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The2016 Massachusetts Senate election took place on November 8, 2016, to elect members of theMassachusetts Senate.Massachusetts voters elected all 40 members of theState Senate to serve two-year terms in theMassachusetts General Court. The election coincided withUnited States national elections and Massachusetts state elections, includingU.S. House,U.S. President, andMassachusetts House.
Democrats retained all 34 of their seats after the election.
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| Governing[1] | Safe D | October 12, 2016 |
| District | Party | Incumbent | Status | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin | Democratic | Benjamin Downing | Retired | Democratic | Adam G. Hinds | 53,216 | 70.11% | ||
| Republican | Christine M. Canning | 22,624 | 29.81% | ||||||
| All Others | 62 | 0.08% | |||||||
| Bristol and Norfolk | Democratic | James E. Timilty | Won | Democratic | James E. Timilty | 66,611 | 99.34% | ||
| All Others | 445 | 0.66% | |||||||
| 1st Bristol and Plymouth | Democratic | Michael J. Rodrigues | Won | Democratic | Michael J. Rodrigues | 54,618 | 99.35% | ||
| All Others | 355 | 0.65% | |||||||
| 2nd Bristol and Plymouth | Democratic | Mark C. Montigny | Won | Democratic | Mark C. Montigny | 53,882 | 99.03% | ||
| All Others | 526 | 0.97% | |||||||
| Cape and Islands | Democratic | Daniel Wolf | Retired | Democratic | Julian Andre Cyr | 59,974 | 56.89% | ||
| Republican | Anthony E. Schiavi | 45,349 | 43.02% | ||||||
| All Others | 94 | 0.09% | |||||||
| 1st Essex | Democratic | Kathleen A. O'Connor Ives | Won | Democratic | Kathleen A. O'Connor Ives | 65,131 | 99.05% | ||
| All Others | 622 | 0.95% | |||||||
| 2nd Essex | Democratic | Joan B. Lovely | Won | Democratic | Joan B. Lovely | 67,120 | 98.86% | ||
| All Others | 772 | 1.14% | |||||||
| 3rd Essex | Democratic | Thomas M. McGee | Won | Democratic | Thomas M. McGee | 58,844 | 99.08% | ||
| All Others | 545 | 0.92% | |||||||
| 1st Essex and Middlesex | Republican | Bruce E. Tarr | Won | Republican | Bruce E. Tarr | 77,851 | 99.18% | ||
| All Others | 647 | 0.82% | |||||||
| 2nd Essex and Middlesex | Democratic | Barbara A. L'Italien | Won | Democratic | Barbara A. L'Italien | 45,218 | 63.43% | ||
| Republican | Susan M. Laplante | 25,973 | 36.43% | ||||||
| All Others | 100 | 0.14% | |||||||
| Hampden | Democratic | James T. Welch | Won | Democratic | James T. Welch | 45,061 | 98.29% | ||
| All Others | 782 | 1.71% | |||||||
| 1st Hampden and Hampshire | Democratic | Eric P. Lesser | Won | Democratic | Eric P. Lesser | 44,602 | 55.83% | ||
| Republican | James Chip Harrington | 35,188 | 44.05% | ||||||
| All Others | 100 | 0.13% | |||||||
| 2nd Hampden and Hampshire | Republican | Donald F. Humason Jr. | Won | Republican | Donald F. Humason Jr. | 43,097 | 59.49% | ||
| Democratic | Jerome Parker-O'Grady | 29,285 | 40.42% | ||||||
| All Others | 67 | 0.09% | |||||||
| Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester | Democratic | Stanley C. Rosenberg | Won | Democratic | Stanley C. Rosenberg | 62,286 | 81.63% | ||
| Republican | Donald Peltier | 13,908 | 18.23% | ||||||
| All Others | 105 | 0.14% | |||||||
| 1st Middlesex | Democratic | Eileen M. Donoghue | Won | Democratic | Eileen M. Donoghue | 56,759 | 98.58% | ||
| All Others | 819 | 1.42% | |||||||
| 2nd Middlesex | Democratic | Patricia D. Jehlen | Won | Democratic | Patricia D. Jehlen | 75,777 | 98.51% | ||
| All Others | 1,146 | 1.49% | |||||||
| 3rd Middlesex | Democratic | Michael J. Barrett | Won | Democratic | Michael J. Barrett | 64,554 | 98.74% | ||
| All Others | 822 | 1.26% | |||||||
| 4th Middlesex | Democratic | Kenneth J. Donnelly | Won | Democratic | Kenneth J. Donnelly | 68,540 | 99.02% | ||
| All Others | 675 | 0.98% | |||||||
| 5th Middlesex | Democratic | Jason M. Lewis | Won | Democratic | Jason M. Lewis | 52,954 | 68.89% | ||
| Republican | Vincent Lawrence Dixon | 23,628 | 30.74% | ||||||
| All Others | 290 | 0.38% | |||||||
| 1st Middlesex and Norfolk | Democratic | Cynthia Stone Creem | Won | Democratic | Cynthia Stone Creem | 62,668 | 98.98% | ||
| All Others | 647 | 1.02% | |||||||
| 2nd Middlesex and Norfolk | Democratic | Karen E. Spilka | Won | Democratic | Karen E. Spilka | 61,230 | 98.48% | ||
| All Others | 947 | 1.52% | |||||||
| Middlesex and Worcester | Democratic | James B. Eldridge | Won | Democratic | James B. Eldridge | 55,698 | 64.23% | ||
| Republican | Ted Busiek | 26,865 | 30.98% | ||||||
| Independent | Terra Friedrichs | 4,033 | 4.65% | ||||||
| All Others | 117 | 0.13% | |||||||
| Middlesex and Suffolk | Democratic | Sal N. DiDomenico | Won | Democratic | Sal N. DiDomenico | 53,022 | 98.92% | ||
| All Others | 577 | 1.08% | |||||||
| Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex | Republican | Richard J. Ross | Won | Republican | Richard J. Ross | 49,776 | 60.00% | ||
| Democratic | Kristopher K. Aleksov | 33,083 | 39.88% | ||||||
| All Others | 95 | 0.11% | |||||||
| Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth | Democratic | Brian Joyce | Retired | Democratic | Walter F. Timilty Jr. | 56,466 | 73.72% | ||
| Independent | Jonathan D. Lott | 19,960 | 26.06% | ||||||
| All Others | 167 | 0.22% | |||||||
| Norfolk and Plymouth | Democratic | John F. Keenan | Won | Democratic | John F. Keenan | 50,148 | 70.98% | ||
| Independent | Alexander N. Mendez | 20,433 | 28.92% | ||||||
| All Others | 71 | 0.10% | |||||||
| Norfolk and Suffolk | Democratic | Michael F. Rush | Won | Democratic | Michael F. Rush | 66,792 | 98.72% | ||
| All Others | 867 | 1.28% | |||||||
| Plymouth and Barnstable | Republican | Vinny M. deMacedo | Won | Republican | Vinny M. deMacedo | 69,474 | 99.27% | ||
| All Others | 508 | 0.73% | |||||||
| Plymouth and Norfolk | Republican | Patrick M. O'Connor | Won | Republican | Patrick M. O'Connor | 52,440 | 56.53% | ||
| Democratic | Paul J. Gannon | 40,193 | 43.32% | ||||||
| All Others | 140 | 0.15% | |||||||
| 1st Plymouth and Bristol | Democratic | Marc R. Pacheco | Won | Democratic | Marc R. Pacheco | 52,915 | 65.28% | ||
| Republican | Sandra M. Wright | 28,059 | 34.61% | ||||||
| All Others | 87 | 0.11% | |||||||
| 2nd Plymouth and Bristol | Democratic | Michael D. Brady | Won | Democratic | Michael D. Brady | 56,156 | 99.42% | ||
| All Others | 330 | 0.58% | |||||||
| 1st Suffolk | Democratic | Linda Dorcena Forry | Won | Democratic | Linda Dorcena Forry | 59,874 | 98.41% | ||
| All Others | 966 | 1.59% | |||||||
| 2nd Suffolk | Democratic | Sonia Rosa Chang-Díaz | Won | Democratic | Sonia Rosa Chang-Díaz | 58,705 | 98.80% | ||
| All Others | 713 | 1.20% | |||||||
| 1st Suffolk and Middlesex | Democratic | Joseph A. Boncore | Won | Democratic | Joseph A. Boncore | 50,978 | 98.17% | ||
| All Others | 951 | 1.83% | |||||||
| 2nd Suffolk and Middlesex | Democratic | William N. Brownsberger | Won | Democratic | William N. Brownsberger | 56,011 | 98.58% | ||
| All Others | 804 | 1.42% | |||||||
| Worcester and Middlesex | Democratic | Jennifer L. Flanagan | Won | Democratic | Jennifer L. Flanagan | 59,860 | 99.13% | ||
| All Others | 527 | 0.87% | |||||||
| Worcester and Norfolk | Republican | Ryan C. Fattman | Won | Republican | Ryan C. Fattman | 64,665 | 98.45% | ||
| All Others | 1,021 | 1.55% | |||||||
| Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex | Democratic | Anne M. Gobi | Won | Democratic | Anne M. Gobi | 44,021 | 54.37% | ||
| Republican | James P. Ehrhard | 36,883 | 45.55% | ||||||
| All Others | 68 | 0.08% | |||||||
| 1st Worcester | Democratic | Harriette L. Chandler | Won | Democratic | Harriette L. Chandler | 56,545 | 98.08% | ||
| All Others | 1,104 | 1.92% | |||||||
| 2nd Worcester | Democratic | Michael O. Moore | Won | Democratic | Michael O. Moore | 55,093 | 73.98% | ||
| Republican | Mesfin H. Beshir | 19,250 | 25.85% | ||||||
| All Others | 125 | 0.17% | |||||||
Source: Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,[2]Ballotpedia[3][4]
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