2014 Massachusetts Senate election

2014 Massachusetts Senate election
All 40 seats in the Massachusetts Senate; 21 seats needed for a majority
President before election; Therese Murray; Democratic	Elected President ; Stan Rosenberg; Democratic

The 2014 Massachusetts Senate election was held on 4 November 2014 to determine which party would control the Massachusetts Senate for the following two years in the 189th Massachusetts General Court. All 40 senate seats were up for election and the primary was held on 9 September 2014. Prior to the election 36 seats were held by Democrats and 4 were held by Republicans. The general election saw Republicans gain two seats, despite this, Democrats still retained control of the Massachusetts Senate.^[1]^[2]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Governing^[3]	Safe D	20 October 2014

Retirements

2nd Essex and Middlesex district: Barry Finegold (D) retired.
1st Hampden and Hampshire district: Gale D. Candaras (D) retired.
Plymouth and Barnstable district: Therese Murray (D) retired.
Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex district: Stephen Brewer (D) retired.

Incumbents defeated

Worcester and Norfolk district: Richard T. Moore (D) lost re-election to Ryan Fattman.

Results

Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin district

Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin district election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Benjamin Downing (incumbent)	40,795	99.60%
		Scattering	154	0.40%
Total votes			40,949	100.0%
	Democratic hold

Bristol and Norfolk district

Bristol and Norfolk district election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James E. Timilty (incumbent)	38,762	99.10%
		Scattering	351	0.90%
Total votes			39,113	100.0%
	Democratic hold

1st Bristol and Plymouth district

1st Bristol and Plymouth district election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael Rodrigues (incumbent)	26,022	65.30%
	Republican	Derek A. Maksy	13,787	34.60%
		Scattering	23	0.10%
Total votes			39,832	100.0%
	Democratic hold

2nd Bristol and Plymouth district

2nd Bristol and Plymouth district election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mark Montigny (incumbent)	28,945	98.70%
		Scattering	373	1.30%
Total votes			29,318	100.0%
	Democratic hold

Cape and Islands district

Cape and Islands district election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan Wolf (incumbent)	46,960	62.40%
	Republican	Ronald R. Beaty, Jr.	27,902	37.10%
	Republican	Allen R. Waters (Write-in)	360	0.50%
		Scattering	75	0.00%
Total votes			75,297	100.0%
	Democratic hold

1st Essex district

1st Essex district election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kathleen O'Connor Ives (incumbent)	30,107	53.80%
	Republican	Shaun P. Toohey	25,830	46.10%
		Scattering	33	0.10%
Total votes			55,970	100.0%
	Democratic hold

2nd Essex district

2nd Essex district election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joan Lovely (incumbent)	44,386	98.80%
		Scattering	548	1.20%
Total votes			44,934	100.0%
	Democratic hold

3rd Essex district

3rd Essex district election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas M. McGee (incumbent)	39,528	98.90%
		Scattering	449	1.10%
Total votes			39,977	100.0%
	Democratic hold

1st Essex and Middlesex district

1st Essex and Middlesex district election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bruce Tarr (incumbent)	57,641	99.40%
		Scattering	371	0.60%
Total votes			58,012	100.0%
	Republican hold

2nd Essex and Middlesex district

2nd Essex and Middlesex district election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barbara L'Italien	24,559	53.20%
	Republican	Alex J. Vispoli	21,529	46.60%
		Scattering	64	0.20%
Total votes			46,152	100.0%
	Democratic hold

Hampden district

Hampden district election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James T. Welch (incumbent)	25,271	98.00%
		Scattering	523	2.00%
Total votes			25,794	100.0%
	Democratic hold

1st Hampden and Hampshire district

1st Hampden and Hampshire district election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eric Lesser	28,153	50.40%
	Republican	Debra A. Boronski	24,964	44.70%
	Independent	Mike Franco	2,705	4.80%
		Scattering	85	0.10%
Total votes			55,907	100.0%
	Democratic hold

2nd Hampden and Hampshire district

2nd Hampden and Hampshire district election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donald Humason Jr. (incumbent)	27,817	56.60%
	Democratic	Patrick T. Leahy	21,275	43.30%
		Scattering	32	0.10%
Total votes			49,124	100.0%
	Republican hold

Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester district

Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester district election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stan Rosenberg (incumbent)	44,012	99.10%
		Scattering	388	0.90%
Total votes			44,400	100.0%
	Democratic hold

1st Middlesex district

1st Middlesex district election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eileen Donoghue (incumbent)	32,835	98.00%
		Scattering	659	2.00%
Total votes			33,494	100.0%
	Democratic hold

2nd Middlesex district

2nd Middlesex district election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patricia D. Jehlen (incumbent)	41,685	75.50%
	Republican	Robert L. Cappucci, Jr.	13,406	24.30%
		Scattering	123	0.20%
Total votes			55,214	100.0%
	Democratic hold

3rd Middlesex district

3rd Middlesex district election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael J. Barrett (incumbent)	34,750	59.20%
	Republican	Sandi Martinez	23,911	40.70%
		Scattering	40	0.10%
Total votes			58,701	100.0%
	Democratic hold

4th Middlesex district

4th Middlesex district election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ken Donnelly (incumbent)	45,974	98.90%
		Scattering	493	1.10%
Total votes			46,467	100.0%
	Democratic hold

5th Middlesex district

5th Middlesex district election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jason Lewis (incumbent)	32,143	56.80%
	Republican	Monica C. Medeiros	24,406	43.10%
		Scattering	59	0.10%
Total votes			56,608	100.0%
	Democratic hold

1st Middlesex and Norfolk district

1st Middlesex and Norfolk district election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cynthia Stone Creem (incumbent)	43,655	98.80%
		Scattering	510	1.20%
Total votes			44,165	100.0%
	Democratic hold

2nd Middlesex and Norfolk district

2nd Middlesex and Norfolk district election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Karen Spilka (incumbent)	38,191	98.30%
		Scattering	676	1.70%
Total votes			38,867	100.0%
	Democratic hold

Middlesex and Suffolk district

Middlesex and Suffolk district election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sal DiDomenico (incumbent)	31,575	98.80%
		Scattering	381	1.20%
Total votes			31,956	100.0%
	Democratic hold

Middlesex and Worcester district

Middlesex and Worcester district election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jamie Eldridge (incumbent)	45,379	98.60%
		Scattering	622	1.40%
Total votes			46,001	100.0%
	Democratic hold

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex district

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex district election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard J. Ross (incumbent)	34,952	61.00%
	Democratic	Dylan Hayre	22,267	38.90%
		Scattering	52	0.10%
Total votes			57,271	100.0%
	Republican hold

Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth district

Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth district election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brian A. Joyce (incumbent)	41,348	98.90%
		Scattering	468	1.10%
Total votes			41,816	100.0%
	Democratic hold

Norfolk and Plymouth district

Norfolk and Plymouth district election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John F. Keenan (incumbent)	32,679	66.00%
	Republican	Leslie C. Gosule	16,786	33.90%
		Scattering	72	0.10%
Total votes			49,537	100.0%
	Democratic hold

Norfolk and Suffolk district

Norfolk and Suffolk district election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Rush (incumbent)	42,954	98.70%
		Scattering	586	1.30%
Total votes			43,540	100.0%
	Democratic hold

Plymouth and Barnstable district

Plymouth and Barnstable district election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Vinny deMacedo	38,250	61.10%
	Democratic	Matthew Patrick	22,053	35.20%
	Libertarian	Heather M. Mullins	2,272	3.60%
		Scattering	12	0.10%
Total votes			62,587	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Plymouth and Norfolk district

Plymouth and Norfolk district election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Hedlund (incumbent)	55,294	99.10%
		Scattering	525	0.90%
Total votes			55,819	100.0%
	Republican hold

1st Plymouth and Bristol district

1st Plymouth and Bristol district election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marc Pacheco (incumbent)	31,538	60.90%
	Republican	David A. Rosa	20,174	39.00%
		Scattering	56	0.10%
Total votes			51,768	100.0%
	Democratic hold

2nd Plymouth and Bristol district

2nd Plymouth and Bristol district election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas P. Kennedy (incumbent)	29,522	66.50%
	Republican	Viola A. Ryerson	14,883	33.50%
		Scattering	22	0.00%
Total votes			44,427	100.0%
	Democratic hold

1st Suffolk district

1st Suffolk district election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Linda Dorcena Forry (incumbent)	32,298	83.70%
	Independent	Robert E. Powers, Jr	6,119	15.90%
		Scattering	152	0.40%
Total votes			38,569	100.0%
	Democratic hold

2nd Suffolk district

2nd Suffolk district election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sonia Chang-Díaz (incumbent)	33,742	89.80%
	Republican	David James Wyatt	3,733	9.90%
		Scattering	114	0.30%
Total votes			37,589	100.0%
	Democratic hold

1st Suffolk and Middlesex district

1st Suffolk and Middlesex district election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anthony Petruccelli (incumbent)	30,523	98.10%
		Scattering	579	1.90%
Total votes			31,102	100.0%
	Democratic hold

2nd Suffolk and Middlesex district

2nd Suffolk and Middlesex district election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Will Brownsberger (incumbent)	30,514	98.20%
		Scattering	566	1.80%
Total votes			31,080	100.0%
	Democratic hold

Worcester and Middlesex district

Worcester and Middlesex district election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jennifer Flanagan (incumbent)	29,133	60.40%
	Republican	Richard M. Bastien	19,074	39.50%
		Scattering	27	0.10%
Total votes			48,234	100.0%
	Democratic hold

Worcester and Norfolk district

Worcester and Norfolk district election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ryan Fattman	29,774	55.70%
	Democratic	Richard T. Moore (incumbent)	23,662	44.30%
		Scattering	37	0.00%
Total votes			53,473	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex district

Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex district election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anne Gobi	27,847	50.30%
	Republican	Michael J. Valanzola	27,449	49.60%
		Scattering	39	0.10%
Total votes			55,335	100.0%
	Democratic hold

1st Worcester district

1st Worcester district election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harriette L. Chandler (incumbent)	27,576	60.20%
	Republican	Paul J. Franco	18,179	39.70%
		Scattering	71	0.10%
Total votes			45,826	100.0%
	Democratic hold

2nd Worcester district

2nd Worcester district election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael O. Moore (incumbent)	37,909	98.80%
		Scattering	442	1.20%
Total votes			38,351	100.0%
	Democratic hold

References

^ "Elections". electionstats.state.ma.us. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
^ "Massachusetts State Senate elections, 2014". ballotpedia.org. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
^ Luzer, Daniel (20 October 2014). "Only a Few 2014 Legislative Races Are Competitive". Governing. Retrieved 23 November 2025.

[EDE-1] "Elections". electionstats.state.ma.us. Retrieved 23 November 2025.

[QWS-2] "Massachusetts State Senate elections, 2014". ballotpedia.org. Retrieved 23 November 2025.

[:1-3] Luzer, Daniel (20 October 2014). "Only a Few 2014 Legislative Races Are Competitive". Governing. Retrieved 23 November 2025.

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