joint Committee on Redistricting was tasked with studying and proposing a new division of the Commonwealth into 9 Congressional, 40 Senatorial, 160 Representative and 8 Councilor districts.  The changes were based on population figures from the 2010 U.S. Census and reflect demographic changes in the state during the past decade.

 “Senator Rosenberg worked diligently on this plan and I applaud his efforts to include all interested parties in this process.  The Committee has established a smart plan and I am excited to serve my new communities,” Brewer continued.

The Committee actively encouraged participation in the redistricting process from public interest

groups, concerned citizens, and federal, state, and municipal officials. In total, 13 public hearings were conducted.

Passage of the bill follows last week’s announcement that United States Representative John Olver will retire after the completion of his 11^th term representing the First Congressional District.  Brewer who shares representation of 16 towns with Olver remembers him as “an honest and intelligent man who ennobled the term public service.”

You can find the new maps online at www.malegislature.gov/redistricting.

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Posted: Tue, Nov 1, 2011
Updated Tue, Nov 1, 2011