Western Massachusetts has a new State Senator.
Republican State Senator Don Humason was sworn into office Wednesday by Governor Deval Patrick. Humason, who was in his 6th term as a State Representative from Westfield, won the special election on November 5th to fill the seat vacated by former Republican Senator Mike Knapik.
Humason is just one of four Republicans in the forty-member State Senate. The minority leader has pledged to appoint Humason to the powerful Way and Means Committee.
