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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. 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 191st General Court, which convened January 2, 2019. It consists of 34 Democrats and 6 Republicans. The President of the Senate is Karen E. Spilka of Ashland. The Senate Minority Leader, from the Republican Party, is Bruce Tarr of Gloucester. The last state general election was on November 6, 2018.

Recent party control

Democrats hold a supermajority in the Senate.

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total
	Democratic	Republican		Vacant
Start of 189th General Court	34	6	40	0
June 25, 2016[2]	33		39	1
November 10, 2015[3]	34		40	0
January 4, 2016[4]		5	39	1
January 21, 2016[5]	33		38	2
May 18, 2016[6]	34	6	40	0
Start of 190th General Court	34	6	40	0
End of 190th General Court	31	7	38	2
Start of 191st General Court	34	6	40	0
Latest voting share	85%	15%

Current leadership

^[7]

Position	Leader	Party
President of the Senate	Karen E. Spilka	Democratic
President Pro Tempore	William N. Brownsberger
Majority Leader	Cynthia Stone Creem
Assistant Majority Leader	Joan B. Lovely
	Michael J. Barrett
	Sal N. DiDomenico
Majority Whip	Michael F. Rush
Assistant Majority Whip	Julian Cyr
Minority Leader	Bruce E. Tarr	Republican
Assistant Minority Leader	Ryan C. Fattman
Minority Whip	Patrick M. O'Connor
Assistant Minority Whip	Dean A. Tran

Committees

The current standing committees of the Massachusetts Senate are as follows:

Committee	Chair	Vice Chair	Ranking Minority
Bills in the Third Reading	Sal N. DiDomenico	Harriette L. Chandler	n/a
Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets	Michael O. Moore	Nick Collins	Donald F. Humason, Jr.
Ethics	Eric P. Lesser	Cynthia Stone Creem	Donald F. Humason, Jr.
Global Warming and Climate Change	Marc R. Pacheco	Michael J. Barrett	n/a
Intergovernmental Affairs	Michael F. Rush	Sal N. DiDomenico	n/a
Personnel and Administration	Cynthia Stone Creem	Joan B. Lovely	n/a
Post Audit and Oversight	John F. Keenan	Paul R. Feeney	Ryan C. Fattman
Redistricting	William N. Brownsberger	Adam G. Hinds	n/a
Rules	Joan B. Lovely	Joseph A. Boncore	Ryan C. Fattman
Steering, Policy and Scheduling	Mark C. Montigny	Michael J. Rodrigues	n/a
Ways and Means	Michael J. Rodrigues	Cindy F. Friedman	Viriato M. deMacedo

Current members

Current members of the Senate, sorted by district name:

Senator	Party		District	Home Town/City	Assumed office
Adam G. Hinds[8]		Democratic	Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden	Pittsfield	2017
Paul Feeney		Democratic	Bristol and Norfolk	Foxborough	2017*[9]
Michael Rodrigues		Democratic	1st Bristol and Plymouth	Westport	2011
Mark Montigny		Democratic	2nd Bristol and Plymouth	New Bedford	1993
Julian Cyr[10]		Democratic	Cape and Islands	Truro	2017
Diana DiZoglio		Democratic	1st Essex	Methuen	2019
Joan Lovely		Democratic	2nd Essex	Salem	2013
Brendan Crighton		Democratic	3rd Essex	Lynn	2018*
Bruce Tarr		Republican	1st Essex and Middlesex	Gloucester	1995
Barry Finegold		Democratic	2nd Essex and Middlesex	Andover	2019
James T. Welch		Democratic	Hampden	West Springfield	2011
Eric Lesser		Democratic	1st Hampden and Hampshire	Longmeadow	2015
Donald Humason, Jr.		Republican	2nd Hampden and Hampshire	Westfield	2013*
Jo Comerford		Democratic	Hampshire and Franklin and Worchester	Northampton	2019
Edward Kennedy		Democratic	1st Middlesex	Lowell	2019
Patricia D. Jehlen		Democratic	2nd Middlesex	Somerville	2005*
Michael J. Barrett		Democratic	3rd Middlesex	Lexington	2013
Cindy Friedman		Democratic	4th Middlesex	Arlington	2017*
Jason Lewis		Democratic	5th Middlesex	Winchester	2014*
Cynthia Stone Creem		Democratic	1st Middlesex and Norfolk	Newton	1999
Karen Spilka		Democratic	2nd Middlesex and Norfolk	Ashland	2005
Sal DiDomenico		Democratic	Middlesex and Suffolk	Everett	2010*
James B. Eldridge		Democratic	Middlesex and Worcester	Acton	2009
Becca Rausch		Democratic	Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex	Needham	2019
Walter Timilty[11]		Democratic	Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth	Milton	2017
John Keenan		Democratic	Norfolk and Plymouth	Quincy	2011
Michael F. Rush		Democratic	Norfolk and Suffolk	Boston	2011
Vinny deMacedo		Republican	Plymouth and Barnstable	Plymouth	2015
Marc Pacheco		Democratic	1st Plymouth and Bristol	Taunton	1993
Michael Brady		Democratic	2nd Plymouth and Bristol	Brockton	2015*
Patrick O'Connor		Republican	Plymouth and Norfolk	Weymouth	2016*
Nick Collins		Democratic	1st Suffolk	Boston	2018*
Sonia Chang-Diaz		Democratic	2nd Suffolk	Boston	2009
Joseph A. Boncore		Democratic	1st Suffolk and Middlesex	Winthrop	2016*
Will Brownsberger		Democratic	2nd Suffolk and Middlesex	Belmont	2012*
Harriette Chandler		Democratic	1st Worcester	Worcester	2001
Michael O. Moore		Democratic	2nd Worcester	Millbury	2009
Anne Gobi		Democratic	Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex	Spencer	2015
Dean Tran		Republican	Worcester and Middlesex	Fitchburg	2017*
Ryan Fattman		Republican	Worcester and Norfolk	Webster	2015

• *Originally elected in a special election

Past composition of the Senate

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See also

• Massachusetts Senate Delegations


• Massachusetts House of Representatives


• 
  Massachusetts Senate elections, 2004, Massachusetts Senate elections, 2006, Massachusetts Senate elections, 2008, Massachusetts Senate elections, 2010
  

Notes

References

Further reading

• 
  "Senate of the General Court of Massachusetts". Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2005., 2007
  


• 
  "House–Senate power struggle brewing", Boston Globe, April 4, 2015
  

External links

• 
  Senate Members of the General Court official government website
  


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  Official Senate district definitions as of 2011
  
  
  
  • 2002
  
  
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    2010, with names of senators
  
  
  
  


• 
  State Senate of Massachusetts^{[permanent dead link]} at Project Vote Smart
  


• 
  Massachusetts Senate at Ballotpedia