Massachusetts 2012 legislative election results

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Massachusetts State Senate Election Results

This page contains macro-level election results and analysis for the Massachusetts State Senate 2012 elections. For results in individual contests see our Massachusetts State Senate elections, 2012 page. The following is a breakdown of the state Senate before and after the election:

Massachusetts State Senate
Party		As of November 5, 2012	After the 2012 Election
	Democratic Party	35	36
	Republican Party	4	4
	Vacancy	1	0
Total		40	40

What You'll See on This Page

This page displays the following lists of candidates:

• Incumbents who ran on November 6
• Newly elected senators
• List of all winners
• Unopposed candidates
• Third party candidates

State Senate Overview:

• A total of 40 of the state's Senate seats were up for election in 2012.

Incumbents

Incumbents who ran on November 6

The following is a list of all of the incumbents who were on the November 6 general election ballot:

1. Benjamin Downing
2. Gale Candaras
3. Barry Finegold
4. Thomas McGee
5. Daniel Wolf (Massachusetts)
6. Mark Montigny
7. James Timilty
8. Stanley Rosenberg
9. Eileen Donoghue
10. Patricia Jehlen
11. Kenneth Donnelly
12. Katherine Clark
13. Cynthia Stone Creem
14. Karen Spilka
15. Sal DiDomenico
16. Marc Pacheco
17. Michael Rush
18. John Keenan (Massachusetts State Senate)
19. Brian Joyce
20. James Eldridge
21. Richard Moore (Massachusetts)
22. Jennifer Flanagan
23. Stephen Brewer
24. Michael Moore (Massachusetts)
25. Harriette Chandler
26. William Brownsberger
27. Anthony Petruccelli
28. Jack Hart (Massachusetts)
29. Robert Hedlund
30. Richard Ross (Massachusetts)
31. Michael Knapik
32. Bruce Tarr
33. Sonia Chang-Diaz
34. Therese Murray
35. James Welch
36. Michael Rodrigues
37. Thomas Kennedy (Massachusetts)

New State Senators and General Election Winners

Newly elected senators

The following list displays newly-elected members of the Massachusetts State Senate:

Democratic

1. Kathleen O'Connor Ives
2. Joan Lovely
3. Mike Barrett

Open Seat Winners

The following displays a list of candidates who won election in seats where there was no incumbent:

Democratic

1. Joan Lovely
2. Mike Barrett

Candidates who won election

The following is a list of all candidates elected to the Massachusetts State Senate:

Democratic

1. Benjamin Downing
2. Gale Candaras
3. Barry Finegold
4. Thomas McGee
5. Daniel Wolf (Massachusetts)
6. Mark Montigny
7. James Timilty
8. Stanley Rosenberg
9. Eileen Donoghue
10. Patricia Jehlen
11. Kenneth Donnelly
12. Katherine Clark
13. Cynthia Stone Creem
14. Karen Spilka
15. Sal DiDomenico
16. Marc Pacheco
17. Michael Rush
18. John Keenan (Massachusetts State Senate)
19. Brian Joyce
20. James Eldridge
21. Richard Moore (Massachusetts)
22. Jennifer Flanagan
23. Stephen Brewer
24. Michael Moore (Massachusetts)
25. Harriette Chandler
26. William Brownsberger
27. Anthony Petruccelli
28. Jack Hart (Massachusetts)
29. Kathleen O'Connor Ives
30. Joan Lovely
31. Sonia Chang-Diaz
32. Therese Murray
33. James Welch
34. Michael Rodrigues
35. Mike Barrett
36. Thomas Kennedy (Massachusetts)

Republican

1. Robert Hedlund
2. Richard Ross (Massachusetts)
3. Michael Knapik
4. Bruce Tarr

Competitiveness

Unopposed candidates in general election

The following candidates did not face major party competition:

Democratic

1. Michael Rodrigues
2. Harriette Chandler
3. Michael Rush
4. Karen Spilka
5. Cynthia Stone Creem
6. Stanley Rosenberg
7. Gale Candaras
8. Thomas McGee
9. Jennifer Flanagan
10. Jack Hart (Massachusetts)
11. Sal DiDomenico
12. Sonia Chang-Diaz
13. James Welch
14. Benjamin Downing
15. John Keenan (Massachusetts State Senate)
16. Richard Moore (Massachusetts)
17. Katherine Clark
18. Daniel Wolf (Massachusetts)
19. Mark Montigny
20. Stephen Brewer
21. Marc Pacheco
22. Patricia Jehlen
23. Brian Joyce
24. Thomas Kennedy (Massachusetts)

Republican

1. Michael Knapik
2. Bruce Tarr
3. Richard Ross (Massachusetts)

Ballot Access

Third party candidates

The following is a list of third party and independent candidates who ran in 2012:

No candidates have been added to this category yet.

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Massachusetts State House Election Results

This page contains macro-level election results and analysis for the Massachusetts House of Representatives elections in 2012. For results in individual contests, see our Massachusetts House of Representatives elections, 2012. The following is a breakdown of the state House before and after the election:

Massachusetts House of Representatives
Party		As of November 5, 2012	After the 2012 Election
	Democratic Party	127	131
	Republican Party	33	29
Total		160	160

What You'll See on This Page

This page displays the following lists of candidates:

• Incumbents who ran on November 6
• Newly elected representatives
• List of all winners
• Unopposed candidates
• Third party candidates

State House Overview

• All 160 of the state's House seats were up for election in 2012.

Incumbency Analysis

Incumbents who ran on November 6

The following is a list of all of the incumbents who were on the November 6 general election ballot:

1. David Vieira
2. Randy Hunt
3. George Ross
4. Shaunna O'Connell
5. Steven Howitt
6. Donald Wong
7. James Lyons Jr.
8. Nicholas Boldyga
9. Sheila Harrington
10. Daniel Winslow
11. Geoff Diehl
12. Angelo D'Emilia
13. Kimberly Ferguson
14. Richard Bastien
15. Peter Durant
16. Kevin Kuros
17. Matthew Beaton
18. Ryan Fattman
19. George Peterson, Jr.
20. F. Jay Barrows
21. Elizabeth Poirier
22. Bradford Hill
23. Todd Smola
24. Vinny deMacedo
25. Susan Gifford
26. Paul Frost
27. Steven Levy
28. Gailanne Cariddi
29. Paul Mark
30. Paul Schmid III
31. Christopher Markey
32. Jerry Parisella
33. Michael Finn (Massachusetts)
34. Paul Brodeur
35. Denise Garlick
36. Nick Collins
37. Carlos Henriquez
38. Russell Holmes
39. Edward Coppinger
40. John Mahoney (Massachusetts)
41. Sarah Peake
42. Timothy Madden
43. William Pignatelli
44. Patricia Haddad
45. David Sullivan (Massachusetts)
46. William Straus
47. Robert Koczera
48. Antonio Cabral
49. Michael Costello
50. Brian Dempsey (Massachusetts)
51. Ann-Margaret Ferrante
52. John Keenan (Massachusetts House of Representatives)
53. Lori Ehrlich
54. Robert Fennell
55. Steven Walsh
56. Joyce Spiliotis
57. Theodore Speliotis
58. Linda Dean Campbell
59. Marcos Devers
60. Stephen Kulik
61. Brian Ashe
62. Thomas Petrolati
63. Joseph Wagner (Massachusetts)
64. Sean Curran
65. Cheryl Coakley-Rivera
66. Benjamin Swan, Sr.
67. Angelo Puppolo Jr.
68. Peter Kocot
69. John Scibak
70. Ellen Story
71. James Arciero
72. Kate Hogan
73. David Linsky
74. Tom Sannicandro
75. Carolyn Dykema
76. Thomas Stanley
77. Kay Khan
78. Ruth Balser
79. Thomas Conroy (Massachusetts)
80. Cory Atkins (Massachusetts)
81. Jay Kaufman
82. Thomas Golden Jr.
83. David Nangle
84. Kevin Murphy, Massachusetts Representative
85. James Miceli
86. Sean Garballey
87. Timothy Toomey Jr.
88. Denise Provost
89. Stephen Smith (Massachusetts)
90. Jonathan Hecht
91. James Dwyer
92. Jason Lewis (Massachusetts)
93. Christopher Fallon
94. Carl Sciortino
95. Paul Donato Sr.
96. Colleen Garry
97. Bruce Ayers
98. Ronald Mariano
99. James Murphy (Massachusetts)
100. William Galvin (House of Representatives)
101. Walter Timilty
102. Louis Kafka
103. Paul McMurtry
104. Alice Peisch
105. Frank Smizik
106. Garrett Bradley
107. James Cantwell
108. Michael Brady
109. Christine Canavan
110. Thomas Calter, III
111. Carlo Basile
112. Eugene O'Flaherty
113. Aaron Michlewitz
114. Gloria Fox
115. Martha Walz
116. Byron Rushing
117. Elizabeth Malia
118. Martin Walsh (Massachusetts)
119. Angelo Scaccia
120. Jeffrey Sanchez
121. Kathi-Anne Reinstein
122. Kevin Honan
123. Michael Moran (Massachusetts)
124. Robert DeLeo
125. Stephen DiNatale
126. Dennis Rosa
127. Anne Gobi
128. John Fernandes
129. Harold Naughton Jr.
130. James O'Day
131. John Fresolo
132. John Binienda, Sr.
133. Cleon Turner
134. John Rogers (Massachusetts)
135. Denise Andrews
136. Chris Walsh
137. Bradley Jones Jr.
138. Mark Cusack
139. Rhonda Nyman
140. John Lawn
141. Keiko Orrall
142. Tricia Farley-Bouvier
143. Marc Lombardo
144. Linda Dorcena Forry
145. Donald Humason Jr.
146. Tackey Chan

New Representatives and General Election Winners

Newly elected representatives

The following lists the newly-elected members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives:

Democratic

1. Danielle Gregoire
2. Josh Cutler
3. Paul Heroux
4. Brian Mannal
5. Diana DiZoglio
6. Frank Moran
7. Aaron Vega
8. David Rogers (Massachusetts)
9. Marjorie Decker
10. Jeffrey Roy
11. Claire Cronin
12. Mary Keefe
13. Alan Silvia
14. Kenneth Gordon
15. Jonathan Zlotnik

Republican

1. Leonard Mirra

Candidates who won election

The following lists all candidates elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 2012:

Democratic

1. Gailanne Cariddi
2. Paul Mark
3. Paul Schmid III
4. Christopher Markey
5. Jerry Parisella
6. Michael Finn (Massachusetts)
7. Paul Brodeur
8. Denise Garlick
9. Nick Collins
10. Carlos Henriquez
11. Russell Holmes
12. Edward Coppinger
13. John Mahoney (Massachusetts)
14. Sarah Peake
15. Timothy Madden
16. William Pignatelli
17. Patricia Haddad
18. David Sullivan (Massachusetts)
19. William Straus
20. Robert Koczera
21. Antonio Cabral
22. Michael Costello
23. Brian Dempsey (Massachusetts)
24. Ann-Margaret Ferrante
25. John Keenan (Massachusetts House of Representatives)
26. Lori Ehrlich
27. Robert Fennell
28. Steven Walsh
29. Joyce Spiliotis
30. Theodore Speliotis
31. Linda Dean Campbell
32. Marcos Devers
33. Stephen Kulik
34. Brian Ashe
35. Thomas Petrolati
36. Joseph Wagner (Massachusetts)
37. Sean Curran
38. Cheryl Coakley-Rivera
39. Benjamin Swan, Sr.
40. Angelo Puppolo Jr.
41. Peter Kocot
42. John Scibak
43. Ellen Story
44. James Arciero
45. Kate Hogan
46. Danielle Gregoire
47. David Linsky
48. Tom Sannicandro
49. Carolyn Dykema
50. Thomas Stanley
51. Kay Khan
52. Ruth Balser
53. Thomas Conroy (Massachusetts)
54. Cory Atkins (Massachusetts)
55. Jay Kaufman
56. Thomas Golden Jr.
57. David Nangle
58. Kevin Murphy, Massachusetts Representative
59. James Miceli
60. Sean Garballey
61. Timothy Toomey Jr.
62. Denise Provost
63. Stephen Smith (Massachusetts)
64. Jonathan Hecht
65. James Dwyer
66. Jason Lewis (Massachusetts)
67. Christopher Fallon
68. Carl Sciortino
69. Paul Donato Sr.
70. Colleen Garry
71. Bruce Ayers
72. Ronald Mariano
73. James Murphy (Massachusetts)
74. William Galvin (House of Representatives)
75. Walter Timilty
76. Louis Kafka
77. Paul McMurtry
78. Alice Peisch
79. Frank Smizik
80. Garrett Bradley
81. James Cantwell
82. Michael Brady
83. Christine Canavan
84. Thomas Calter, III
85. Carlo Basile
86. Eugene O'Flaherty
87. Aaron Michlewitz
88. Gloria Fox
89. Martha Walz
90. Byron Rushing
91. Elizabeth Malia
92. Martin Walsh (Massachusetts)
93. Angelo Scaccia
94. Jeffrey Sanchez
95. Kathi-Anne Reinstein
96. Kevin Honan
97. Michael Moran (Massachusetts)
98. Robert DeLeo
99. Stephen DiNatale
100. Dennis Rosa
101. Anne Gobi
102. John Fernandes
103. Harold Naughton Jr.
104. James O'Day
105. John Fresolo
106. John Binienda, Sr.
107. Cleon Turner
108. Josh Cutler
109. John Rogers (Massachusetts)
110. Denise Andrews
111. Chris Walsh
112. Mark Cusack
113. Rhonda Nyman
114. John Lawn
115. Tricia Farley-Bouvier
116. Paul Heroux
117. Brian Mannal
118. Diana DiZoglio
119. Frank Moran
120. Aaron Vega
121. David Rogers (Massachusetts)
122. Marjorie Decker
123. Jeffrey Roy
124. Claire Cronin
125. Mary Keefe
126. Alan Silvia
127. Kenneth Gordon
128. Linda Dorcena Forry
129. Tackey Chan
130. Jonathan Zlotnik

Republican

1. David Vieira
2. Randy Hunt
3. Shaunna O'Connell
4. Steven Howitt
5. Donald Wong
6. James Lyons Jr.
7. Nicholas Boldyga
8. Sheila Harrington
9. Daniel Winslow
10. Geoff Diehl
11. Angelo D'Emilia
12. Kimberly Ferguson
13. Peter Durant
14. Kevin Kuros
15. Ryan Fattman
16. George Peterson, Jr.
17. F. Jay Barrows
18. Elizabeth Poirier
19. Bradford Hill
20. Todd Smola
21. Vinny deMacedo
22. Susan Gifford
23. Paul Frost
24. Bradley Jones Jr.
25. Keiko Orrall
26. Marc Lombardo
27. Leonard Mirra
28. Donald Humason Jr.

Competitiveness

Unopposed candidates in general election

The following candidates did not face major party competition:

Democratic

1. Brian Mannal
2. Sean Curran
3. Thomas Conroy (Massachusetts)
4. Denise Provost
5. Angelo Scaccia
6. William Straus
7. Gloria Fox
8. Alice Peisch
9. Aaron Vega
10. Kevin Murphy, Massachusetts Representative
11. Thomas Golden Jr.
12. Jay Kaufman
13. Chris Walsh
14. David Linsky
15. Ellen Story
16. Benjamin Swan, Sr.
17. Joseph Wagner (Massachusetts)
18. Michael Finn (Massachusetts)
19. Stephen Kulik
20. Linda Dean Campbell
21. Joyce Spiliotis
22. Lori Ehrlich
23. Michael Costello
24. Paul Schmid III
25. Paul Mark
26. Sarah Peake
27. Ruth Balser
28. Thomas Stanley
29. John Scibak
30. Peter Kocot
31. Robert Koczera
32. David Sullivan (Massachusetts)
33. Tricia Farley-Bouvier
34. Gailanne Cariddi
35. Theodore Speliotis
36. Ann-Margaret Ferrante
37. Frank Moran
38. Jerry Parisella
39. Timothy Madden
40. Cheryl Coakley-Rivera
41. Thomas Petrolati
42. Brian Dempsey (Massachusetts)
43. Cleon Turner
44. Marcos Devers
45. Antonio Cabral
46. Edward Coppinger
47. Byron Rushing
48. Aaron Michlewitz
49. Paul McMurtry
50. Louis Kafka
51. James Murphy (Massachusetts)
52. Paul Donato Sr.
53. Paul Brodeur
54. Steven Walsh
55. Martha Walz
56. Russell Holmes
57. Nick Collins
58. Carlo Basile
59. Michael Brady
60. Garrett Bradley
61. Denise Garlick
62. Mark Cusack
63. Ronald Mariano
64. Bruce Ayers
65. Jonathan Hecht
66. William Galvin (House of Representatives)
67. Stephen Smith (Massachusetts)
68. John Keenan (Massachusetts House of Representatives)
69. Elizabeth Malia
70. Carlos Henriquez
71. Patricia Haddad
72. Frank Smizik
73. Christopher Fallon
74. Harold Naughton Jr.
75. Kathi-Anne Reinstein
76. Stephen DiNatale
77. Martin Walsh (Massachusetts)
78. John Fernandes
79. Michael Moran (Massachusetts)
80. Kevin Honan
81. Jeffrey Sanchez
82. John Mahoney (Massachusetts)
83. Linda Dorcena Forry
84. Tackey Chan

Republican

1. Donald Wong
2. Elizabeth Poirier
3. F. Jay Barrows
4. Sheila Harrington
5. Todd Smola
6. David Vieira
7. Bradford Hill
8. Susan Gifford
9. Marc Lombardo
10. Bradley Jones Jr.
11. Daniel Winslow
12. Paul Frost
13. George Peterson, Jr.
14. Kimberly Ferguson
15. Donald Humason Jr.

Ballot Access

Third party candidates

The following is a list of third party and independent candidates who ran in 2012:

1. Matthew Beaton
2. Robert Montgomery Thomas
3. Chuck Kuniewich
4. Genevieve Fraser
5. Thomas Vasconcelos
6. Lee Scott Laugenour
7. Jose L. Santiago (Massachusetts)
8. Kevin M. Cuff
9. Richard F. Schober, Jr.
10. Jerome T. Hobert
11. Lincoln A. Blackie
12. Norman W. Oliver
13. James O'Donnell Jr. (Massachusetts)
14. James F. Gammill
15. Winthrop E. Handy
16. William J. Callahan

National Partisan Trends

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National Partisan Trends

The following tables detail the partisan breakdown of national election results.

Incumbents who were defeated in the general election

In the 44 states with elections, there were 4,534 incumbents who ran in the general election. The following is a breakdown of incumbents defeated in the 2012 general election:

Incumbents defeated in 2012 legislative general election
Party	Senate	House	Total
Democratic	21	49	70
Republican	37	182	219
Third Party	2	3	5
TOTALS	60	234	294

Total new legislators elected

In total, 1,707 (28.4%) new legislators were elected in 2012. Of these 1,707, 849 (50.0%) were Republicans and 854 (50.0%) were Democrats.

The following is the breakdown of new legislators.

New Legislators after the 2012 legislative elections
Party	Senate	House	Total
Democratic	165	684	849
Republican	202	652	854
Independent	0	4	4
TOTALS	367	1,340	1,707

Winners of Open Seats

Open seats contests made up 705 (11.7%) of the 6,015 seats in 2012. Of these 705 open seats, Republicans won 401 (56.9%) while Democrats won 304 (43.1%). Going into the election, the number of open seats formerly held by each party was quite similar. Estimates prior to the election suggested that approximately 52% of the open seats were previously held by Republicans and 48% were held by Democrats.

The following is the breakdown of open seat winners.

Open Seat Winners in 2012 legislative elections
Party	Senate	House	Total
Democratic	82	220	302
Republican	105	296	401
Third Party	0	0	0
TOTALS	187	516	703

Impact on legislative majorities

See also: Partisan balance of state legislatures

Partisan Balance of Chambers with 2012 Elections
	Pre-election				Post-election
Legislative chamber
State senates	17	24	1	1	18	24	0	1
State houses	15	27	1	0	19	24	0	0
Totals:	32	51	2	1	37	48	0	1

Partisan Balance of All 99 Chambers Before and After 2012 Elections
	Pre-election				Post-election
Legislative chamber
State senates	19	28	2	1	20	28	1	1
State houses	17	31	1	0	21	28	0	0
Totals:	36	59	3	1	41	56	1	1