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As a result of the Massachusetts general election, 2006, the Democrats picked up one open seat in the Massachusetts State Senate, the only change from the previous session. The current session began in January, 2007, and consists of 35 Democrats and 5 Republicans.
The 2006 Massachusetts House election was held on the same date as the Senate election, as well as Federal and Gubernatorial elections (see Massachusetts general election, 2006).
Twenty-seven of the forty seats were left uncontested by one of the major parties in the 2006 election. [1]
Party | Seats | Popular Vote | ||||
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2004 | 2006 | +/− | Vote | % | ||
Democratic Party | 34 | 35 | +1 | 1,414,429 | 75.9% | |
Republican Party | 6 | 5 | −1 | 421,781 | 22.6% | |
Independents | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11,720 | 0.6% | |
Green Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,988 | 0.1% | |
Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13,886 | 0.7% | |
Total | 40 | 40 | 0 | 1,863,804 | 100% |
Official results from State Election Results 2006 (PDF, 340 kB) on the Massachusetts Elections Division website
Official results from State Primary Election Results 2006 (PDF, 196k) on the Massachusetts Elections Division website
District | Candidates | Votes | % |
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Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin | Benjamin Downing | 7,574 | 32% |
Christopher Hodgkins | 7,334 | 31% | |
Helen Sharron | 3,111 | 13% | |
Margaret Ware | 5,221 | 22% | |
John Zelazo | 394 | 2% | |
1st Hampden and Hampshire | Brian Ashe | 6,585 | 36% |
Gale Candaras | 8,362 | 46% | |
Rosemarie Mazza-Moriarty | 3,117 | 17% | |
4th Middlesex | Joanna Gonsalves | 10,244 | 39% |
Robert Havern (i) | 15,722 | 61% | |
Plymouth and Norfolk | Stephen Lynch | 12,348 | 57% |
Matthias Mulvey | 9,497 | 43% | |
2nd Suffolk | Write-In: Sonia Chang-Diaz | 5,711 | 45% |
Write-In: Samiyah Diaz | 238 | 2% | |
Write-In: John Kelleher | 400 | 3% | |
Write-In:Dianne Wilkerson (i) | 6,478 | 51% | |
1st Worcester | Harriette Chandler (i) | 16,847 | 77% |
Deirdre Healy | 5,153 | 23% | |
District | Candidates | Votes | % |
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Cape and Islands | Ricardo Barros | 4,258 | 59% |
Doug Bennett | 3,006 | 41% | |
1st Hampden and Hampshire | Kevin Corridan | 1,200 | 31% |
Ronald Cutler | 679 | 18% | |
Enrico Villamaino | 1,962 | 51% | |
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