2016 Massachusetts Senate election

2016 Massachusetts Senate election
November 8, 2016
All 40 seats in the Massachusetts Senate
21 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Stan Rosenberg Bruce Tarr
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since January 8, 2015 January 3, 2011
Leader's seat Massachusetts Senate's Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester district 1st Essex and Middlesex
Last election 34 seats 6 seats
Seats before 34 6
Seats won 34 6
Seat change
Popular vote 2,053,890 635,030
Percentage 74.6% 23.07%
Results of the elections:
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
President before election

Stan Rosenberg
Democratic

Elected President

Stan Rosenberg
Democratic

The 2016 Massachusetts Senate election took place on November 8, 2016, to elect members of the Massachusetts Senate. Massachusetts voters elected all 40 members of the State Senate to serve two-year terms in the Massachusetts General Court. The election coincided with United States national elections and Massachusetts state elections, including U.S. House, U.S. President, and Massachusetts House.

Democrats retained all 34 of their seats after the election.

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