2002Final results
2002 election for Massachusetts Senate District D39
Massachusetts State Senate · Massachusetts
Therese Murray (D) won with 58.0% of the vote, defeating Christopher L. Fava (R) by 16.0 points.
Therese MurrayDemocrat · winner · incumbent
58.0%37,231
Christopher L. FavaRepublican
42.0%26,975
64,206 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 2002
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET