DemocraticIncumbent
Karen Spilka
- Experience
- State legislature
Massachusetts › Massachusetts State Senate · November 3, 2026 · Updated Oct 16, 2026
Massachusetts State Senate: Middlesex and Norfolk District
Karen Spilka has no major-party opponent.
Karen Spilka has no major-party opponent.
The candidates
The district
Lean D+43: how much more Democratic or Republican than the nation it votes for president.
Presidential vote
Precinct results re-aggregated to the current district lines.
Who lives here
- Population
- 176,033
- People per km²
- 597
- Adults with a B.A.+
- 60%
- White, no degree
- 24%of adults
- White 64%
- Hispanic 11%
- Black 3%
- Asian 11%
- Other / multiracial 11%
American Community Survey 2020–2024, aggregated from census tracts.
Past results
Results in the same-numbered district; earlier elections may have used different lines.
2024
68,762 votes · Uncontested by the other party✓ Karen E Spilka (D)100.0%
2024 President Vote in this district
85,982 two-party votes · D+41.1 · D+42.6 vs. the nation✓ Kamala Harris (D)70.6%
Donald Trump (R)29.4%
2022
53,436 votes · Uncontested by the other party✓ Karen E Spilka (D)98.2%
Writein (—)1.8%
2020 Earlier district lines
141,090 votes · Uncontested by the other party✓ Karen E Spilka (D)50.1%
Cynthia Stone Creem (D)49.9%
2020 President Vote in this district
97,285 two-party votes · D+47.0 · D+42.4 vs. the nation✓ Joe Biden (D)73.5%
Donald Trump (R)26.5%
2016 President Vote in this district
85,758 two-party votes · D+41.5 · D+39.3 vs. the nation✓ Hillary Clinton (D)70.8%
Donald Trump (R)29.2%
Also on the ballot in Massachusetts
Neighboring districts
Middlesex and WorcesterJamie EldridgeTim Shea>99%Dem.>99%Dem. Norfolk and MiddlesexCynthia Stone Creem—>99%Dem.>99%Dem. Norfolk-Worcester-MiddlesexBecca RauschCharles Francis Bailey, III>99%Dem.>99%Dem. Second WorcesterMichael O. Moore—>99%Dem.>99%Dem. Third MiddlesexMichael J. Barrett—>99%Dem.>99%Dem. Worcester and Hampden—Ryan Fattman>99%Rep.>99%Rep.