2008Final resultsIncumbent defeated
2008 election for Massachusetts Senate District D13
Massachusetts State Senate · Massachusetts
Karen Spilka (D) won with 50.1% of the vote, defeating Cynthia Creem (D) by 0.1 points.
Karen SpilkaDemocrat · winner · incumbent
50.1%57,006
Cynthia CreemDemocrat · incumbent
49.9%56,870
113,876 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 2008
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET