2022 Massachusetts Senate election

2022 Massachusetts Senate election

← 2020 November 8, 2022 2024 →

All 40 seats in the Massachusetts Senate
21 seats needed for a majority
Registered4,884,076 [1] (Increase 1.48 pp)
Turnout51.42% (Decrease 24.58 pp)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Karen E. Spilka.jpg
Bruce Tarr 2010.jpg
Leader Karen Spilka Bruce Tarr
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since February 28, 2018 January 3, 2011
Leader's seat 2nd Middlesex and Norfolk 1st Essex and Middlesex
Last election 37 seats 3 seats
Seats before 36 3
Seats won 37 3
Seat change Increase 1 Steady
Popular vote 1,539,792 602,112
Percentage 69.24% 27.08%

Results:
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold

President before election

Karen Spilka
Democratic

Elected President

Karen Spilka
Democratic

The 2022 Massachusetts State Senate election was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, with the primary election having been held on Tuesday, September 6, 2022.[2] Massachusetts voters selected all 40 members of the State Senate to serve two-year terms in the 2023–2024 Massachusetts legislature.[3] The election coincided with United States national elections and Massachusetts state elections, including U.S. House, Governor, and Massachusetts House.[4]

Democrats gained 1 seat, increasing their supermajority to 37 out of 40 seats.[5] Simultaneously with gains in the state house, and Maura Healey's win in the gubernatorial race, Democrats won a trifecta in the state for the first time since 2014.[6]

These were the first elections in Massachusetts following the 2020 United States redistricting cycle, which resulted in some members being assigned to new districts.[7][8][9]

  1. ^ "Registered Voters and Party Enrollment as of October 29, 2022" (PDF). Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  2. ^ "2022 State Primary Election Dates and Filing Deadlines". National Conference of State Legislatures. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
  3. ^ "The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts". Massachusetts General Court. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
  4. ^ "2022 Massachusetts Elections - Official Results". Massachusetts Secretary of State. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
  5. ^ Weisbrod, Katelyn (November 10, 2022). "Four States Just Got a 'Trifecta' of Democratic Control, Paving the Way for Climate and Clean Energy Legislation". Inside Climate News. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
  6. ^ "Massachusetts poised to join 34 states with single-party control". Wicked Local. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
  7. ^ "Final Plan: Chapter 82 of the Acts of 2021: 2021- 2031 Districts". Massachusetts General Court. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
  8. ^ "Map Book of Senate 2021- 2031 Districts" (PDF). Massachusetts General Court. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
  9. ^ "2021- 2031 Districts". Massachusetts General Court. Retrieved May 28, 2024.

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