---
type: Person
title: "Dawne Shand"
description: "MA House District 1st Essex — MA State House of Representatives District 1st Essex"
role: "MA House District 1st Essex"
party: "D"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "MA"
district: "MA State House of Representatives District 1st Essex"
represents: "us/states/ma/districts/house/1st-essex"
tenure:
  start: "2023-01-04"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "4a9458e7-af39-4769-9015-9c848b5110ec"
  office: "a0ee3480-9681-4f07-8dc6-e91f11e4c4d7"
  tenure: "150ce624-b65b-4b24-87cc-f5d1b1106ad9"
  jurisdiction: "b98c724c-3a93-4de0-9628-63943a7f0380"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "Geometry not found in SLD layer"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, ma]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Dawne Shand

Current MA House District 1st Essex (MA State House of Representatives District 1st Essex).

Represents [MA State House of Representatives District 1st Essex](/us/states/ma/districts/house/1st-essex.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: Geometry not found in SLD layer

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).