Massachusetts Eighth Governor’s Council District
The Massachusetts Eighth Governor’s Council District is currently represented by incumbent Tara J. Jacobs (D-North Adams) who was first elected in 2022. The district covers a large portion of western Massachusetts, including 103 cities and towns with a total population of approximately 828,000 people.
8th District
Incumbent: Tara J. Jacobs (D-North Adams)
| Population | 827,998 |
| Area (square miles) | 2,958 |
| Below Poverty | 14% |
| College Degree | 24% |
| Minority | 29% |
| White | 71% |
| Black | 5% |
| Asian | 3% |
| Hispanic | 17% |
| White Working-Class | 33% |
| City/Town | Precincts |
|---|---|
| Adams | - |
| Agawam | - |
| Alford | - |
| Amherst | - |
| Ashburnham | - |
| Ashfield | - |
| Athol | - |
| Becket | - |
| Belchertown | - |
| Bernardston | - |
| Blandford | - |
| Buckland | - |
| Charlemont | - |
| Cheshire | - |
| Chester | - |
| Chesterfield | - |
| Chicopee | - |
| Clarksburg | - |
| Colrain | - |
| Conway | - |
| Cummington | - |
| Dalton | - |
| Deerfield | - |
| East Longmeadow | - |
| Easthampton | - |
| Egremont | - |
| Erving | - |
| Florida | - |
| Gill | - |
| Goshen | - |
| Granby | - |
| Granville | - |
| Great Barrington | - |
| Greenfield | - |
| Hadley | - |
| Hampden | - |
| Hancock | - |
| Hatfield | - |
| Hawley | - |
| Heath | - |
| Hinsdale | - |
| Holyoke | - |
| Huntington | - |
| Lanesborough | - |
| Lee | - |
| Lenox | - |
| Leverett | - |
| Leyden | - |
| Longmeadow | - |
| Ludlow | - |
| Middlefield | - |
| Monroe | - |
| Montague | - |
| Monterey | - |
| Montgomery | - |
| Mount Washington | - |
| New Ashford | - |
| New Marlborough | - |
| New Salem | - |
| North Adams | - |
| Northampton | - |
| Northfield | - |
| Orange | - |
| Otis | - |
| Palmer | - |
| Pelham | - |
| Peru | - |
| Petersham | - |
| Pittsfield | - |
| Plainfield | - |
| Richmond | - |
| Rowe | - |
| Royalston | - |
| Russell | - |
| Sandisfield | - |
| Savoy | - |
| Sheffield | - |
| Shelburne | - |
| Shutesbury | - |
| South Hadley | - |
| Southampton | - |
| Southwick | - |
| Springfield | - |
| Stockbridge | - |
| Sunderland | - |
| Tolland | - |
| Tyringham | - |
| Warren | - |
| Warwick | - |
| Washington | - |
| Wendell | - |
| West Springfield | - |
| West Stockbridge | - |
| Westfield | - |
| Westhampton | - |
| Whately | - |
| Wilbraham | - |
| Williamsburg | - |
| Williamstown | - |
| Winchendon | - |
| Windsor | - |
| Worthington | - |
Elections
| Date |
Democratic
|
Republican
|
Third-Party
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-05 | Tara J. Jacobs (D-North Adams) | 100% | |||||
| 2022-11-08 | Tara J. Jacobs (D-North Adams) | 62% | John M. Comerford (R-Palmer) | 38% | |||
| 2020-11-03 | Mary E. Hurley (D-East Longmeadow) | 100% | |||||
| 2018-11-06 | Mary E. Hurley (D-East Longmeadow) | 75% | Mike Franco (U-Holyoke) | 25% | |||
| 2016-11-08 | Mary E. Hurley (D-East Longmeadow) | 100% | |||||
| 2014-11-04 | Michael J. Albano (D-Longmeadow) | 100% | |||||
| 2012-11-06 | Michael J. Albano (D-Longmeadow) | 69% | Michael Franco (R-Holyoke) | 31% | |||
| 2010-11-02 | Thomas T. Merrigan (D-Greenfield) | 63% | Michael Franco (R-Chicopee) | 37% | |||
| 2008-11-04 | Thomas T. Merrigan (D-Greenfield) | 70% | Michael Franco (R-East Longmeadow) | 30% | |||
| 2006-11-07 | Thomas T. Merrigan (D-Greenfield) | 59% | Michael Franco (R-Holyoke) | 21% | Michael T. Kogut (U-Springfield) | 20% | |
| 2004-11-02 | Peter Vickery (D-Amherst) | 63% | Aaron W. Wilson (U-Holyoke) | 37% | |||
| 2002-11-05 | Edward M. O'Brien (D) | 100% | |||||
| 2000-11-07 | Edward M. O'Brien (D) | 71% | Marshall T. Moriarty (R) | 29% | |||
| 1998-11-03 | Edward M. O'Brien (D) | 65% | Robert A. Magovern (R) | 28% | Abraham Kasparian, Jr. (Other) | 8% | |
| 1996-11-05 | Edward M. O'Brien (D) | 100% | |||||
| 1994-11-08 | Edward M. O'Brien (D) | 100% | |||||
| 1992-11-03 | Edward M. O'Brien (D) | 70% | Ward B. Carlstrom (R) | 30% | |||
| 1990-11-06 | Edward M. O'Brien (D) | 100% | |||||