Massachusetts Senate
The Massachusetts Senate is the upper house of the Massachusetts General Court, the bicameral state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Senate comprises 40 elected members from 40 single-member senatorial districts in the state. All but one of the districts are named for the counties in which they are located. Senators serve two-year terms, without term limits in [the United States|term limits]. The Senate convenes in the Massachusetts State House in Boston, the state capital.
Qualifications
The following are the qualifications to be elected to the Massachusetts Senate:- Be 18 years of age
- Be a registered voter in Massachusetts
- Be an inhabitant of Massachusetts for five years
- Be a resident of the district when elected
- Receive at least 300 signatures on nomination papers
Recent party control
Current leadership
Current members and districts
Massachusetts Senate districts are named for the counties that contain a portion of the district ordered by percentage of the district's population that is within that county. If multiple districts would have the same name under this scheme, they are also given an ordinal number. The one exception is "Cape and Islands" which if the naming scheme were followed would be "Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket".- Massachusetts Senate's [Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin and Hampshire district|Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin, and Hampshire]
- Bristol and Norfolk district|Bristol and Norfolk]
- First Bristol and Plymouth
- Second Bristol and Plymouth
- Third Bristol and Plymouth
- Cape and Islands district|Cape and Islands]
- First Essex district|First Essex]
- Second Essex district|Second Essex]
- Third Essex district|Third Essex]
- First Essex and Middlesex district|First Essex and Middlesex]
- Second Essex and Middlesex district|Second Essex and Middlesex]
- Hampden
- Hampden and Hampshire district|Hampden and Hampshire]
- Hampden, Hampshire and [Worcester District|Hampden, Hampshire, and Worcester]
- Hampshire, Franklin, and Worcester
- First Middlesex district|First Middlesex]
- Second Middlesex district|Second Middlesex]
- Third Middlesex district|Third Middlesex]
- Fourth Middlesex district|Fourth Middlesex]
- Fifth Middlesex district|Fifth Middlesex]
- Middlesex and Norfolk district|Middlesex and Norfolk]
- Middlesex and Suffolk district|Middlesex and Suffolk]
- Middlesex and Worcester district|Middlesex and Worcester]
- Norfolk and Middlesex district|Norfolk and Middlesex]
- Norfolk and Plymouth district|Norfolk and Plymouth]
- Norfolk, Plymouth, and Bristol
- Norfolk and Suffolk district|Norfolk and Suffolk]
- Worcester and Middlesex district|Norfolk, Worcester, and Middlesex]
- Plymouth and Barnstable district|Plymouth and Barnstable]
- First Plymouth and Norfolk
- Second Plymouth and Norfolk
- Massachusetts Senate's 1st [Suffolk district|First Suffolk]
- Second Suffolk
- Third Suffolk
- Suffolk and Middlesex district|Suffolk and Middlesex]
- First Worcester
- Second Worcester
- Worcester and Hampden district|Worcester and Hampden]
- Worcester and Hampshire district|Worcester and Hampshire]
- Worcester and Middlesex
Current committees and members