Massachusetts Senate

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Massachusetts Senate
Type
Type	Upper house
Leadership
President of the Senate	Therese Murray, (D) since March 21, 2007
Majority Leader	Frederick Berry, (D) since January 8, 2003
Minority Leader	Richard R. Tisei, (R) since 2007
Structure
Members	40
Political groups	Democratic Party Republican Party
Election
Last election	November 4, 2008
Meeting place
Senate Chamber, Massachusetts State House, Boston, MA, US
Web site
http://www.mass.gov/legis/memmenus.htm

The Massachusetts Senate is the upper house of the Massachusetts General Court, the bicameral state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Senate consists of 40 elected members from an equal amount of single-member senatorial districts in commonwealth. All but one district is 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 state general election took place on November 4, 2008. Senators serve two-year terms without term limits.^[1]

The Senate convenes in the Massachusetts State House in Boston.

Contents 1 Composition 1.1 Leadership 1.2 Members of the 186th Senate 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Composition

Democrats hold a supermajority in the Senate.

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total
	Democratic	Republican		Vacant
End of previous legislature	35	5	40	0
Begin	35	5	40	0
Latest voting share	87.5%	12.5%

[edit] Leadership

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

[edit] Members of the 186th Senate

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
	Patricia D. Jehlen	D	2nd Middlesex	Somerville	Sep. 2005
	Susan Fargo	D	3rd Middlesex	Lincoln	1996
	Ken Donnelly	D	4th Middlesex	Arlington	2008
	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
	Anthony Galluccio	D	Middlesex, Suffolk and Essex	Cambridge	2007
	James B. Eldridge	D	Middlesex and Worcester	Acton	2008
	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
	Thomas P. Kennedy	D	2nd Plymouth and Bristol	Brockton	2008
	Robert Hedlund	R	Plymouth and Norfolk	Weymouth	1994
	John Hart, Jr.	D	1st Suffolk	Boston	Feb. 2002
	Sonia Chang Diaz	D	2nd Suffolk	Boston	2008
	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
	Michael O. Moore	D	2nd Worcester	Millbury	2008
	Stephen Brewer	D	Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin	Barre	1996
	Jennifer L. Flanagan	D	Worcester and Middlesex	Leominster	2008
	Richard T. Moore	D	Worcester and Norfolk	Uxbridge	Apr. 1996

[edit] See also

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

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Senate Members of the General Court
• Official Senate district definitions
• Project Vote Smart - State Senate of Massachusetts

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