Massachusetts Senate's 3rd Essex district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate.^[1] It covers portions of Essex county.^[2] Democrat Brendan Crighton of Lynn has represented the district since 2018.^[3]

The district includes the following localities:^[2]

• Lynn
• Lynnfield
• Marblehead
• Nahant
• Saugus
• Swampscott

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Essex, 9th Essex, 10th Essex, 11th Essex, 20th Middlesex, and 16th Suffolk districts.^[4]

The district previously covered the following:

• Andover, circa 1860s^[5]
• Boxford, circa 1860s^[5]
• Haverhill, circa 1860s^[5]
• Lawrence, circa 1860s^[5]
• Methuen, circa 1860s^[5]
• North Andover, circa 1860s^[5]

• George L. Davis, circa 1859 ^[6]
• Horace C. Bacon, circa 1874
• James Shaw
• Charles Donnell Brown
• John Stoddart
• Cornelius F. Haley, circa 1935-1945 ^[7][8]

Senator	Party	Years	Legis.	Electoral history	District towns
Philip A. Graham[9]	Republican	1951 – 1967	157th 158th 159th 160th 161st 162nd 163rd 164th	Elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964.
William L. Saltonstall[10]	Republican	1967 – 1975	165th 166th 167th 168th	Elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Redistricted to 1st Essex and Middlesex district.
James Rurak	Democratic	1975 – 1977	169th	Redistricted from 4th Essex district. Elected in 1974. Lost Democratic primary in 1976.
Sharon Pollard[11]	Democratic	1977 – 1983	170th 171st 172nd 173rd	Elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Resigned to become Massachusetts Secretary of Energy.
Nicholas J. Costello[12]	Democratic	1983 – 1991	173rd 174th 175th 176th	Elected in 1983 special election. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988.
James Jajuga	Democratic	1991 – 2001	177th 178th 179th 180th 181st 182nd	Elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Resigned to become Massachusetts Secretary of Public Safety.
Steven Baddour	Democratic	2002 – 2003	182nd	Elected in 2001 special election. Redistricted to 1st Essex district.
District eliminated in 2003. District restored in 2013.
Thomas M. McGee	Democratic	January 2003 – 2018	188th 189th 190th	Redistricted from 3rd Essex and Middlesex district. Re-elected in 2002. Re-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 Mayor of Lynn.	2013–23: Lynn, Lynnfield, Marblehead, Nahant, Saugus, and Swampscott
Brendan Crighton[3]	Democratic	March 7, 2018–	190th 191st 192nd	Elected in 2018 special election. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020.

Portraits of legislators

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  James Shaw
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  Charles Donnell Brown
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  John Stoddart
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  Cornelius Haley

• List of Massachusetts Senate elections
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts Senate
• Other Essex County districts of the Massachusett Senate: 1st, 2nd; 1st Essex and Middlesex; 2nd Essex and Middlesex
• Essex County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th

• Ballotpedia
• "Third Essex District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State Senate district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
• League of Women Voters of Marblehead

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