2018 Massachusetts Senate election

2018 Massachusetts Senate election
November 6, 2018
All 40 seats in the Massachusetts Senate
21 seats needed for a majority
Registered4,574,967 ( 0.88 pp)
Turnout60.17% ( 14.34 pp)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Karen Spilka Bruce Tarr
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since February 28, 2018 January 3, 2011
Leader's seat 2nd Middlesex and Norfolk 1st Essex and Middlesex
Last election 34 seats 6 seats
Seats before 31 7
Seats won 34 6
Seat change 3 1
Results of the elections:
     Democratic gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
President before election

Karen Spilka
Democratic

 Elected President

Karen Spilka
Democratic

The 2018 Massachusetts Senate election took place on November 6, 2018 to elect members of the Massachusetts Senate. Massachusetts voters elected all 40 members of the State Senate to serve two-year terms in the Massachusetts General Court. The election coincided with United States national elections and Massachusetts state elections, including U.S. Senate, U.S. House, U.S. President, and Massachusetts House.

Democrats expanded their supermajority from 31 seats before the election to 34 after the election.

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