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Paul Mark
Massachusetts State Senate Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin, and Hampshire District
Tenure
2023 - Present
Term ends
2027
Years in position
2
Prior offices:
Massachusetts House of Representatives 2nd Berkshire District
Years in office: 2011 - 2023
Successor: Tricia Farley-Bouvier (D)
Compensation
Base salary
$73,655.01/year
Per diem
No per diem is paid.
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 5, 2024
Education
Associates
Springfield Technical Community College, 2010
Bachelor's
Southern New Hampshire University, 2005
Other
Northeastern University, 2010
Law
Suffolk University, 2009
Graduate
University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2007
Personal
Profession
Attorney
Contact

Paul Mark (Democratic Party) is a member of the Massachusetts State Senate, representing Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin, and Hampshire District. He assumed office on January 4, 2023. His current term ends on January 6, 2027.

Mark (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Massachusetts State Senate to represent Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin, and Hampshire District. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Paul Mark earned a bachelor's degree in economics and finance from Southern New Hampshire University in 2005, a master's degree in labor from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 2007, a juris doctor from Suffolk University in 2009, an associate degree in telecommunications from Springfield Technical Community College in 2010, and a doctorate in law and public policy from Northeastern University in 2010. Mark's career experience includes working as an attorney with the Law Offices of Paul W. Mark, a visiting professor with the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, and an adjunct professor with Greenfield Community College.[1]

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Mark was assigned to the following committees:

2023-2024

Mark was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Mark was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Mark 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
• Redistricting, Chair

2015 legislative session

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

2013-2014

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

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Mark 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

2024

See also: Massachusetts State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Massachusetts State Senate Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin, and Hampshire District

Incumbent Paul Mark defeated David Rosa in the general election for Massachusetts State Senate Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin, and Hampshire District on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Paul Mark
Paul Mark (D)
 
70.9
 
62,249
Image of David Rosa
David Rosa (R)
 
29.0
 
25,494
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
68

Total votes: 87,811
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Massachusetts State Senate Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin, and Hampshire District

Incumbent Paul Mark advanced from the Democratic primary for Massachusetts State Senate Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin, and Hampshire District on September 3, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Paul Mark
Paul Mark
 
99.7
 
17,058
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
57

Total votes: 17,115
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Massachusetts State Senate Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin, and Hampshire District

David Rosa advanced from the Republican primary for Massachusetts State Senate Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin, and Hampshire District on September 3, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of David Rosa
David Rosa
 
98.9
 
3,095
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.1
 
33

Total votes: 3,128
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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 Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin, and Hampshire District

Paul Mark defeated Brendan Phair in the general election for Massachusetts State Senate Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin, and Hampshire District on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Paul Mark
Paul Mark (D)
 
76.3
 
47,989
Image of Brendan Phair
Brendan Phair (Independent) Candidate Connection
 
23.5
 
14,806
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
139

Total votes: 62,934
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Massachusetts State Senate Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin, and Hampshire District

Paul Mark defeated Huff Tyler Templeton III in the Democratic primary for Massachusetts State Senate Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin, and Hampshire District on September 6, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Paul Mark
Paul Mark
 
85.6
 
22,797
Image of Huff Tyler Templeton III
Huff Tyler Templeton III
 
14.4
 
3,824
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
12

Total votes: 26,633
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2020

See also: Massachusetts House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 2nd Berkshire District

Incumbent Paul Mark won election in the general election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 2nd Berkshire District on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Paul Mark
Paul Mark (D)
 
99.6
 
18,719
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
73

Total votes: 18,792
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 2nd Berkshire District

Incumbent Paul Mark advanced from the Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 2nd Berkshire District on September 1, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Paul Mark
Paul Mark
 
99.7
 
9,192
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
29

Total votes: 9,221
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2018

See also: Massachusetts House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 2nd Berkshire District

Incumbent Paul Mark won election in the general election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 2nd Berkshire District on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Paul Mark
Paul Mark (D)
 
99.6
 
15,083
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
56

Total votes: 15,139
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 2nd Berkshire District

Incumbent Paul Mark advanced from the Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 2nd Berkshire District on September 4, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Paul Mark
Paul Mark
 
100.0
 
5,316

Total votes: 5,316
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2016

See also: Massachusetts House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Massachusetts House of Representatives 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 Paul Mark ran unopposed in the Massachusetts House of Representatives Second Berkshire District Democratic Primary.[2][3]

Massachusetts House of Representatives, Second Berkshire District Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Paul Mark Incumbent (unopposed)



2014

See also: Massachusetts House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Massachusetts House of Representatives 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 Paul Mark was unopposed in the Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election.[4]

2012

See also: Massachusetts House of Representatives elections, 2012

Mark won re-election in the 2012 election for Massachusetts House of Representatives Second Birkshire District. Mark was unopposed in the September 6 Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[5][6]

2010

See also: Massachusetts House of Representatives elections, 2010

Mark won election to the Second Berkshire seat in 2010. He defeated Noreen Suriner and Thomas Szczepaniak in the September 14 Democratic primary. He defeated Michael Case (R) and Stefan Racz (I) in the general election on November 2, 2010.[7]

Massachusetts House of Representatives General Election, Second Berkshire District (2010)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Paul Mark (D) 8,810
Michael Case (R) 5,173

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Paul Mark did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Paul Mark did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Paul Mark campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Massachusetts State Senate Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin, and Hampshire DistrictWon general$88,143 $0
2022Massachusetts State Senate Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin, and Hampshire DistrictWon general$210,008 $0
2020Massachusetts House of Representatives 2nd Berkshire DistrictWon general$28,639 N/A**
2016Massachusetts House of Representatives, District Second BerkshireWon $43,196 N/A**
2014Massachusetts House of Representatives, Second BerkshireWon $42,526 N/A**
2012Massachusetts House of Representatives, Second BerkshireWon $48,281 N/A**
2010Massachusetts House of Representatives, Second BerkshireWon $33,379 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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Personal

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Mark has a wife, Cassandra.

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Footnotes


Current members of the Massachusetts State Senate
Senators
Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin, and Hampshire District
Paul Mark (D)
Bristol and Norfolk District
Cape and Islands District
Hampden District
Hampden and Hampshire District
Hampden, Hampshire, and Worcester District
Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester District
Middlesex and Norfolk District
Middlesex and Suffolk District
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Norfolk and Middlesex District
Norfolk and Plymouth District
Norfolk and Suffolk District
Norfolk, Plymouth, and Bristol District
Norfolk, Worcester, and Middlesex District
Plymouth and Barnstable District
Suffolk and Middlesex District
Worcester and Hampden District
Worcester and Hampshire District
Worcester and Middlesex District
1st Bristol and Plymouth District
1st Essex District
1st Essex and Middlesex District
1st Middlesex District
Vacant
1st Plymouth and Norfolk District
1st Suffolk District
1st Worcester District
2nd Bristol and Plymouth District
2nd Essex District
2nd Essex and Middlesex District
2nd Middlesex District
2nd Plymouth and Norfolk District
2nd Suffolk District
2nd Worcester District
3rd Bristol and Plymouth District
3rd Essex District
3rd Middlesex District
3rd Suffolk District
4th Middlesex District
5th Middlesex District
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Vacancies (1)