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2000Final results

2000 election for Massachusetts Senate District D39

Massachusetts State Senate · Massachusetts

Therese Murray (D) won with 64.9% of the vote, defeating James R. Norton (R) by 29.9 points.

Therese MurrayDemocrat · winner · incumbent
64.9%52,375
James R. NortonRepublican
35.1%28,271
80,646 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 2000

Races before and after

EvenD+21.81994D+32.41998D+29.92000D+16.02002D+15.42004D+4.92010

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET