2010 Massachusetts Senate election

Not to be confused with 2010 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts.

2010 Massachusetts Senate election

←  2008 November 2, 2010 2012 →
All 40 seats in the Massachusetts Senate 21 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Therese Murray Richard Tisei (retired) Party Democratic Republican Leader since March 21, 2007 January 3, 2007 Leader's seat Plymouth and Barnstable Middlesex and Essex Last election 35 seats 5 seats Seats won 36 4 Seat change 1 1
Results:      Democratic gain      Democratic hold     Republican hold
President before election Therese Murray Democratic Elected President Therese Murray Democratic

In the elections to the Massachusetts State Senate in 2010, the Democrats continued their dominance, winning 36 seats against 4 seats for the Republicans.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Governing [1]	Safe D	November 1, 2010

Election results

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Berkshire, Hampshire, and Franklin	Benjamin Downing	Democratic	2006	Re-elected	Benjamin Downing (D) unopposed
Bristol and Norfolk	James Timilty	Democratic	2004	Re-elected	James Timilty (D) unopposed
1st Bristol and Plymouth	Joan Menard	Democratic	2000	Retired Democratic hold	Michael Rodrigues (D) 62.16% Derek Maksy (R) 37.84%
2nd Bristol and Plymouth	Mark Montigny	Democratic	1992	Re-elected	Mark Montigny (D) unopposed
Cape and Islands	Robert O'Leary	Democratic	2000	Retired to run for 10th Congressional District Democratic hold	Dan Wolf (D) 57.45% James Crocker (R) 42.55%
1st Essex	Steven Baddour	Democratic	2002	Re-elected	Steven Baddour (D) unopposed
2nd Essex	Frederick Berry	Democratic	1982	Re-elected	Frederick Berry (D) 61.51% Richard Jolitz (R) 31.47% Matthew Fraser (I) 7.02%
1st Essex and Middlesex	Bruce Tarr	Republican	1994	Re-elected	Bruce Tarr (R) unopposed

See also

• 2011–2012 Massachusetts legislature
• List of Massachusetts General Courts

References

1. Jacobson, Louis (November 1, 2010). "Update: 2010 State Legislatures: A Challenging Environment for Democrats". Governing. Archived from the original on December 5, 2010. Retrieved July 14, 2024.

• "PD43+ Massachusetts Election Statistics". William Francis Galvin, Secretary. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved November 3, 2016.