2006 Massachusetts Senate election
As a result of the Massachusetts general election, 2006, the Democrats picked up one open seat in the Massachusetts State Senate, the only change from the previous session. The current session began in January, 2007, and consists of 35 Democrats and 5 Republicans.
The 2006 Massachusetts House election was held on the same date as the Senate election, as well as Federal and Gubernatorial elections .
Twenty-seven of the forty seats were left uncontested by one of the major parties in the 2006 election.
Results
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Overview
''Official results from on the Massachusetts Elections Division website''Primary results
''Official results from on the Massachusetts Elections Division website''Democratic primary
| District | Candidates | Votes | % |
| Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin | Benjamin Downing | 7,574 | 32% |
| Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin | Christopher Hodgkins | 7,334 | 31% |
| Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin | Helen Sharron | 3,111 | 13% |
| Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin | Margaret Ware | 5,221 | 22% |
| Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin | John Zelazo | 394 | 2% |
| 1st Hampden and Hampshire | Brian Ashe | 6,585 | 36% |
| 1st Hampden and Hampshire | Gale Candaras | 8,362 | 46% |
| 1st Hampden and Hampshire | Rosemarie Mazza-Moriarty | 3,117 | 17% |
| 4th Middlesex | Joanna Gonsalves | 10,244 | 39% |
| 4th Middlesex | Robert Havern | 15,722 | 61% |
| Plymouth and Norfolk | Stephen Lynch | 12,348 | 57% |
| Plymouth and Norfolk | Matthias Mulvey | 9,497 | 43% |
| 2nd Suffolk | Write-In: Sonia Chang-Diaz | 5,711 | 45% |
| 2nd Suffolk | Write-In: Samiyah Diaz | 238 | 2% |
| 2nd Suffolk | Write-In: John Kelleher | 400 | 3% |
| 2nd Suffolk | Write-In: Dianne Wilkerson | 6,478 | 51% |
| 1st Worcester | Harriette Chandler | 16,847 | 77% |
| 1st Worcester | Deirdre Healy | 5,153 | 23% |
Republican primary
| District | Candidates | Votes | % |
| Cape and Islands | Ricardo Barros | 4,258 | 59% |
| Cape and Islands | Doug Bennett | 3,006 | 41% |
| 1st Hampden and Hampshire | Kevin Corridan | 1,200 | 31% |
| 1st Hampden and Hampshire | Ronald Cutler | 679 | 18% |
| 1st Hampden and Hampshire | Enrico Villamaino | 1,962 | 51% |