2008 general · November 4, 2008
2008 Massachusetts State Senate election results, district by district
Every Massachusetts State Senate district in the 2008 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 40 seats
After the electionD 35 · R 5
Races37
Changed party1
Unopposed68%25 races
Incumbents defeated2
Every district
D 33 · R 4
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-BERKSHIREHAMPSHIREFRANKLIN | Benjamin Brackett Downing (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-D02 | Gale D. Candaras (D) | 1.7 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| SD-D03 | Stephen J. Buoniconti (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-D08 | Mike Moore (D) | 23.9 | |
| SD-D09 | Harriette L. Chandler (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-D10 | Jennifer L. Flanagan (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-D11 | Steven C. Panagiotakos (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-D12 | Jamie Eldridge (D) | 14.1 | |
| SD-D13 | Karen Spilka (D) | 0.1 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-D15 | Susan Fargo (D) | 25.1 | |
| SD-D16 | Kenneth J. Donnelly (D) | 33.2 | |
| SD-D19 | Steven A. Baddour (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-D20 | Susan C. Tucker (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-D21 | Bruce Tarr (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-D22 | Frederick E. Berry (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-D27 | Pat Jehlen (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-D28 | Steven A. Tolman (D) | 8.6 | |
| SD-D29 | Sonia Rosa Changdiaz (D) | 88.1 | |
| SD-D30 | John A. Hart Jr. (D) | 58.9 | |
| SD-D32 | Michael W. Morrissey (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-D35 | James E. Timilty (D) | 29.1 | |
| SD-D37 | Joan M. Menard (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-D38 | Mark Montigny (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-D39 | Therese Murray (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-D40 | Robert A. Oleary (D) | Unopposed | |
| ESSEXMIDDLESEX 3 | Thomas M. McGee (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-HAMPSHIREFRANKLIN | Stanley C. Rosenberg (D) | 67.3 | |
| SD-MIDDLESEXESSEX | Richard R. Tisei (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-MIDDLESEXSUFFOLKESSEX | Anthony D. Galluccio (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-NORFOLKBRISTOLMIDDLESEX | Scott P. Brown (R) | 17.0 | |
| SD-NORFOLKBRISTOLPLYMOUTH | Brian A. Joyce (D) | Unopposed | |
| PLYMOUTHBRISTOL 1 | Marc R. Pacheco (D) | Unopposed | |
| PLYMOUTHBRISTOL 2 | Thomas P. Kennedy (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-PLYMOUTHNORFOLK | Robert L. Hedlund Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-SUFFOLKNORFOLK | Marian Walsh (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-WORCESTERHAMPDENHAMPSHIREFRANKLIN | Stephen M. Brewer (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-WORCESTERNORFOLK | Richard T. Moore (D) | Unopposed |
Massachusetts State Senate
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner