Pat Jehlen
Massachusetts State Senator, District D27 since 2006. Did not run for re-election in 2026; leaves office in January 2027. Ran in 19 elections between 1990 and 2024, winning 19.
- In office
- 20 yrs
- Since 2006
- Bills became law
- 0
- 60 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
- Last margin
- +51.3
- Won 2014
- Elections
- 19
- 1990–2024
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Committees
As of 2026-10.
- Aging and Independence · chair
- Education · vice chair
- Revenue · vice chair
- Cannabis Policy
- Judiciary
- Labor and Workforce Development
Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Legislation
No bills in this list for the 2025–2026 session.
Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET
Career
Offices held, and every time Jehlen was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Elections
Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.
| Year | Race | Result | Margin | Seat | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Massachusetts State Senate, SD-D27 | Won | — | D+64.4 | — |
| 2022 | Massachusetts State Senate, SD-D27 | Won | — | D+68.3 | — |
| 2020 | Massachusetts State Senate, District 25 | Won | — | — | — |
| 2018 | Massachusetts State Senate, District 25 | Won | — | — | — |
| 2016 | Massachusetts State Senate, District 25 | Won | — | — | — |
| 2014 | Massachusetts State Senate, District 25 | Won | D+51.3 | — | — |
| 2014 | Massachusetts State Senate, District 25 (primary) | Won | — | — | — |
| 2012 | Massachusetts State Senate, District 25 | Won | — | — | — |
| 2010 | Massachusetts State Senate, SD-D27 | Won | D+34.1 | — | — |
| 2008 | Massachusetts State Senate, SD-D27 | Won | — | — | — |
| 2006 | Massachusetts State Senate, SD-D27 | Won | — | — | — |
| 2004 | Massachusetts House of Representatives, District 85 | Won | D+62.7 | — | — |
| 2002 | Massachusetts House of Representatives, District 85 | Won | D+63.0 | — | — |
| 2000 | Massachusetts House of Representatives, District 88 | Won | D+71.1 | — | — |
| 1998 | Massachusetts House of Representatives, District 88 | Won | D+74.8 | — | — |
| 1996 | Massachusetts House of Representatives, District 88 | Won | D+69.0 | — | — |
| 1994 | Massachusetts House of Representatives, District 88 | Won | D+48.7 | — | — |
| 1992 | Massachusetts House of Representatives, District 88 | Won | D+53.8 | — | — |
| 1990 | Massachusetts House of Representatives, District 88 | Won | D+41.6 | — | — |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Jehlen has held
- Massachusetts State Senate, District D27 · since 2022
- Massachusetts State Senate, District 25 · since 2012
- Massachusetts State Senate, District D27 · since 2006
- Massachusetts House of Representatives, District 85 · 2002–2006
- Massachusetts House of Representatives, District 88 · 1990–2002
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Jehlen has run against
- Robert L. Cappucci Jr. (R) · 2014 election, won
- David M. Carnevale (R) · 2010 election, won
- Dane E. Baird Jr. (R) · 2004 election, won
- John Alan Roderick (L) · 2002 election, won
- Ronald Bargoot (L) · 2000 election, won
- Isaac M. Machado (R) · 1994 election, won
- Julia T. F. Kelleher (R) · 1992 election, won
- Howard Claycombe (R) · 1990 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive
How we know Jehlen
One person, matched across every source we use.
- Open States ocd-person/6de50ed2-4fe8-4b98-894d-0bc391c876b5
Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET