Massachusetts Senate

For a list of previous senators, see List of Massachusetts Senate delegations.

Massachusetts Senate
Massachusetts General Court

Type
Type	Upper house
Term limits	None
History
New session started	January 7, 2015
Leadership
President of the Senate	Stanley Rosenberg (D) since January 7, 2015
President pro Tempore	Marc Pacheco (D) since January 21, 2015
Majority Leader	Harriette Chandler (D) since January 21, 2015
Minority Leader	Bruce Tarr (R) since January 5, 2011
Structure
Seats	40

Political groups	Government Democrat: (34) Opposition Republican: (6)
Length of term	2 years
Authority	Chapter 1, Massachusetts Constitution
Salary	$58,237.15/year + per diem
Elections
Last election	November 4, 2014 (40 seats)
Next election	November 8, 2016 (40 seats)
Redistricting	Legislative Control
Meeting place

State Senate Chamber Massachusetts State House Boston, Massachusetts
Website
Massachusetts Senate

Composition by municipality in the 187th General Court.

Composition by municipality in the 189th 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 current session is the 189th General Court, which convened January 7, 2015. It consists of 34 Democrats and 6 Republicans. The President of the Senate is Stanley Rosenberg of Amherst. The Senate Minority Leader, from the Republican Party, is Bruce Tarr of Gloucester. The last state general election was on November 4, 2014.

Party control

Democrats hold a supermajority in the Senate.

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total

	Democratic	Republican		Vacant
End of 187th General Court	36	4	40	0

Start of 188th General Court	36	4	40	0
End of 188th General Court		4	40	0

Start of 189th General Court	34	6	40	0
Latest voting share	7001850000000000000♠85%	7001150000000000000♠15%

Leadership

Position	Name	Party	Residence	District
President	Stanley Rosenberg	Democratic	Amherst	Hampshire, Franklin & Worcester
Minority Leader	Bruce Tarr	Republican	Gloucester	1st Essex and Middlesex

Members

Current members of the Senate, sorted by district name:

Senator		District	Home Town/City	Service started
Downing, BenjaminBenjamin Downing	Democratic	BeHsFHdBerkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden	Pittsfield	02007-01-01-0000January 2007
Timilty, JamesJames Timilty	Democratic	BrNBristol and Norfolk	Walpole	02005-01-01-0000January 2005
Rodrigues, MichaelMichael Rodrigues	Democratic	BrP11st Bristol and Plymouth	Westport	02011-01-01-0000January 2011
Montigny, MarkMark Montigny	Democratic	BrP22nd Bristol and Plymouth	New Bedford	01993-01-01-0000January 1993
Wolf, DanDan Wolf	Democratic	CICape and Islands	Harwich	02011-01-01-0000January 2011
Ives, Kathleen O'ConnorKathleen O'Connor Ives	Democratic	E11st Essex	Newburyport	02013-01-01-0000January 2013
Lovely, JoanJoan Lovely	Democratic	E22nd Essex	Salem	02013-01-01-0000January 2013
McGee, Thomas M.Thomas M. McGee	Democratic	E33rd Essex	Lynn	02002-05-01-0000May 2002
Tarr, BruceBruce Tarr	Republican	EM11st Essex and Middlesex	Gloucester	01995-01-01-0000January 1995
L'Italien, BarbaraBarbara L'Italien	Democratic	EM22nd Essex and Middlesex	Andover	02015-01-01-0000January 2015
Welch, James T.James T. Welch	Democratic	HdHampden	West Springfield	02011-01-01-0000January 2011
Lesser, EricEric Lesser	Democratic	HdHs11st Hampden and Hampshire	Longmeadow	02015-01-01-0000January 2015
Humason, Jr., DonaldDonald Humason, Jr.	Republican	HdHs22nd Hampden and Hampshire	Westfield	02013-11-01-0000November 2013
Rosenberg, StanleyStanley Rosenberg	Democratic	HsFWHampshire and Franklin and Worcester	Amherst	01991-02-01-0000February 1991
Donoghue, EileenEileen Donoghue	Democratic	M11st Middlesex	Lowell	02011-01-01-0000January 2011
Jehlen, Patricia D.Patricia D. Jehlen	Democratic	M22nd Middlesex	Somerville	02005-09-01-0000September 2005
Barrett, Michael J.Michael J. Barrett	Democratic	M33rd Middlesex	Lexington	02013-01-01-0000January 2013
Donnelly, KenKen Donnelly	Democratic	M44th Middlesex	Arlington	02009-01-01-0000January 2009
Lewis, JasonJason Lewis	Democratic	M55th Middlesex	Winchester	02014-04-01-0000April 2014
Creem, Cynthia StoneCynthia Stone Creem	Democratic	MN11st Middlesex and Norfolk	Newton	01999-01-01-0000January 1999
Spilka, KarenKaren Spilka	Democratic	MN22nd Middlesex and Norfolk	Ashland	02005-01-01-0000January 2005
DiDomenico, SalSal DiDomenico	Democratic	MSMiddlesex and Suffolk	Everett	02010-05-01-0000May 2010
Eldridge, James B.James B. Eldridge	Democratic	MWMiddlesex and Worcester	Acton	02009-01-01-0000January 2009
Ross, RichardRichard Ross	Republican	NBrMNorfolk, Bristol and Middlesex	Wrentham	02010-05-01-0000May 2010
Joyce, BrianBrian Joyce	Democratic	NBrPNorfolk, Bristol and Plymouth	Milton	01998-01-01-0000January 1998
Keenan, JohnJohn Keenan	Democratic	NPNorfolk and Plymouth	Quincy	02011-01-01-0000January 2011
Rush, Michael F.Michael F. Rush	Democratic	NSNorfolk and Suffolk	Boston	02011-01-01-0000January 2011
deMacedo, VinnyVinny deMacedo	Republican	PBaPlymouth and Barnstable	Plymouth	02015-01-01-0000January 2015
Pacheco, MarcMarc Pacheco	Democratic	PBr11st Plymouth and Bristol	Taunton	01993-01-01-0000January 1993
Kennedy, Thomas P.Thomas P. Kennedy	Democratic	PBr22nd Plymouth and Bristol	Brockton	02009-01-01-0000January 2009
Hedlund, RobertRobert Hedlund	Republican	PNPlymouth and Norfolk	Weymouth	01995-01-01-0000January 1995
Forry, Linda DorcenaLinda Dorcena Forry	Democratic	S11st Suffolk	Boston	02013-06-01-0000June 2013
Chang-Diaz, SoniaSonia Chang-Diaz	Democratic	S22nd Suffolk	Boston	02009-01-01-0000January 2009
Petruccelli, AnthonyAnthony Petruccelli	Democratic	SM11st Suffolk and Middlesex	Boston	02008-01-01-0000January 2008
Will Brownsberger !Will Brownsberger	Democratic	SM22nd Suffolk and Middlesex	Belmont	02012-01-01-0000January 2012
Chandler, HarrietteHarriette Chandler	Democratic	W11st Worcester	Worcester	02001-01-01-0000January 2001
Moore, Michael O.Michael O. Moore	Democratic	W22nd Worcester	Millbury	02009-01-01-0000January 2009
Gobi, AnneAnne Gobi	Democratic	WHdHsMWorcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex	Spencer	02015-01-01-0000January 2015
Flanagan, JenniferJennifer Flanagan	Democratic	WMWorcester and Middlesex	Leominster	02009-01-01-0000January 2009
Fattman, RyanRyan Fattman	Republican	WNWorcester and Norfolk	Webster	02015-01-01-0000January 2015

Notes

References

↑ Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Article LXXXII.

External links

Senate Members of the General Court official government website
Official Senate district definitions as of 2011
- 2002
- 2010, with names of senators
State Senate of Massachusetts at Project Vote Smart
Massachusetts Senate at Ballotpedia

Districts of the Massachusetts General Court

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: Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin, 3rd, Hampshire and Franklin, Middlesex and Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk and Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin

House	Barnstable: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket Berkshire: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Bristol: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th Essex: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th Franklin: 1st, 2nd Hampden: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th Hampshire: 1st, 2nd, 3rd Middlesex: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 10th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 10th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 37th Norfolk: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th Plymouth: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th Suffolk: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th Worcester: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th

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Members of the Massachusetts Senate

188th General Court (2013) President of the Senate: Stan Rosenberg (D) President pro Tempore: Marc R. Pacheco (D) Majority Leader: Harriette Chandler (D) Minority Leader: Bruce Tarr (R)

Benjamin Downing (D, Berk., Hpsh., Frnk., Hpdn.) James E. Timilty (D, Bris., Norf.) Michael Rodrigues (D, 1st Bris., Plym.) Mark Montigny (D, 2nd Bris., Plym.) Dan Wolf (D, Cape., Isl.) Kathleen O'Connor Ives (D, 1st Ess.) Joan Lovely (D, 2nd Ess.) Bruce Tarr (R, 1st Ess., Mid.) Barbara L'Italien (D, 2nd Ess., Mid.) Thomas M. McGee (D, 3rd Ess.) James T. Welch (D, Hpdn.) Eric Lesser (D, 1st Hpdn., Hpsh.) Donald Humason, Jr. (R, 2nd Hpdn., Hpsh.) Stan Rosenberg (D, Hpsh., Frnk., Wor.) Eileen Donoghue (D, 1st Mid.) Patricia D. Jehlen (D, 2nd Mid.) Michael J. Barrett (D, 3rd Mid.) Ken Donnelly (D, 4th Mid.) Jason Lewis (D, 5th Mid.) Cynthia Stone Creem (D, 1st Mid., Norf.) Karen Spilka (D, 2nd Mid., Norf.) Sal DiDomenico (D, Mid., Suff.) Jamie Eldridge (D, Mid., Wor.) Richard Ross (R, Norf., Bris., Mid.) Brian Joyce (D, Norf., Bris., Plym.) John F. Keenan (D, Norf., Plym.) Michael F. Rush (D, Norf., Suff.) Vinny deMacedo (R, Plym., Barn.) Marc R. Pacheco (D, 1st Plym., Bris.) Thomas P. Kennedy (D, 2nd Plym., Bris.) Robert Hedlund (R, Plym., Norf.) Linda Dorcena Forry (1st Suff.) Sonia Chang-Díaz (D, 2nd Suff.) Anthony Petruccelli (D, 1st Suff., Mid.) Will Brownsberger (D, 2nd Suff., Mid.) Harriette Chandler (D, 1st Wor.) Michael O. Moore (D, 2nd Wor.) Anne Gobi (D, Wor., Hpdn., Hpsh., Midd.) Jennifer Flanagan (D, Wor., Mid.) Ryan Fattman (R, Wor., Norf.)

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