Northampton Rep. Peter Kocot, who has served in the Legislature since 2002, has died, according to the House Speaker's office. The death of the 61-year-old lawmaker came as a surprise to many in ...

NORTHAMPTON - Shauneen Kocot, the wife of late State representative Peter Kocot, has endorsed candidate Diana Szynal to fill his former seat in the 1st Hampshire District. Kocot, who died in ...

Diana Szynal is seeking to replace the late Rep. Peter Kocot, for whom she served as an aide and district manager for 16 years, in the Massachusetts House.

BOSTON (AP) — A state lawmaker representing a western Massachusetts district has died. The death of Rep. Peter Kocot was announced Thursday in an email from House Speaker Robert DeLeo.

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) – Change is coming for Hampshire County politics. State Representative Peter Kocot passed away Thursday and two long serving state representatives have announced plans ...

NORTHAMPTON — Area constituents came together recently in a sit-down meeting with Rep. Peter Kocot to urge the lawmaker to support proposed legislation enabling terminally ill patients to be ...

Kocot hit back at the notion that the bill would be costly. He said the current registration process costs $3.54 per person compared to just 3 cents for automatic registration.