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Massachusetts Senate

Upper house of the Massachusetts General Court

Field	Value
background_color
name	Massachusetts Senate
legislature	193rd General Court of Massachusetts
coa_pic	Seal of the Senate of Massachusetts.svg
term_limits	None
new_session	January 4, 2025
session_room	Massachusetts State House interior 02.jpg
session_res	240px
house_type	Upper house
body	Massachusetts General Court
leader1_type	President
leader1	Karen Spilka (D)
election1	July 26, 2018
leader2_type	President pro tempore
leader2	William Brownsberger (D)
election2	March 20, 2019
leader3_type	Majority Leader
leader3	Cynthia Stone Creem (D)
election3	February 28, 2018
leader4_type	Minority Leader
leader4	Bruce Tarr (R)
election4	January 5, 2011
members	40
voting_system1	First-past-the-post
last_election1	November 5, 2024
next_election1	November 3, 2026
redistricting	Legislative Control
structure1
political_groups1	Majority (35)
*	border	darkgray}} Democratic (35)}}
*	border	darkgray}} Republican (5)}}
term_length	2 years
authority	Chapter 1, Massachusetts Constitution
salary	$70,537/year; set to increase every two years equal to the increase in the median salary of Massachusetts. Additional stipends are given to leaders of the majority and minority party.
meeting_place	State Senate Chamber
Massachusetts State House
Boston, Massachusetts
website	Massachusetts Senate
rules	Rules of the Massachusetts Senate

Minority (5)

Massachusetts State House Boston, Massachusetts

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. 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:

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 at 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)	40	Begin 190th (2017–2018)	Begin 191st (2019–2020)	Begin 192nd (2021–2022)	40	Begin 193rd (2023–2024)	40	End 193rd (2023–2024)	40	Begin 194th (2025–2026)	40	October 2, 2025	39	Latest voting share
Democratic Party (United States)}}"		Republican Party (United States)}}"
34	6	0
37	3	0
0
	36	4	0
	35	5	0
	34	1

Current leadership

Main article: 2025–2026 Massachusetts legislature#Leadership

Current members and districts

Main article: 2025–2026 Massachusetts legislature#Members

Massachusetts Senate districts are named for the counties that contain a portion of the district ordered by percentage of the district's population that is within that county. If multiple districts would have the same name under this scheme, they are also given an ordinal number. The one exception is "Cape and Islands" which if the naming scheme were followed would be "Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket".

Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin, and Hampshire
Bristol and Norfolk
First Bristol and Plymouth
Second Bristol and Plymouth
Third Bristol and Plymouth
Cape and Islands
First Essex
Second Essex
Third Essex
First Essex and Middlesex
Second Essex and Middlesex
Hampden
Hampden and Hampshire
Hampden, Hampshire, and Worcester
Hampshire, Franklin, and Worcester
First Middlesex
Second Middlesex
Third Middlesex
Fourth Middlesex
Fifth Middlesex
Middlesex and Norfolk
Middlesex and Suffolk
Middlesex and Worcester
Norfolk and Middlesex
Norfolk and Plymouth
Norfolk, Plymouth, and Bristol
Norfolk and Suffolk
Norfolk, Worcester, and Middlesex
Plymouth and Barnstable
First Plymouth and Norfolk
Second Plymouth and Norfolk
First Suffolk
Second Suffolk
Third Suffolk
Suffolk and Middlesex
First Worcester
Second Worcester
Worcester and Hampden
Worcester and Hampshire
Worcester and Middlesex

Current committees and members

Main article: 2025–2026 Massachusetts legislature#Committees

Past composition of the Senate

Main article: Political party strength in Massachusetts

Notes

References

[http://www.mass.gov/legis/const.htm Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts], Article LXXXII.
(March 2017). "How to Run for Office in Massachusetts".
Democrat [[Edward J. Kennedy]] ([[Massachusetts Senate's 1st Middlesex district. 1st Middlesex]]) died. [https://www.wgbh.org/news/politics/2025-10-02/state-sen-edward-kennedy-of-lowell-dies-at-74]
"Massachusetts Senate".

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