Massachusetts House elections, 2006

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Elections for the Massachusetts House of Representatives will be held on November 7 2006, with all of the 160 seats in the House up for election. Since Representatives are elected for two-year terms,[Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts], Article LXXXII. those elected will serve from January 2007 until January 2009.

The 2006 Massachusetts Senate election is scheduled for the same date as the House election, as well as Federal and Gubernatorial elections.

Contents

1 Control of the House
2 Open Seats
3 Democrats Seeking Reelection
4 Republicans Seeking Reelection
5 Incumbents Currently Unopposed
6 Sources

Control of the House

The House currently has 139 (87%) Democrats, and 21 (13%) Republicans. The Democrats currently hold a supermajority (>67%) in the House. To take control of the House, Republicans would need to pick up 59 seats. Just to break the supermajority would require a daunting 33-seat turnover.

Open Seats

Barnstable County
*4th Barnstable - Retiring Shirley Gomes (R - Harwich)
**Republican Candidate: Donald Howell (R - Harwich)
**Republican Candidate: Aaron Maloy (R - Orleans)
**Republican Candidate: Andrew Buckley (R - Chatham)
**Democratic Candidate: Ronald Bergstrom (D - Chatham)
**Democratic Candidate: Sarah Peake (D - Provincetown)
**Democratic Candidate: Roy Gottwald (D - Harwich)

Bristol County
*1st Bristol - Retiring Virginia M. Coppola (R - Foxborough)
**Republican Candidate: Frederick "Jay" Barrows (R - Mansfield)
**Democratic Candidate: Matthew Donovan (D - Foxborough)
**Democratic Candidate: Paul Feeney (D - Foxborough)
**Democratic Candidate: Claire Naughton (D - Foxborough)
*4th Bristol - Retiring Philip Travis (D - Rehoboth)
**Democratic Candidate: John Whelan (D - Seekonk)
**Democratic Candidate: Steven D'Amico (D - Seekonk)
**Democratic Candidate: Nicolas Bernier (D - Swansea)
**Democratic Candidate: Robert Marquis (D - Swansea)
**Republican Candidate: Brian Langevin (R - Seekonk)
**Republican Candidate: Steven Howitt (R - Seekonk)

Essex County
*15th Essex - Retiring Arthur J. Broadhurst (D - Methuen)
**Democratic Candidate: Michael Hennessey (D - Methuen)
**Democratic Candidate: Edward Curran (D - Methuen)
**Democratic Candidate: Linda Dean Campbell (D - Methuen)
**Democratic Candidate: Christopher DiBella (D - Methuen)
**Republican Candidate: Robert Andrew (R - Methuen)
**Independent Candidate: Kenneth Hendrick (I - Methuen)

Hampden County
*3rd Hampden - Retiring Daniel F. Keenan (D - Southwick)
**Democratic Challenger: Rosemary Sandlin (D - Agawam)
**Democratic Challenger: Joseph Mineo (D - Agawam)
**Democratic Challenger: Carley R. Johnson (D - Agawam)
**Republican Candidate: John Cesan (R - Agawam)
**Republican Candidate: Robert Magovern (R - Agawam)
**Green-Rainbow Candidate: Owen Broadhurst (J - Agawam)
*12th Hampden - Running for State Senate Gale D. Candaras (D - Wilbraham)
**Democratic Challenger: Angelo Puppolo (D - Springfield)
**Republican Challenger: Bob Collamore (R - Wilbraham)
**Republican Challenger: Christopher Leisey (R - Wilbraham)

Middlesex County
*24th Middlesex - Retiring Anne Paulsen (D - Belmont)
**Democratic Candidate: William Brownsberger (D - Belmont)
**Republican Candidate: Libby Firenze (R - Belmont)
*28th Middlesex - Deceased Edward Connolly (D - Everett)
**Democratic Candidate: Frank Nuzzo (D - Everett)
**Democratic Candidate: Stephen Smith (D - Everett)
**Independent Candidate: Joseph Hickey (I - Everett)

Plymouth County
*7th Plymouth - Retiring Kathleen Teahan (D - Whitman)
**Democratic Challenger: Allen McCarthy (D - East Bridgewater)
**Republican Candidate: Andrew Burbine (R - Abington)

Suffolk County
*6th Suffolk - Retiring Shirley Owens-Hicks (D-Mattapan)
**Democratic Candidate: William Celester (D-Dorchester)
**Democratic Candidate: Wayne Wilson (D-Roslindale)
**Democratic Candidate: Wille Mae Allen (D- Mattapan)

Worcester County
*3rd Worcester - Retiring Emile Goguen (D - Fitchburg)
**Democratic Candidate: Stephen Louis DiNatale (D- Fitchburg)
**Democratic Candidate: Mary Whitney (D - Fitchburg)
**Democratic Candidate: David Leblanc (D- Fitchburg)
**Republican Candidate: Edward Niemczura (R - Fitchburg)
*6th Worcester - Retiring Mark Carron (D - Southbridge)
**Democratic Candidate: Karen Spiewak (D - Charlton)
**Democratic Candidate: Joanne Powell (D - Charlton)
**Democratic Candidate: Patrick Driscoll (D - Spencer)
**Democratic Candidate: Scott Lazo (D - Southbridge)
**Democratic Candidate: Geraldo Alicea (D - Charlton)
**Republican Candidate: Ronald Chernisky (R - Southbridge)
**Republican Candidate: David Singer (R - Charlton)

Democrats Seeking Reelection

Barnstable County
*1st Barnstable - Cleon H. Turner (D - Dennis)
**Republican Candidate: Dick Neitz (R - Yarmouth)
*2nd Barnstable - Demetrius J. Atsalis (D - Barnstable)
**Republican Candidate: Will Crocker (R - Barnstable)

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket Counties (shared by Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, and a portion of Falmouth in Barnstable County)
*Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket - Eric Turkington (D - Falmouth)
**Republican Candidate: Jim Powell (R - Martha's Vineyard)

Berkshire County
*2nd Berkshire - Denis E. Guyer (D - Dalton)
**Independent Candidate: Stefan Racz (I - Shelburne Falls)
*4th Berkshire - William Smitty Pignatelli (D - Lenox)
**Democratic Challenger: Patrick Long (D - Great Barrington)

Bristol County
*7th Bristol - Robert Correia (D - Fall River)
**Democratic Challenger: Kevin Aguiar (D - Fall River)
**Democratic Challenger: John Rodrigues (D - Fall River)
*10th Bristol - William M. Straus (D - Mattapoisset)
**Republican Candidate: Peter Winters (R - Marion)
*11th Bristol - Robert M. Koczera (D - New Bedford)
**Independent Candidate: Dennis Dellaire (I - New Bedford)
*12th Bristol - Stephen R. Canessa (D - New Bedford)
**Independent Candidate: Mark A. Howland (I - New Bedford)
*13th Bristol - Antonio F. D. Cabral (D - New Bedford)
**Democratic Challenger: Brian Gomes (D - New Bedford)
**Independent Candidate: Carlos Felix (I - New Bedford)
**Independent Candidate: Robert Gardner (I - New Bedford)

Essex County
*2nd Essex - Harriett L. Stanley (D - West Newbury)
**Republican Candidate: Evan O'Reilly (R - Georgetown)
*6th Essex - Mary E. Grant (D - Beverly)
**Independent Candidate: Donato Paglia (I - Beverly)
*9th Essex - Mark V. Falzone (D - Saugus)
**Democratic Challenger: Sean Grant (D - Saugus)
*12th Essex - Joyce Spiliotis (D - Peabody)
**Democratic Challenger: Sean Robert Fitzgerald (D - Peabody)
**Republican Candidate: Jason Harding (R - Peabody)
*18th Essex - Barbara A. L'Italien (D - Andover)
**Republican Candidate: Lawrence Brennan (R - Georgetown)

Franklin County
*2nd Franklin - Christopher J. Donelan (D - Orange)
**Republican Candidate: Robert Parks (R-Athol) "write-in"

Hampden County
*8th Hampden - Joseph F. Wagner (D - Chicopee)
**Independent Candidate: Robert Sliski (I - Chicopee)
*9th Hampden - Sean Curran (D - Springfield)
**Libertarian Candidate: Robert J. Underwood (L - Springfield)
**Independent Candidate: Megan Anzalotti (I - Springfield)
*10th Hampden - Cheryl A. Rivera (D - Springfield)
**Republican Candidate: George Vazquez (R- Springfield)
**Independent Candidate: Kyle Burns (I- Springfield)
*11th Hampden - Benjamin Swan (D - Springfield)
**Democratic Challenger: Larry Lawson (D - Springfield)
**Democratic Challenger: Norman Oliver (D - Springfield)

Hampshire County
*1st Hampshire - Peter V. Kocot (D - Northampton)
**Republican Candidate: John Andrulis (R- Northampton)

Middlesex County
*10th Middlesex - Peter Koutoujian (D - Newton)
**Republican Candidate: Dara Pourghasemi (R - Waltham)
*16th Middlesex - Thomas Golden, Jr. (D - Lowell)
**Republican Candidate: Matthew Prahl (R - Lowell)
*25th Middlesex - Alice Wolf (D - Cambridge)
**Independent Challenger: Joseph Hickey (I - Everett)
**Republican Candidate: Henry Irving (R - Cambridge)
*29th Middlesex - Rachel Kaprielian (D - Watertown)
**Republican Candidate: Keith Mercurio (R - Watertown)
**Independent Candidate: Thomas Geary (I - Watertown)
*37th Middlesex - James B. Eldridge (D - Acton)
**Republican Candidate: Kevin Hayes (R - Shirley)

Norfolk County
*4th Norfolk - James M. Murphy (D - Weymouth)
**Republican Candidate: Brad Bennion (R - Weymouth)
**Republican Candidate: Robert Montgomery Thomas (R - Weymouth)
*8th Norfolk - Louis Kafka (D - Stoughton)
**Republican Candidate: Lydia Wiener (R - Sharon)
*12th Norfolk - John H. Rogers(D - Norwood) - Majority Leader
**Democratic Challenger: Leah O'Leary (D - Norwood)

Plymouth County
*5th Plymouth - Robert Nyman (D - Hanover)
**Republican Candidate: Timothy Gillespie (R-Hanover)
*12th Plymouth - Thomas J. O'Brien (D - Kingston)
**Republican Candidate: Paul Curtis (R- Plymouth)

Suffolk County
*3rd Suffolk - Salvatore DiMasi (D - Boston) - Speaker of the House
**Republican Candidate: Kenneth Procaccianti (R-Boston)
*5th Suffolk - Marie St. Fleur (D - Boston)
**Democratic Challenger: Severiano Cruz (D - Boston)
**Democratic Challenger: Roy Owens (D - Boston)
**Republican Candidate: Althea Garrison (R - Mattapan)
*16th Suffolk - Kathi-Anne Reinstein (D - Revere)
**Independent Candidate: Carlos J. Rodriguez (I - Chelsea)
*18th Suffolk - Michael Moran (D - Boston)
**Republican Candidate: Russell Evans (R-Brookline)

Worcester County
*5th Worcester - Anne Gobi (D - Spencer)
**Republican Candidate: Stephen Comtois (R-Brookfield)
*8th Worcester - Paul Kujawski (D - Webster)
**Democratic Challenger: Mark G. Dowgiewicz (D - Webster)
*10th Worcester - Marie Parente (D - Milford)
**Democratic Challenger: John Fernandes (D - Milford)
**Republican Candidate: Robert Burns (R - Hopedale)
*14th Worcester - James Leary (D - Worcester)
**Republican Candidate: Joseph Rice (R - Worcester)
*16th Worcester - John Fresolo (D - Worcester)
**Democratic Challenger: Melissa Murgo (D - Worcester)

Republicans Seeking Reelection

Bristol County
*2nd Bristol - John A. Lepper (R - Attleboro) - Assistant Minority Whip
**Democratic Candidate: Kate Jackson (D - Attleboro)

Middlesex County
*1st Middlesex - Robert Hargraves (R - Groton)
**Democratic Candidate: Carol Bousquet (D - Ayer)
*13th Middlesex - Susan Pope (R - Wayland)
**Democratic Candidate: Thomas Conroy (D-Wayland)

Plymouth County
*2nd Plymouth - Susan Williams Gifford (R - Wareham)
**Democratic Candidate: Margaret Ishihara (D - Wareham)
*6th Plymouth - Daniel K. Webster (R - Hanson)
**Democratic Candidate: Gregory Hanley (D - Pembroke)

Worcester County
*1st Worcester - Lewis Evangelidis (R - Holden)
**Democratic Candidate: Nate Kaplan (D - Hubbardston)
**Democratic Candidate: Emery Markles (D - Hubbardston)

Incumbents Currently Unopposed

Barnstable County
*3rd Barnstable - Matthew C. Patrick (D - Falmouth)
*5th Barnstable - Jeffrey Davis Perry (R - Sandwich)

Berkshire County
*1st Berkshire - Daniel E. Bosley (D - North Adams)
*3rd Berkshire - Christopher Speranzo (D - Pittsfield)

Bristol County
*3rd Bristol - James H. Fagan (D - Taunton)
*5th Bristol - Patricia A. Haddad (D - Somerset)
*6th Bristol - David B. Sullivan (D - Fall River)
*8th Bristol - Michael J. Rodrigues (D - Westport)
*9th Bristol - John F. Quinn (D - Dartmouth)
*12th Bristol - Stephen R. Canessa (D - New Bedford)
*14th Bristol - Elizabeth A. Poirier (R - North Attleborough)

Essex County
*1st Essex - Michael A. Costello (D - Newburyport)
*3rd Essex - Brian S. Dempsey (D - Haverhill)
*4th Essex - Bradford Hill (R - Ipswich)
*5th Essex - Anthony J. Verga (D - Gloucester)
*7th Essex - John D. Keenan (D - Salem)
*8th Essex - Douglas Petersen (D - Marblehead)
*10th Essex - Robert F. Fennell (D - Lynn)
*11th Essex - Steven M. Walsh (D - Lynn)
*13th Essex - Theodore C. Speliotis (D - Danvers)
*14th Essex - David M. Torrisi (D - North Andover)
*16th Essex - William Lantigua (D - Lawrence)
*17th Essex - Barry R. Finegold (D - Andover)

Franklin County
*1st Franklin - Stephen Kulik (D - Worthington)

Hampden County
*1st Hampden - Todd M. Smola (R - Palmer)
*2nd Hampden - Mary S. Rogeness (R - Longmeadow) -Assistant Minority Leader
*4th Hampden - Donald F. Humason, Jr. (R - Westfield)
*5th Hampden - Michael F. Kane (D - Holyoke)
*6th Hampden - James T. Welch (D - West Springfield)
*7th Hampden - Thomas M. Petrolati (D - Ludlow) - Speaker Pro Tempore

Hampshire County
*2nd Hampshire - John W. Scibak (D - South Hadley)
*3rd Hampshire - Ellen Story (D - Amherst)

Middlesex County
*2nd Middlesex - Geoffrey Hall (D - Westford)
*3rd Middlesex - Patricia Walrath (D - Stow)
*4th Middlesex - Stephen LeDuc (D - Marlborough)
*5th Middlesex - David Paul Linsky (D - Natick)
*6th Middlesex - Deborah Blumer (D - Framingham)
*7th Middlesex - Tom Sannicandro (D - Ashland)
*8th Middlesex - Paul J. P. Loscocco (R - Holliston)
*9th Middlesex - Thomas M. Stanley (D - Waltham)
*11th Middlesex - Kay Khan (D - Newton)
*12th Middlesex - Ruth Balser (D - Newton)
*14th Middlesex - Cory Atkins (D - Concord)
*15th Middlesex - Jay R. Kaufman (D - Lexington)
*17th Middlesex - David Nangle (D - Lowell)
*18th Middlesex - Kevin J. Murphy (D - Lowell)
*19th Middlesex - James Miceli (D - Wilmington)
*20th Middlesex - Bradley Jones, Jr. (R - North Reading) - Minority Leader
*21st Middlesex - Charles A. Murphy (D - Burlington)
*22nd Middlesex - William Greene, Jr. (D - Billerica)
*23rd Middlesex - J. James Marzilli, Jr. (D - Arlington)
*26th Middlesex - Timothy Toomey, Jr. (D - Cambridge)
*27th Middlesex - Denise Provost (D - Somerville)
*30th Middlesex - Patrick M. Natale (D - Woburn)
*31st Middlesex - Paul C. Casey (D - Winchester)
*32nd Middlesex - Michael Festa (D - Melrose)
*33rd Middlesex - Christopher Fallon (D - Malden)
*34th Middlesex - Carl M. Sciortino, Jr (D - Somerville)
*35th Middlesex - Paul Donato (D - Medford)
*36th Middlesex - Colleen Garry (D - Dracut)

Norfolk County
*1st Norfolk - Bruce J. Ayers (D - Quincy)
*2nd Norfolk - A. Stephen Tobin (D - Quincy)
*3rd Norfolk - Ronald Mariano (D - Quincy)
*5th Norfolk - Joseph R. Driscoll (D - Braintree)
*6th Norfolk - William C. Galvin(D - Canton)
*7th Norfolk - Walter Timilty (D - Milton)
*9th Norfolk - Richard J. Ross (R - Wrentham)
*10th Norfolk - James Vallee (D - Franklin)
*11th Norfolk - Robert Coughlin (D - Dedham)
*13th Norfolk - Lida Harkins (D - Needham) - Assistant Majority Leader
*14th Norfolk - Alice Hanlon Peisch (D - Wellesley)
*15th Norfolk - Frank Smizik (D - Brookline)

Plymouth County
*1st Plymouth - Viriato Manuel deMacedo (R - Plymouth)
*3rd Plymouth - Garrett Bradley (D - Hingham)
*4th Plymouth - Frank Hynes (D - Marshfield)
*8th Plymouth - David Flynn (D - Bridgewater)
*9th Plymouth - Thomas P. Kennedy (D - Brockton)
*10th Plymouth - Christine Canavan (D - Brockton
*11th Plymouth - Geraldine Creedon (D - Brockton)

Suffolk County
*1st Suffolk - Anthony Petruccelli (D - Boston)
*2nd Suffolk - Eugene O'Flaherty (D - Chelsea)
*4th Suffolk - Brian Wallace (D - Boston)
*7th Suffolk - Gloria Fox (D - Boston)
*8th Suffolk - Martha M. Walz (D - Boston)
*9th Suffolk - Byron Rushing (D - Boston) - Second Assistant Majority Leader
*10th Suffolk - Michael Rush (D - Boston)
*11th Suffolk - Elizabeth Malia (D - Boston)
*12th Suffolk - Linda Dorcena-Forry (D - Boston)
*13th Suffolk - Martin Walsh (D - Boston)
*14th Suffolk - Angelo Scaccia (D - Boston)
*15th Suffolk - Jeffrey Sanchez (D - Boston)
*17th Suffolk - Kevin Honan (D - Boston)
*19th Suffolk - Robert A. DeLeo (D - Winthrop)

Worcester County
*2nd Worcester - Robert L. Rice (D - Gardner)
*4th Worcester - Jennifer L. Flanagan (D - Leominster)
*7th Worcester - Paul Frost (R - Auburn)
*9th Worcester - George Peterson, Jr. (R - Grafton) - Minority Whip
*11th Worcester - Karyn Polito (R - Shrewsbury)
*12th Worcester - Harold Naughton, Jr. (D - Clinton)
*13th Worcester - Robert Spellane (D - Worcester)
*15th Worcester - Vincent Pedone (D - Worcester)
*17th Worcester - John Binienda (D - Worcester)
*18th Worcester - Jennifer Callahan (D - Sutton)

Sources

http://www.mass.gov/legis/repdis03.htm, accessed March 11 2006
Office of Campaign and Political Finance Commonwealth of Massachusetts http://www.mass.gov/ocpf/, accessed March 11 2006

Recent Massachusetts elections (with winners)
General		2002, 2004, 2006
State
	State Senate:	2002, 2004, 2006
	State House:	2002, 2004, 2006
	Governor:	1982 (Dukakis), 1986 (Dukakis), 1990 (Weld), 1994 (Weld), 1998 (Cellucci), 2002 (Romney), 2006
	Council:	2002, 2004, 2006
Federal	:	Class 1: 1982 (Kennedy), 1988 (Kennedy), 1994 (Kennedy), 2000 (Kennedy), 2006 Class 2: 1978 (Tsongas), 1984 (Kerry), 1990 (Kerry), 1996 (Kerry), 2002 (Kerry), 2008
	U.S. House:	2002, 2004, 2006
	President :	2000, 2004

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