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Among state lawmakers representing Berkshire County, there is concern their districts will expand further east.
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We can expect that our House districts are going to get larger geographically and expand further into Franklin, Hampshire and Hampden counties.”
— State Rep. Paul Mark, D-Peru
While lawmakers express confidence in their ability to represent the Berkshires no matter how the maps are drawn, adding new communities to a district would dilute the influence of those now in the district. Many Berkshire cities and towns would make up a smaller share of the voting base in future elections.
“Estimates point to our region either losing population or gaining at a pace much slower than eastern Massachusetts,” state Rep. Paul Mark, D-Peru, wrote in an email. â€œWe won’t know the full impact on Berkshire County and [western Massachusetts] until we see the local level data, but we can expect that our House districts are going to ge ....

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