2012 Massachusetts State Senate election

2012 Massachusetts Senate election
November 6, 2012
All 40 seats in the Massachusetts Senate
21 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Therese Murray Bruce Tarr
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since March 21, 2007 January 3, 2011
Leader's seat Plymouth and Barnstable 1st Essex and Middlesex
Last election 36 4
Seats after 36 4
Seat change
Popular vote 2,012,117 545,523
Percentage 77.52% 21.02%
President before election

Therese Murray
Democratic

Elected President

Therese Murray
Democratic

The 2012 Massachusetts Senate election was held on November 6, 2012, to determine which party would control the Massachusetts Senate for the following two years in the 188th Massachusetts General Court. All 40 senate seats were up for election and the primary was held on September 6, 2012. Prior to the election 36 seats were held by Democrats and 4 were held by Republicans. The general election saw both parties holding on to the same amount of seats as the previous election, meaning that Democrats retained control of the Massachusetts Senate.

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