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Joan Lovely
Democratic Party
Candidate, Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Essex District
Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Essex District
Tenure
2013 - Present
Term ends
2027
Years in position
13
Prior offices:
Salem City Council
Years in office: 1998 - 2013
Compensation
Base salary
$82,044.31/year
Per diem
No per diem is paid.
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 5, 2024
Next election
September 1, 2026
Education
High school
Beverly High School
Bachelor's
Salem State University
Law
Massachusetts School of Law
Personal
Profession
Attorney/realtor
Contact
Official website
Official Facebook
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Joan Lovely (Democratic Party) is a member of the Massachusetts State Senate, representing the 2nd Essex District. She assumed office on January 2, 2013. Her current term ends on January 6, 2027.

Lovely (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the Massachusetts State Senate to represent the 2nd Essex District. She declared candidacy for the Democratic primary scheduled on September 1, 2026.[source]

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Lovely was assigned to the following committees:

2023-2024

Lovely was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Lovely was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Lovely was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Massachusetts committee assignments, 2017
• Ways and Means
• Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities Joint, Vice chair
• Public Health Joint
• State Administration and Regulatory Oversight Joint, Vice chair
• Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy Joint
• Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development Joint
• Ways and Means Joint

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Lovely served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Lovely served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2026

See also: Massachusetts State Senate elections, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on September 1, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Essex District

Incumbent Joan Lovely (D) is running in the Democratic primary for Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Essex District on September 1, 2026.

Candidate
Image of Joan Lovely
Joan Lovely

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2024

See also: Massachusetts State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Essex District

Incumbent Joan Lovely defeated Damian Anketell in the general election for Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Essex District on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Joan Lovely
Joan Lovely (D)
 
66.8
 
58,109
Image of Damian Anketell
Damian Anketell (R)
 
33.1
 
28,813
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
86

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 87,008
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Essex District

Incumbent Joan Lovely advanced from the Democratic primary for Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Essex District on September 3, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Joan Lovely
Joan Lovely
 
99.7
 
14,724
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
49

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 14,773
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Essex District

Damian Anketell advanced from the Republican primary for Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Essex District on September 3, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Damian Anketell
Damian Anketell
 
99.5
 
4,649
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
25

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 4,674
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: Massachusetts State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Essex District

Incumbent Joan Lovely defeated Damian Anketell in the general election for Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Essex District on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Joan Lovely
Joan Lovely (D)
 
67.7
 
44,277
Image of Damian Anketell
Damian Anketell (R)
 
32.3
 
21,108
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
50

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 65,435
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Essex District

Incumbent Joan Lovely defeated Kyle Davis in the Democratic primary for Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Essex District on September 6, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Joan Lovely
Joan Lovely
 
74.8
 
17,429
Image of Kyle Davis
Kyle Davis Candidate Connection
 
25.1
 
5,858
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
26

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 23,313
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Essex District

Damian Anketell advanced from the Republican primary for Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Essex District on September 6, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Damian Anketell
Damian Anketell
 
99.2
 
5,565
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.8
 
47

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 5,612
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2020

See also: Massachusetts State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Essex District

Incumbent Joan Lovely won election in the general election for Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Essex District on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Joan Lovely
Joan Lovely (D)
 
98.7
 
75,182
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.3
 
958

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 76,140
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Essex District

Incumbent Joan Lovely advanced from the Democratic primary for Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Essex District on September 1, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Joan Lovely
Joan Lovely
 
99.4
 
23,475
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.6
 
137

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 23,612
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2018

General election

General election for Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Essex District

Incumbent Joan Lovely won election in the general election for Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Essex District on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Joan Lovely
Joan Lovely (D)
 
98.8
 
59,282
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.2
 
747

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 60,029
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Essex District

Incumbent Joan Lovely advanced from the Democratic primary for Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Essex District on September 4, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Joan Lovely
Joan Lovely
 
100.0
 
12,597

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 12,597
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2016

See also: Massachusetts State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Massachusetts State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on September 8, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 7, 2016.

Incumbent Joan Lovely ran unopposed in the Massachusetts State Senate Second Essex District general election.[1][2]

Massachusetts State Senate, Second Essex District General Election, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Joan Lovely Incumbent (unopposed)
Source: Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth


Incumbent Joan Lovely ran unopposed in the Massachusetts State Senate Second Essex District Democratic Primary.[3][4]

Massachusetts State Senate, Second Essex District Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Joan Lovely Incumbent (unopposed)



2014

See also: Massachusetts State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for the Massachusetts State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election was held on September 9, 2014, and a general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 3, 2014. Incumbent Joan B. Lovely was unopposed in the Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election.[5]

2012

See also: Massachusetts State Senate elections, 2012

Lovely won election in the 2012 election for Massachusetts State Senate District Second Essex District. She defeated Mary-Ellen Manning, John P. Slattery, and Edward J. Carroll in the September 6 Democratic primary and defeated Richard Jolitz (R) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[6][7]

Massachusetts State Senate, Second Essex District, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJoan B. Lovely 70.8% 56,088
     Republican Richard Jolitz 29.2% 23,185
Total Votes 79,273
Massachusetts State Senate, Second Essex District Democratic Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngJoan Lovely 50.4% 7,452
John Slattery 29.9% 4,422
Mary-Ellen Manning 17.7% 2,615
Edward Carroll 2.1% 311
Total Votes 14,800

Campaign themes

2026

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2024

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2022

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2020

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2012

Lovely's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[8]

Casinos

  • Excerpt: "Massachusetts has already voted to establish casino gaming in our state. Joan will support efforts to ensure that."

Domestic Violence

  • Excerpt: "Joan supports District Attorney Jon Blodgett’s public awareness and enforcement efforts to reduce domestic violence and will support state funding for those programs that aid victims of domestic violence."

Education & Schools

  • Excerpt: "Joan strongly supports our local public schools and will fight for the state funds needed to help build new schools and to provide the necessary resources for quality education at all levels K-12."

Flooding

  • Excerpt: "Joan will work with Mayors Bettencourt and Driscoll in a concerted effort to resolve the flooding problems once and for all."

Healthcare Costs

  • Excerpt: "Joan is concerned about the rising costs of health care and health care insurance and will support legislation and state policies that reduce and contain those increasing costs"

Campaign finance summary

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Joan Lovely campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Essex DistrictWon general$74,415 $0
2022Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Essex DistrictWon general$164,174 $0
2020Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Essex DistrictWon general$30,739 N/A**
2016Massachusetts State Senate, District Second EssexWon $81,569 N/A**
2014Massachusetts State Senate, Second EssexWon $65,679 N/A**
2012Massachusetts State Senate, Second EssexWon $212,002 N/A**
2004Massachusetts House of Representatives, Seventh EssexLost $48,265 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Massachusetts Secretary of State, "2016 State election candidates," accessed October 3, 2016
    2. ↑ Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, "Election data lookup," accessed December 20, 2016
    3. ↑ Massachusetts Secretary of State, "2016 Primary Candidates (Democratic)," accessed June 20, 2016
    4. ↑ Secretary of the Commonweath of Massachusetts, "Massachusetts Election Statistics," accessed October 14, 2016
    5. ↑ Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, "2014 State Primary Candidates," accessed September 9, 2014
    6. ↑ 2012 State Primary Candidate List, "Massachusetts Secretary of State," Acccessed June 26, 2012
    7. ↑ AP "Massachusetts - Summary Vote Results," accessed September 6, 2012
    8. ↑ "joanlovely," Official Campaign Website

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    Preceded by
    -     		Salem City Council
    1998-2013    		 Succeeded by
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