2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Massachusetts Senate District D02
Massachusetts State Senate · Massachusetts
Michael R. Knapik (R) won with 42.7% of the vote, defeating Gale D. Candaras (D) by 9.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Michael R. KnapikRepublican · winner · incumbent
42.7%38,886
Gale D. CandarasDemocrat · incumbent
33.1%30,122
Thomas A. McCarthyRepublican
23.8%21,645
91,059 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 2010
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET