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2012Final results

2012 election for Massachusetts Senate District 39

Massachusetts State Senate · Massachusetts

Therese Murray (D) won with 58.2% of the vote, defeating Thomas F. Keyes (R) by 16.3 points.

Therese MurrayDemocrat · winner · incumbent
58.2%49,723
Thomas F. KeyesRepublican
41.8%35,776
85,499 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 2012

Races before and after

EvenD+16.32012R+25.92014R+17.62018D+12.52020 special electionD+12.62020

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