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Massachusetts U.S. Senate election history

Every Massachusetts U.S. Senate election from 1976 to 2024: winners, parties, margins and the seats that changed hands.

Current senators

Wins by party

  • Democratic 18
  • Republican 1
D+60R+60D+30R+301976: D+40.319761978: D+10.219781982: D+22.619821984: D+10.119841988: D+31.019881990: D+13.619901994: D+17.119941996: D+7.519962000: D+56.620002006: D+37.420062008: D+33.720082012: D+7.520122014: D+23.920142018: D+24.220182020: D+33.120202024: D+19.82024
Massachusetts Senate races: Republican minus Democratic share, in points. Bars above the line lean Republican, below lean Democratic.
YearSeatWinnerPartyRunner-upMarginVotes
2024 Class I Elizabeth Ann Warren Democratic John Deaton 19.3 3,512,866
2020 Class II Edward J. Markey Democratic Kevin J. O'Connor 32.3 3,658,005
2018 Class I Elizabeth Ann Warren Democratic Geoff Diehl 23.8 2,752,665
2014 Class II Edward J. Markey Democratic Brian J. Herr 22.8 2,186,789
2013 special Class II Edward J. Markey Democratic Gabriel E. Gomez 10.2 1,179,781
2012 flip Class I Elizabeth Ann Warren Democratic Scott Brown 7.5 3,184,196
2010 special flip Class I Scott Brown Republican Martha Coakley 4.8 2,253,727
2008 Class II John Kerry Democratic Jeffrey K. Beatty 33.7 3,102,995
2006 Class I Edward M. Kennedy Democratic Kenneth G. Chase 37.4 2,243,835
2002 Class II John Kerry Democratic Michael E. Cloud 55.7 2,220,301
2000 Class I Edward M. Kennedy Democratic Jack E. Robinson 56.9 2,734,006
1996 Class II John Kerry Democratic William F. Weld 7.5 2,555,942
1994 Class I Edward M. Kennedy Democratic Mitt Romney 17.1 2,179,945
1990 Class II John Kerry Democratic Jim Rappaport 13.6 2,424,579
1988 Class I Edward M. Kennedy Democratic Joseph D. Malone 31.0 2,606,225
1984 Class II John Kerry Democratic Raymond Shamie 10.1 2,530,471
1982 Class I Edward M. Kennedy Democratic Raymond Shamie 22.6 2,050,769
1978 flip Class II Paul E. Tsongas Democratic Edward William Brooke 10.2 1,985,700
1976 Class I Edward M. Kennedy Democratic Michael S. Robertson 40.3 2,491,255

Massachusetts governor history · House districts · Presidential results

Questions and answers

Who won the most recent Massachusetts Senate election?

Elizabeth Ann Warren won in 2024 by 19.3 points.

Who are Massachusetts's U.S. senators?

Edward J. Markey (Democrat, term ends 2027) and Elizabeth Warren (Democrat, term ends 2031).

When did a Democrat last win a Massachusetts Senate race?

In 2024, when Elizabeth Ann Warren won.

When did a Republican last win a Massachusetts Senate race?

In 2010, when Scott Brown won.

Results: FiveThirtyEight (from 1976 for Senate, 1996 for governor). Current members: congress-legislators.