Massachusetts Senate
Upper house of the Massachusetts General Court
The Massachusetts Senate is the upper house of the Massachusetts General Court , the bicameral state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . The Senate comprises 40 elected members from 40 single-member senatorial districts in the state. All but one of the districts are named for the counties in which they are located (the "Cape and Islands" district covers Dukes , Nantucket , and parts of Barnstable counties). Senators serve two-year terms, without term limits .[1] The Senate convenes in the Massachusetts State House in Boston , the state capital.
Qualifications
The following are the qualifications to be elected to the Massachusetts Senate:[2]
Be 18 years of age
Be a registered voter in Massachusetts
Be an inhabitant of Massachusetts for five years
Be a resident of the district when elected
Receive a least 300 signatures on nomination papers
Recent party control
Democrats hold a supermajority in the Senate.
Affiliation
Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic
Republican
Vacant
Begin 189th (2015–2016)
34
6
40
0
Begin 190th (2017–2018)
Begin 191st (2019–2020)
Begin 192nd (2021–2022)
37
3
40
0
Begin 193rd (2023–2024)
37
3
40
0
June 5, 2023[a]
36
39
1
November 29, 2023[b]
4
40
0
Latest voting share
90%
10%
[5]
Current leadership
Current members and districts
Current committees and members
Past composition of the Senate
Composition by municipality in the
187th and
188th General Courts.
Composition by municipality in the
189th General Court and at the opening of
190th General Court.
Composition by municipality in the 190th General Court beginning on December 5, 2017.
Composition by municipality at the beginning of the
191st General Court.
See also
Notes
^ Anne Gobi (D) resigned from the Massachusetts Senate to accept a job in the gubernatorial administration of Gov. Maura Healey.[3]
^ Peter Durant (R) is sworn in to succeed Gobi.[4]
References
Further reading
External links
▌ Paul Mark (D, Berk., Hpsh., Frnk., & Hpdn. )
▌ Paul Feeney (D, Bris. & Norf. )
▌ Michael Rodrigues (D, 1st Bris. & Plym. )
▌ Mark Montigny (D, 2nd Bris. & Plym. )
▌ Marc Pacheco (D, 3rd Bris. & Plym. )
▌ Julian Cyr (D, Cape & Islands )
▌ Pavel Payano (D, 1st Essex )
▌ Joan Lovely (D, 2nd Essex )
▌ Brendan Crighton (D, 3rd Essex )
▌ Bruce Tarr (R, 1st Ess. & Mid. )
▌ Barry Finegold (D, 2nd Ess. & Mid. )
▌ Adam Gomez (D, Hampden )
▌ John Velis (D, Hpdn. & Hpsh. )
▌ Jacob Oliveira (D, Hpdn., Hpsh. & Wor. )
▌ Jo Comerford (D, Hpsh., Frnk., & Wor. )
▌ Edward J. Kennedy (D, 1st Mid. )
▌ Patricia D. Jehlen (D, 2nd Mid. )
▌ Michael J. Barrett (D, 3rd Mid. )
▌ Cindy Friedman (D, 4th Mid. )
▌ Jason Lewis (D, 5th Mid. )
▌ Karen Spilka (D, Mid. & Norf. )
▌ Sal DiDomenico (D, Mid. & Suff. )
▌ Jamie Eldridge (D, Mid. & Wor. )
▌ Cynthia Stone Creem (D, Norf. & Mid. )
▌ John F. Keenan (D, Norf. & Plym. )
▌ Walter Timilty (D, Norf., Plym. & Bris. )
▌ Mike Rush (D, Norf. & Suff. )
▌ Becca Rausch (D, Norf., Wor. & Mid. )
▌ Susan Moran (D, Plym. & Barn. )
▌ Patrick O'Connor (R, 1st Plym. & Norf. )
▌ Michael Brady (D, 2nd Plym. & Norf. )
▌ Nick Collins (D, 1st Suffolk )
▌ Liz Miranda (D, 2nd Suffolk )
▌ Lydia Edwards (D, 3rd Suffolk )
▌ Will Brownsberger (D, Suff. & Mid. )
▌ Robyn Kennedy (D, 1st Worcester )
▌ Michael O. Moore (D, 2nd Worcester )
▌ Ryan Fattman (R, Wor. & Hpdn. )
▌ Peter Durant (R, Wor. & Hpsh. )
▌ John Cronin (D, Wor. & Mid. )
Senate
Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden
Bristol and Norfolk
Bristol and Plymouth: 1st , 2nd
Cape and Islands
Essex: 1st , 2nd , 3rd
Essex and Middlesex: 1st , 2nd
Hampden
Hampden and Hampshire: 1st , 2nd
Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester
Middlesex: 1st , 2nd , 3rd , 4th , 5th
Middlesex and Norfolk: 1st , 2nd
Middlesex and Suffolk
Middlesex and Worcester
Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex
Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth
Norfolk and Plymouth
Norfolk and Suffolk
Plymouth and Barnstable
Plymouth and Bristol: 1st , 2nd
Plymouth and Norfolk
Suffolk: 1st , 2nd
Suffolk and Middlesex: 1st , 2nd
Worcester: 1st , 2nd
Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex
Worcester and Middlesex
Worcester and Norfolk
Obsolete districts
House
Barnstable Berkshire Bristol 1st ,
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