MASSACHUSETTS SENATE

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The 'Massachusetts Senate' is the upper house of the Massachusetts General Court, the bicameral state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. There are 40 senatorial districts in Massachusetts, all but one named for the counties in which they are located (the "Cape and Islands" district covers Dukes, Nantucket and parts of Barnstable counties). The President of the Senate is Therese Murray. The last election took place on November 7, 2006 (''see Massachusetts Senate election, 2006 for details''). Senators serve two-year terms.^[1]

Contents

Party summary

Leadership

Senators

See also

References

External link

Party summary

Democrats hold a supermajority in the Senate.

Party		Senators	Democratic Party	34	Republican Party	5
	Vacant	1
Total		40
Majority needed		21

Leadership

Position	Name	Party	Residence	District
President	Therese Murray	Democratic	Plymouth	Plymouth & Barnstable
Majority Leader	Frederick Berry	Democratic	Peabody	2nd Essex
Minority Leader	Richard Tisei	Republican	Wakefield	Middlesex & Essex

Senators

This is a 'list of current Massachusetts State Senators', ordered by district name. Dates of election are in November, unless otherwise noted.

Senator		Party	District ↑	Home Town/City	First Elected	Benjamin Downing	D	Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin	Pittsfield	2006	James Timility	D	Bristol and Norfolk	Walpole	2004	Joan Menard	D	1st Bristol and Plymouth	Somerset	2000	Mark Montigny	D	2nd Bristol and Plymouth	New Bedford	1992	Robert O'Leary	D	Cape and Islands	Barnstable	2000	Steven Baddour	D	1st Essex	Methuen	Jan. 2002	Frederick Berry	D	2nd Essex	Peabody	1982	Bruce Tarr	R	1st Essex and Middlesex	Gloucester	1994	Susan Tucker	D	2nd Essex and Middlesex	Andover	1998	Thomas McGee	D	3rd Essex and Middlesex	Lynn	May 2002	Stephen Buoniconti	D	Hampden	West Springfield	2004	Gale D. Candaras	D	1st Hampden and Hampshire	Wilbraham	2006	Michael Knapik	R	2nd Hampden and Hampshire	Westfield	1994	Stanley Rosenberg	D	Hampshire and Franklin	Amherst	Feb. 1991	Steven Panagiotakos	D	1st Middlesex	Lowell	1992	Pat Jehlen	D	2nd Middlesex	Somerville	Sep. 2005	Susan Fargo	D	3rd Middlesex	Lincoln	1996	Robert Havern III	D	4th Middlesex	Arlington	1990	Richard Tisei	R	Middlesex and Essex	Wakefield	1990	Cynthia Stone Creem	D	1st Middlesex and Norfolk	Newton	1998	Karen Spilka	D	2nd Middlesex and Norfolk	Ashland	2004
	VACANT (Jarrett Barrios resigned July 5th, 2007)	V	Middlesex, Suffolk and Essex	Cambridge	N/A	Pamela Resor	D	Middlesex and Worcester	Acton	1998	Brian Joyce	D	Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth	Milton	Jan. 1998	Scott Brown	R	Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex	Wrentham	Mar. 2004	Michael Morrissey	D	Norfolk and Plymouth	Quincy	1992	Therese Murray	D	Plymouth and Barnstable	Plymouth	1992	Marc Pacheco	D	1st Plymouth and Bristol	Taunton	1992	Robert Creedon, Jr.	D	2nd Plymouth and Bristol	Brockton	1996	Robert Hedlund	R	Plymouth and Norfolk	Weymouth	1994 (1990)	John Hart, Jr.	D	1st Suffolk	Boston	Feb. 2002	Dianne Wilkerson	D	2nd Suffolk	Boston	1992	Anthony Petruccelli	D	1st Suffolk and Middlesex	Boston	2007	Steven Tolman	D	2nd Suffolk and Middlesex	Boston	1998	Marian Walsh	D	Suffolk and Norfolk	Boston	1992	Harriette Chandler	D	1st Worcester	Worcester	2000	Edward Augustus, Jr.	D	2nd Worcester	Worcester	2004	Stephen Brewer	D	Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin	Barre	1996	Robert Antonioni	D	Worcester and Middlesex	Leominster	1992	Richard T. Moore	D	Worcester and Norfolk	Uxbridge	Apr. 1996

See also

★ Massachusetts House of Representatives

★ Massachusetts Senate Election, 2006

★ Massachusetts General Election, 2006

★ Massachusetts Senate Delegations

References

1. Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Article LXXXII.

External link

★ Senate Members of the General Court