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, named for the counties and former counties that they represent. The President of the Senate is Robert Travaglini. The next election will take place on November 7, 2006 (see Massachusetts Senate election, 2006 for details). Senators serve two-year terms.^[1]

Contents 1 Party summary 2 Leadership 3 Senators 4 See also 5 References 6 External link

[edit] Party summary

Democrats hold a supermajority in the Senate.

Party		Senators
	Democratic Party	35
	Republican Party	5
Total		40

[edit] Leadership

Position	Name	Party	Residence	District
President	Robert Travaglini	Democratic	Boston	1st Suffolk & Middlesex
Majority Leader	Frederick Berry	Democratic	Peabody	2nd Essex
Minority Leader	Brian Lees RETIRING	Republican	Wilbraham	1st Hampden & Hampshire

[edit] Senators

This is a list of current Massachusetts State Senators, ordered by District

Senator		Party	District ↑	Home Town/City	Note
	Andrea Nuciforo, Jr.	D	Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin	Pittsfield	Running for Register of Deeds for Middle Berkshire County
	James Timility	D	Bristol and Norfolk	Walpole
	Joan Menard	D	1st Bristol and Plymouth	Somerset
	Mark Montigny	D	Bristol and Plymouth	New Bedford
	Robert O'Leary	D	Cape and Islands	Barnstable
	Steven Baddour	D	1st Essex	Methuen
	Frederick Berry	D	2nd Essex	Peabody
	Bruce Tarr	R	1st Essex and Middlesex	Gloucester
	Susan Tucker	D	2nd Essex and Middlesex	Andover
	Thomas McGee	D	3rd Essex and Middlesex	Lynn
	Stephen Buoniconti	D	Hampden	West Springfield
	Brian Lees	R	1st Hampden and Hampshire	East Longmeadow	Retiring in 2007
	Michael Knapik	R	2nd Hampden and Hampshire	Westfield
	Stanley Rosenberg	D	Hampshire and Franklin	Amherst
	Steven Panagiotakos	D	1st Middlesex	Lowell
	Pat Jehlen	D	2nd Middlesex	Somerville
	Susan Fargo	D	3rd Middlesex	Lincoln
	Robert Havern III	D	4th Middlesex	Arlington
	Richard Tisei	R	Middlesex and Essex	Wakefield
	Cynthia Stone Creem	D	1st Middlesex and Norfolk	Newton
	Karen Spilka	D	2nd Middlesex and Norfolk	Ashland
	Jarrett Barrios	D	Middlesex, Suffolk and Essex	Cambridge
	Pamela Resor	D	Middlesex and Worcester	Acton
	Brian Joyce	D	Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth	Milton
	Scott Brown	R	Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex	Wrentham
	Michael Morrissey	D	Norfolk and Plymouth	Quincy
	Therese Murray	D	Plymouth and Barnstable	Plymouth
	Marc Pacheco	D	1st Plymouth and Bristol	Taunton
	Robert Creedon, Jr.	D	2nd Plymouth and Bristol	Brockton
	Robert Hedlund	R	Plymouth and Norfolk	Weymouth
	John Hart, Jr.	D	1st Suffolk	Boston
	Dianne Wilkerson	D	2nd Suffolk	Boston
	Robert Travaglini	D	1st Suffolk and Middlesex	Boston
	Steven Tolman	D	2nd Suffolk and Middlesex	Boston
	Marian Walsh	D	Suffolk and Norfolk	Boston
	Harriette Chandler	D	1st Worcester	Worcester
	Edward Augustus, Jr.	D	2nd Worcester	Worcester
	Stephen Brewer	D	Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin	Barre
	Robert Antonioni	D	Worcester and Middlesex	Leominster
	Richard T. Moore	D	Worcester and Norfolk	Uxbridge

[edit] See also

• Massachusetts House of Representatives
• Massachusetts Senate Election, 2006
• Massachusetts General Election, 2006

[edit] References

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

[edit] External link

• Senate Members of the General Court

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