Massachusetts House Election, 2006

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, 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.

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)

--Democratic Candidate: Ronald Bergstrom (D - Chatham)

--Democratic Candidate: Sarah Peake (D - Provincetown)

--Democratic Candidate: Roy Gottwald (D - Harwich)

Bristol County

---4th Bristol - ''Retiring Philip Travis (D - Rehoboth)''

--Democratic Challenger: Nicolas Bernier (D - Swansea)

--Republican Candidate: Brian Langevin (R - Seekonk)

Suffolk County

---6th Suffolk - ''Retiring Shirley Owens-Hicks (D-Mattapan)''

--Democratic Candidate: William Celester (D-Dorchester)

--Democratic Candidate: Wayne Wilson (D-Roslindale)

--Republican Candidate: None

Worcester County

---3rd Worcester - ''Retiring Emile Goguen (D - Fitchburg)''

--Democratic Candidate: Stephen Louis DiNatale (D- Fitchburg)

--Democratic Candidate: David LeBlanc (D- 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)

--Republican Candidate: Ronald Chernisky (R - Southbridge)

RUMORED OPEN SEATS

Essex County

---15th Essex - Arthur J. Broadhurst (D - Methuen)

--Democratic Candidate: Michael Hennessey (D-Methuen)

--Democratic Candidate: Michael Condon (D-Methuen)

--Democratic Candidate: Edward Curran (D-Methuen)

--Democratic Candidate: Linda Dean Campbell (D-Methuen)

--Democratic Candidate: Christopher DiBella (D-Methuen)

--Democratic Candidate: Stephen Zanni (D-Methuen)

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)

---3rd Barnstable - Matthew C. Patrick (D - Falmouth)

--Republican Candidate: David Vieira (R - Falmouth)

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

---1st Berkshire - Daniel E. Bosley (D - North Adams)

--Republican Candidate: Jay Lukkarila (R - Adams)

---2nd Berkshire - Denis E. Guyer (D - Dalton)

---3rd Berkshire - Christopher Speranzo (D - Pittsfield)

---4th Berkshire - William Smitty Pignatelli (D - Lenox)

--Democratic Challenger: Patrick Long (D - Great Barrington)

Bristol County

---3rd Bristol - James H. Fagan (D - Taunton)

---5th Bristol - Patricia A. Haddad (D - Somerset)

---6th Bristol - David B. Sullivan (D - Fall River)

---7th Bristol - Robert Correia (D - Fall River)

---8th Bristol - Michael J. Rodrigues (D - Westport)

---9th Bristol - John F. Quinn (D - Dartmouth)

---10th Bristol - William M. Straus (D - Mattapoisset)

---11th Bristol - Robert M. Koczera (D - New Bedford)

--Independent Candidate: Dennis Dellaire (I - New Bedford)

---12th Bristol - Stephen R. Canessa (D - New Bedford)

---13th Bristol - Antonio F. D. Cabral (D - New Bedford)

Essex County

---1st Essex - Michael A. Costello (D - Newburyport)

---2nd Essex - Harriett L. Stanley (D - West Newbury)

--Republican Candidate: Evan O'Reilly (R - Georgetown)

---3rd Essex - Brian S. Dempsey (D - Haverhill)

---5th Essex - Anthony J. Verga (D - Gloucester)

---6th Essex - Mary E. Grant (D - Beverly)

---7th Essex - John D. Keenan (D - Salem)

---8th Essex - Douglas Petersen (D - Marblehead)

---9th Essex - Mark V. Falzone (D - Saugus)

--Democratic Challenger: Sean Grant (D - Saugus)

---10th Essex - Robert F. Fennell (D - Lynn)

---11th Essex - Steven Myles Walsh (D - Lynn)

---12th Essex - Joyce Spiliotis (D - Peabody)

--Democratic Challenger: Sean Robert Fitzgerald (D - Peabody)

--Republican Candidate: Jason Harding (R - Peabody)

---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)

---18th Essex - Barbara A. L'Italien (D - Andover)

--Republican Candidate: Lawrence Brennan (R - Georgetown)

Franklin County

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

---2nd Franklin - Christopher J. Donelan (D - Orange)

--Republican Candidate: Robert Parks (R-Athol)

Hampden County

---3rd Hampden - Daniel F. Keenan (D - Southwick)

--Green Candidate: Owen Broadhurst (G-Agawam)

---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

---8th Hampden - Joseph F. Wagner (D - Chicopee)

---9th Hampden - Sean Curran (D - Springfield)

---10th Hampden - Cheryl A. Rivera (D - Springfield)

--Independent Candidate: Kyle Burns (I- Springfield)

---11th Hampden - Benjamin Swan (D - Springfield)

---12th Hampden - Gale D. Candaras (D - Wilbraham)

--Democratic Challenger: James Driscoll (D - East Longmeadow)

Hampshire County

---1st Hampshire - Peter V. Kocot (D - Northampton)

---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)

--Republican Candidate: Thomas Haskins (R - Ashland)

---9th Middlesex - Thomas M. Stanley (D - Waltham)

---10th Middlesex - Peter Koutoujian (D - Newton)

--Democratic Challenger: Toby Fisher (D-Waltham)

--Democratic Challenger: Rhonda Bourne (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)

---16th Middlesex - Thomas Golden, Jr. (D - Lowell)

--Republican Candidate: Matthew Prahl (R - Lowell)

---17th Middlesex - David Nangle (D - Lowell)

---18th Middlesex - Kevin J. Murphy (D - Lowell)

---19th Middlesex - James Miceli (D - Wilmington)

---21st Middlesex - Charles A. Murphy (D - Burlington)

---22nd Middlesex - William Greene, Jr. (D - Billerica)

---23rd Middlesex - J. James Marzilli, Jr. (D - Arlington)

---24th Middlesex - Anne Paulsen (D - Belmont)

--Democratic Challenger: William Brownberger (D - Belmont)

---25th Middlesex - Alice Wolf (D - Cambridge)

--Democratic Challenger: Lesley Phillips (D - Cambridge)

--Republican Candidate: Henry Irving (R - Cambridge)

---26th Middlesex - Timothy Toomey, Jr. (D - Cambridge)

---27th Middlesex - Denise Provost (D - Somerville)

---28th Middlesex - Edward Connolly (D - Everett)

--Democratic Challenger: Frank Nuzzo (D - Everett)

---29th Middlesex - Rachel Kaprielian (D - Watertown)

---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)

---37th Middlesex - James B. Eldridge (D - Acton)

--Republican Candidate: Kevin Hayes (R - Shirley)

Norfolk County

---1st Norfolk - Bruce J. Ayers (D - Quincy)

---2nd Norfolk - A. Stephen Tobin (D - Quincy)

---3rd Norfolk - Ronald Mariano (D - Quincy)

---4th Norfolk - James M. Murphy (D - Weymouth)

---5th Norfolk - Joseph R. Driscoll (D - Braintree)

---6th Norfolk - William C. Galvin (D - Canton)

---7th Norfolk - Walter Timilty (D - Milton)

---8th Norfolk - Louis Kafka (D - Stoughton)

---10th Norfolk - James Vallee (D - Franklin)

---11th Norfolk - Robert Coughlin (D - Dedham)

---12th Norfolk - John H. Rogers (D - Norwood) - Majority Leader

--Democratic Challenger: Leah O'Leary (D - Norwood)

---13th Norfolk - Lida Harkins (D - Needham) - Assistant Majority Leader

---14th Norfolk - Alice Hanlon Peisch (D - Wellesley)

---15th Norfolk - Frank Smizik (D - Brookline)

Plymouth County

---3rd Plymouth - Garrett Bradley (D - Hingham)

---4th Plymouth - Frank Hynes (D - Marshfield)

---5th Plymouth - Robert Nyman (D - Hanover)

--Republican Candidate: Timothy Gillespie (R-Hanover)

---7th Plymouth - Kathleen Teahan (D - Whitman)

--Democratic Challenger: Allen McCarthy (D-East Bridgewater)

--Republican Candidate: Andrew Burbine (R- Abington)

---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)

---12th Plymouth - Thomas J. O'Brien (D - Kingston)

Suffolk County

---1st Suffolk - Anthony Petruccelli (D - Boston)

---2nd Suffolk - Eugene O'Flaherty (D - Chelsea)

--Democratic Challenger: Chris Schiavone (D-Charlestown)

---3rd Suffolk - Salvatore DiMasi (D - Boston) - Speaker of the House

--Republican Candidate: Kenneth Procaccianti (R-Boston)

---4th Suffolk - Brian Wallace (D - Boston)

---5th Suffolk - Marie St. Fleur (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)

---16th Suffolk - Kathi-Anne Reinstein (D - Revere)

---17th Suffolk - Kevin Honan (D - Boston)

---18th Suffolk - Michael Moran (D - Boston)

--Republican Candidate: Russell Evans (R-Brookline)

---19th Suffolk - Robert A. DeLeo (D - Winthrop)

Worcester County

---2nd Worcester - Robert L. Rice (D - Gardner)

---4th Worcester - Jennifer L. Flanagan (D - Leominster)

---5th Worcester - Anne Gobi (D - Spencer)

--Republican Candidate: Stephen Comtois (R-Brookfield)

---8th Worcester - Paul Kujawski (D - Webster)

---10th Worcester - Marie Parente (D - Milford)

--Democratic Challenger: John Fernandes (D-Milford)

---12th Worcester - Harold Naughton, Jr. (D - Clinton)

---13th Worcester - Robert Spellane (D - Worcester)

---14th Worcester - James Leary (D - Worcester)

--Republican Candidate: Joseph Rice (R - Worcester)

---15th Worcester - Vincent Pedone (D - Worcester)

---16th Worcester - John Fresolo (D - Worcester)

---17th Worcester - John Binienda (D - Worcester)

---18th Worcester - Jennifer Callahan (D - Sutton)

REPUBLICANS SEEKING REELECTION

Barnstable County

---5th Barnstable - Jeffrey Davis Perry (R - Sandwich)

Bristol County

---1st Bristol - Virginia M. Coppola (R - Foxborough)

--Democratic Candidate: Paul Feeney (D - Foxborough)

---2nd Bristol - John A. Lepper (R - Attleboro) - Assistant Minority Whip

--Democratic Candidate: Kate Jackson (D - Attleboro)

---14th Bristol - Elizabeth A. Poirier (R - North Attleborough)

Essex County

---4th Essex - Bradford Hill (R - Ipswich)

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)

Middlesex County

---1st Middlesex - Robert Hargraves (R - Groton)

--Democratic Candidate: Carol Bousquet (D - Ayer)

---8th Middlesex - Paul J. P. Loscocco (R - Holliston)

---13th Middlesex - Susan Pope (R - Wayland)

--Democratic Candidate: Thomas Conroy (D-Wayland)

---20th Middlesex - Bradley Jones, Jr. (R - North Reading) - Minority Leader

Norfolk County

---9th Norfolk - Richard J. Ross (R - Wrentham)

Plymouth County

---1st Plymouth - Viriato Manuel DeMacedo (R - Plymouth)

---2nd Plymouth - Susan Williams Gifford (R - 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)

---7th Worcester - Paul Frost (R - Auburn)

---9th Worcester - George Peterson, Jr. (R - Grafton) - Minority Whip

---11th Worcester - Karyn Polito (R - Shrewsbury)

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

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