| Election Name: | 2004 Massachusetts Senate election |
| Country: | Massachusetts |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2002 Massachusetts Senate election |
| Previous Year: | 2002 |
| Next Election: | 2006 Massachusetts Senate election |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
| Seats For Election: | All 40 seats in the Massachusetts Senate |
| Majority Seats: | 21 |
| Election Date: | November 2, 2004 |
| Leader1: | Robert Travaglini |
| Party1: | Massachusetts Democratic Party |
| Leader Since1: | January 1, 2003 |
| Leaders Seat1: | 1st Suffolk and Middlesex |
| Last Election1: | 33 seats |
| Seats1: | 34 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Leader2: | Brian Lees |
| Party2: | Massachusetts Republican Party |
| Leader Since2: | 1993 |
| Last Election2: | 7 seats |
| Seats Needed2: | 14 |
| Seats2: | 6 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Map Size: | 350px |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Robert Travaglini |
| Before Party: | Massachusetts Democratic Party |
| After Election: | Robert Travaglini |
| After Party: | Massachusetts Democratic Party |
Elections to the 185th Massachusetts Senate were held on November 2, 2004. The Democrats picked up one former Republican seat. The 185th Massachusetts General Court began in January 2005, and consisted of 34 Democrats and 6 Republican State Senators.
The 2004 Massachusetts House election was held on the same date as the Senate election, as well as Federal and Congressional elections.
Massachusetts Senators serve two-year terms.[1]
|-!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left width=350 10em" colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Party!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center colspan="3" | Seats!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center colspan="2" | Popular Vote|-!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right| 2002!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right| 2004!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right| +/−!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right| Vote!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right| %|-| | style="text-align: left" | Democratic Party| 33| 34| +1| 1,725,309| 66.68%|-| | style="text-align: left" | Republican Party| 7| 6| −1| 805,215| 31.12%|-| | style="text-align: left" | Independents| 0| 0| 0| 41,119| 1.6%|-| | style="text-align: left" | Libertarian Party| 0| 0| 0| 5,374| 0.2%|-| style="background-color: ; width: 5px" || style="text-align: left" | Green Party| 0| 0| 0| 2,072| 0.1%|-| style="background-color: #000000; width: 5px" || style="text-align: left" | Others| 0| 0| 0| 8,445| 0.3%|-! colspan=2 align=left | Total| 40| 40| 0| 2,587,534| 100%|-|}
Official results from State Election Results 2004 (PDF, 459k) on the Massachusetts Elections Division website
| District | Incumbent | Status | width=30% | Competing candidates | 2004 Result | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin | Andrea F. Nuciforo Jr. (D-Pittsfield) | sought re-election | Andrea F. Nuciforo Jr. (D-Pittsfield) Dawn T. Thompson (R-Richmond) | 56,467 16,285 | 77.6% 22.4% | |
| Bristol and Norfolk | Jo Ann Sprague (R-Walpole) | retired | David W. McCarter (R-Mansfield) James E. Timilty (D-Walpole) | 31,823 41,702 | 43.3% 56.7% | |
| 1st Bristol and Plymouth | Joan Menard (D-Somerset) | sought re-election | Joan Menard (D-Somerset) Unopposed | 53,794 | 99.4% | |
| 2nd Bristol and Plymouth | Mark Montigny (D-New Bedford) | sought re-election | Mark Montigny (D-New Bedford) Unopposed | 54,157 | 99.5% | |
| Cape and Islands | Robert O'Leary (D-Barnstable) | sought re-election | Robert O'Leary (D-Barnstable) Gail B. Lese (R-Yarmouth) Luiz Gonzaga (I-Barnstable) | 55,119 38,331 3,859 | 56.6% 39.4% 4.0% | |
| 1st Essex | Steven Baddour (D-Methuen) | sough re-election | Steven Baddour (D-Methuen) Leo T. Martin (R-Haverhill) | 49,011 22,357 | 68.6% 31.3% | |
| 2nd Essex | Frederick Berry (D-Peabody) | sought re-election | Frederick Berry (D-Peabody) Unopposed | 59,816 | 99.0% | |
| 1st Essex and Middlesex | Bruce Tarr (R-Gloucester) | sought re-election | Bruce Tarr (R-Gloucester) Paul M. McGeary (D-Gloucester) | 56,020 30,179 | 64.8% 34.9% | |
| 2nd Essex and Middlesex | Susan Tucker (D-Andover) | sought re-election | Susan Tucker (D-Andover) Deborah J. Jones (R-Andover) | 42,042 16,626 | 71.6% 28.3% | |
| 3rd Essex and Middlesex | Thomas M. McGee (D-Lynn) | sought re-election | Thomas M. McGee (D-Lynn) Unopposed | 47,324 | 99.2% | |
| Hampden | Linda J. Melconian (D-Springfield) | retired | Stephen Buoniconti (D-West Springfield) Travis W. Chaput (R-West Springfield) | 35,627 12,654 | 73.7% 26.1% | |
| 1st Hampden and Hampshire | Brian Lees (R-East Longmeadow) | sought re-election | Brian Lees (R-East Longmeadow) Unopposed | 54,546 | 98.7% | |
| 2nd Hampden and Hampshire | Michael Knapik (R-Westfield) | sought re-election | Michael Knapik (R-Westfield) Unopposed | 51,002 | 99.2% | |
| Hampshire and Franklin | Stanley Rosenberg (D-Amherst) | sought re-election | Stanley Rosenberg (D-Amherst) James D. Miller (R-Pelham) | 58,886 11,590 | 83.5% 16.4% | |
| 1st Middlesex | Steven Panagiotakos (D-Lowell) | sought re-election | Steven Panagiotakos (D-Lowell) Brooks Lyman (R-Groton) | 43,080 13,737 | 75.8% 24.2% | |
| 2nd Middlesex | Charles Shannon Jr. (D-Winchester) | sought re-election | Charles Shannon Jr. (D-Winchester) Unopposed | 51,010 | 98.6% | |
| 3rd Middlesex | Susan Fargo (D-Lincoln) | sought re-election | Susan Fargo (D-Lincoln) John C. Thibault (R-Chelmsford) | 45,284 30,521 | 59.7% 40.2% | |
| 4th Middlesex | Robert Havern III (D-Arlington) | sought re-election | Robert Havern III (D-Arlington) Douglas M. Lucente (R-Lexington) | 50,240 25,619 | 66.1% 33.7% | |
| Middlesex and Essex | Richard Tisei (R-Wakefield) | sought re-election | Richard Tisei (R-Wakefield) Katherine Clark (D-Melrose) | 43,105 31,638 | 57.6% 42.3% | |
| 1st Middlesex and Norfolk | Cynthia Stone Creem (D-Newton) | sought re-election | Cynthia Stone Creem (D-Newton) Matthew Fraser (R-Brookline) | 53,879 15,934 | 77.1% 22.8% | |
| 2nd Middlesex and Norfolk | David P. Magnani (D-Ashland) | retired | Karen Spilka (D-Ashland) James F. Coffey (R-Hopkinton) | 40,982 30,554 | 57.2% 42.6% | |
| Middlesex, Suffolk and Essex | Jarrett Barrios (D-Cambridge) | sought re-election | Jarrett Barrios (D-Cambridge) Unopposed | 39,991 | 99.2% | |
| Middlesex and Worcester | Pamela Resor (D-Acton) | sought re-election | Pamela Resor (D-Acton) Rod Jané (R-Westborough) | 47,353 32,054 | 59.6% 40.3% | |
| Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex | Scott Brown (R-Wrentham) | sought re-election | Scott Brown (R-Wrentham) Angus G. McQuilken (D-Millis) Louis Sinoff (L-Wayland) | 41,889 39,253 1,682 | 50.5% 47.4% 2.0% | |
| Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth | Brian Joyce (D-Milton) | sought re-election | Brian Joyce (D-Milton) Unopposed | 56,890 | 99.5% | |
| Norfolk and Plymouth | Michael W. Morrissey (D-Quincy) | sought re-election | Michael W. Morrissey (D-Quincy) Unopposed | 54,996 | 99.0% | |
| Plymouth and Barnstable | Therese Murray (D-Plymouth) | sought re-election | Therese Murray (D-Plymouth) Timothy E. Duncan (R-Falmouth) | 50,342 36,921 | 57.7% 42.3% | |
| 1st Plymouth and Bristol | Marc Pacheco (D-Taunton) | sought re-election | Marc Pacheco (D-Taunton) Donald J. Jonah (R-Middleborough) | 51,783 18,289 | 73.8% 26.1% | |
| 2nd Plymouth and Bristol | Robert S. Creedon Jr. (D-Brockton) | sought re-election | Robert S. Creedon Jr. (D-Brockton) Lawrence P. Novak (R-Brockton) | 38,836 18,533 | 67.7% 32.3% | |
| Plymouth and Norfolk | Robert L. Hedlund (R-Weymouth) | sought re-election | Robert L. Hedlund (R-Weymouth) Unopposed | 67,283 | 98.5% | |
| 1st Suffolk | John Hart Jr. (D-Boston) | sought re-election | John Hart Jr. (D-Boston) Susan C. Long (I-Boston) | 38,140 8,622 | 81.3% 18.4% | |
| 2nd Suffolk | Dianne Wilkerson (D-Boston) | sought re-election | Dianne Wilkerson (D-Boston) Unopposed | 46,008 | 98.4% | |
| 1st Suffolk and Middlesex | Robert Travaglini (D-Boston) | sought re-election | Robert Travaglini (D-Boston) Gilbert R. Lavoie (R-Boston) | 40,894 10,322 | 79.7% 20.1% | |
| 2nd Suffolk and Middlesex | Steven Tolman (D-Boston) | sought re-election | Steven Tolman (D-Boston) Robert P. Ferencsik (R-Boston) | 48,214 9,981 | 82.8% 17.1% | |
| Suffolk and Norfolk | Marian Walsh (D-Boston) | sought re-election | Marian Walsh (D-Boston) Robert W. Joyce (I-Boston) | 43,245 24,183 | 64.1% 35.8% | |
| 1st Worcester | Harriette Chandler (D-Worcester) | sought re-election | Harriette Chandler (D-Worcester) Stephen N. Paige (R-West Boylston) | 42,473 21,183 | 66.6% 33.2% | |
| 2nd Worcester | Edward M. Augustus Jr. (D-Worcester) | sought re-election | Edward M. Augustus Jr. (D-Worcester) Robi Blute (R-Shrewsbury) Jane M. Burdzel (I-Leicester) | 39,948 21,546 4,455 | 60.5% 32.6% 6.7% | |
| Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin | Stephen Brewer (D-Barre) | sought re-election | Stephen Brewer (D-Barre) Jennifer J. Gaucher (R-Spencer) Carolyn J. McMahon (L-Monson) | 53,969 13,956 3,692 | 75.3% 19.5% 5.2% | |
| Worcester and Middlesex | Robert Antonioni (D-Leominster) | sought re-election | Robert Antonioni (D-Leominster) David Shnaider (R-Sterling) Richard R. Zitola (G-Clinton) | 40,982 23,087 2,072 | 61.9% 34.9% 3.1% | |
| Worcester and Norfolk | Richard T. Moore (D-Uxbridge) | sought re-election | Richard T. Moore (D-Uxbridge) Jerzy J. Jachimczyk (R-Southbridge) | 51,755 21,267 | 70.8% 29.1% | |
Official results from State Primary Election Results 2004 (PDF, 424k) on the Massachusetts Elections Division website
| District | Candidates | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd Hampden and Hampshire | Write-In: Todd McGee | 244 | 32% |
| Gerard E. Desilets | 3,528 | 28% | |
| Adam L. Sistisky | 2,374 | 19% | |
| Karen E. Spilka | 6,808 | 53% | |
| Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex | Angus G. McQuilken | 5,440 | 56% |
| Patricia B. Ross | 504 | 5% | |
| Barbara A. Smith | 695 | 7% | |
| Gerald A. Wasserman | 3,080 | 32% | |
| 1st Suffolk | Jack Hart (i) | 11,126 | 97% |
| Write-In: Carol Y. Mallory-Causey | 27 | 0.2% | |
| District | Candidates | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol and Norfolk | Philip A. Brown | 1,109 | 45% |
| David W. McCarter | 1,339 | 55% | |
| Richard J. Dellarciprete | 679 | 30% | |
| Douglas M. Lucente | 1,564 | 69% | |
| Middlesex and Worcester | Rod Jané | 3,243 | 57% |
| Arthur G. Vigeant | 2,414 | 43% | |