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STATE SENATOR
BENJAMIN B. DOWNING

State House

District Office

Room 413F

20 Bank Row, Room 202

Boston, MA 02133

Pittsfield, MA 01201
Tel: (617) 722-1625 Tel: (413) 442-4008

State House Fax: (617) 722-1523

Fax: (413) 442-4077

Party Affiliation - DEMOCRAT

State House E-Mail Address: Benjamin.Downing@state.ma.us

DISTRICT REPRESENTED: BERKSHIRE, HAMPSHIRE AND FRANKLIN. Adams, Alford, Becket, Cheshire, Clarksburg, Dalton, Egremont, Florida, Great Barrington, Hancock, Hinsdale, Lanesborough, Lee, Lenox, Monterey, Mount Washington, New Ashford, New Marlborough, North Adams, Otis, Peru, Pittsfield, Richmond, Sandisfield, Savoy, Sheffield, Stockbridge, Tyringham, Washington, West Stockbridge, Williamstown and Windsor, in the county of Berkshire; Chesterfield, Cummington, Goshen, Huntington, Middlefield, Plainfield, Westhampton, Williamsburg and Worthington, in the county of Hampshire; and Ashfield, Charlemont, Conway, Hawley, Heath, Monroe and Rowe, in the county of Franklin.

EDUCATION: Pittsfield Catholic Schools; Providence College, BA - Political Science 2003; Tufts University, MA - Public Policy 2008

ORGANIZATIONS: Co-Chair, Massachusetts Democratic Party's Committee on Youth Services; Co-Chair of the Leadership Council to End Chronic Homelessness in Berkshire County; Advisory Council of the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center; Pittsfield Democracic Committee

PUBLIC OFFICE: Mass. Senate (2007- present).

Committees on which the legislator serves:

Joint Committee on Revenue (Chair)
Joint Committee on Higher Education (Vice-chair)
Senate Committee on Ways and Means
Joint Commitee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

Joint Commitee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies

Joint Commitee on Veterans and Federal Affairs