The 194th Massachusetts General Court is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the state government of Massachusetts in the United States. The legislature consists of elected members of the Senate and House of Representatives. It convened in Boston at the State House on January 1, 2025 and is expected to continue through the end of December 2026, during the third and fourth years of the governorship of Maura Healey. Senate and House districts are drawn based on the 2020 census.
Major events
January 1, 2025: General Court convened. Ron Mariano (D) was elected Speaker of the House and Karen Spilka was elected President of the Massachusetts Senate. Members-elect of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives were sworn in, except for Jerry Parisella, who declined to be seated after he was nominated and confirmed as an associate justice of the District Court.
Leadership
Senate PositionLeaderDistrictPartyPresident of the SenateKaren E. SpilkaMiddlesex and NorfolkDemocraticMajority LeaderCynthia Stone CreemNorfolk and MiddlesexPresident Pro TemporeWilliam N. BrownsbergerSuffolk and MiddlesexAssistant Majority LeaderJoan LovelySecond EssexMichael J. BarrettThird MiddlesexSal N. DiDomenicoMiddlesex and SuffolkSenate Majority WhipMichael F. RushNorfolk and SuffolkAssistant Majority WhipJulian CyrCape and IslandsMinority LeaderBruce E. TarrFirst Essex and MiddlesexRepublicanAssistant Minority LeaderPatrick M. O'ConnorFirst Plymouth and NorfolkRyan C. FattmanWorcester and NorfolkPeter DurantWorcester and HampshireKelly DoonerThird Bristol and Plymouth
House PositionRepresentativeMunicipalityPartySpeaker of the HouseRon MarianoQuincyDemocraticMajority LeaderMichael J. MoranBrightonSpeaker Pro TemporeKate HoganStowAssistant Majority LeaderAlice PeischWellesleySecond Assistant Majority LeaderFrank A. MoranLawrencePaul DonatoMedfordFirst Division ChairDanielle GregoireMarlboroughSecond Division ChairJeffrey RoyFranklinThird Division ChairCarlos GonzálezSpringfieldFourth Division ChairJim O'DayWest BoylstonMinority LeaderBradley H. Jones, Jr.North ReadingRepublicanFirst Assistant Minority LeaderKimberly N. FergusonHoldenSecond Assistant Minority LeaderPaul K. FrostAuburnThird Assistant Minority LeaderDavid MuradianGraftonDavid VieiraEast Falmouth
Current members Senators DistrictNo.NameStartPartyBerkshire, Hampden, Franklin and HampshireDemocraticBristol and NorfolkDemocraticBristol and Plymouth1Democratic2Democratic3RepublicanCape and IslandsDemocraticEssex1Democratic2Democratic3DemocraticEssex and Middlesex1Republican2DemocraticHampden and HampshireDemocraticHampshireDemocraticHampshire, Franklin and WorcesterDemocraticMiddlesex1Democratic2Democratic3Democratic4Democratic5DemocraticMiddlesex and NorfolkDemocraticMiddlesex and SuffolkDemocraticMiddlesex and WorcesterDemocraticNorfolk and MiddlesexDemocraticNorfolk and PlymouthDemocraticNorfolk, Plymouth and BristolDemocraticNorfolk and SuffolkDemocraticNorfolk, Worcester and MiddlesexDemocraticPlymouth and BarnstableDemocraticPlymouth and Norfolk1Republican2DemocraticSuffolk1Democratic2Democratic3DemocraticSuffolk and MiddlesexDemocraticWorcester1Democratic2DemocraticWorcester and HampdenRepublicanWorcester and HampshireRepublicanWorcester and MiddlesexDemocratic
Representatives District No. Representative Party Barnstable 1 Christopher Flanagan Democratic 2 Kip Diggs Democratic 3 David Vieira Republican 4 Hadley Luddy Democratic 5 Steven Xiarhos Republican Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket Thomas Moakley Democratic Berkshire 1 John Barrett Democratic 2 Tricia Farley-Bouvier Democratic 3 Leigh Davis Democratic Bristol 1 Michael Chaisson Republican 2 James Hawkins Democratic 3 Lisa Field Democratic 4 Steven Howitt Republican 5 Justin Thurber Republican 6 Carole Fiola Democratic 7 Alan Silvia Democratic 8 Steven Ouellette Democratic 9 Christopher Markey Democratic 10 Mark Sylvia Democratic 11 Christopher Hendricks Democratic 12 Norman Orrall Republican 13 Antonio Cabral Democratic 14 Adam Scanlon Democratic Essex 1 Dawne Shand Democratic 2 Kristin Kassner Democratic 3 Andres Vargas Democratic 4 Estela Reyes Democratic 5 Andrew Tarr Democratic 6 Hannah Bowen Democratic 7 Manny Cruz Democratic 8 Jennifer Balinsky Armini Democratic 9 Donald Wong Republican 10 Daniel Cahill Democratic 11 Sean Reid Democratic 12 Thomas Walsh Democratic 13 Sally Kerans Democratic 14 Adrianne Ramos Democratic 15 Ryan Hamilton Democratic 16 Francisco Paulino Democratic 17 Frank Moran Democratic 18 Tram Nguyen Democratic Franklin 1 Vacant 2 Susannah Whipps Unenrolled Hampden 1 Todd Smola Republican 2 Brian Ashe Democratic 3 Nicholas Boldyga Republican 4 Kelly Pease Republican 5 Patricia Duffy Democratic 6 Michael Finn Democratic 7 Aaron Saunders Democratic 8 Shirley Arriaga Democratic 9 Orlando Ramos Democratic 10 Carlos González Democratic 11 Bud Williams Democratic 12 Angelo Puppolo Democratic Hampshire 1 Lindsay Sabadosa Democratic 2 Homar Gomez Democratic 3 Mindy Domb Democratic Middlesex 1 Margaret Scarsdale Democratic 2 James Arciero Democratic 3 Kate Hogan Democratic 4 Danielle Gregoire Democratic 5 David Linsky Democratic 6 Priscila Sousa Democratic 7 Jack Lewis Democratic 8 James Arena-DeRosa Democratic 9 Thomas Stanley Democratic 10 John Lawn Democratic 11 Amy Sangiolo Democratic 12 Greg Schwartz Democratic 13 Carmine Gentile Democratic 14 Simon Cataldo Democratic 15 Michelle Ciccolo Democratic 16 Vacant 17 Vacant 18 Tara Hong Democratic 19 David Robertson Democratic 20 Bradley Jones Republican 21 Kenneth Gordon Democratic 22 Marc Lombardo Republican 23 Sean Garballey Democratic 24 David Rogers Democratic 25 Marjorie Decker Democratic 26 Mike Connolly Democratic 27 Erika Uyterhoeven Democratic 28 Joseph McGonagle Democratic 29 Steven Owens Democratic 30 Richard Haggerty Democratic 31 Michael Day Democratic 32 Kate Lipper-Garabedian Democratic 33 Steven Ultrino Democratic 34 Christine Barber Democratic 35 Paul Donato Democratic 36 Colleen Garry Democratic 37 Danillo Sena Democratic Norfolk 1 Bruce Ayers Democratic 2 Tackey Chan Democratic 3 Ronald Mariano Democratic 4 James Murphy Democratic 5 Mark Cusack Democratic 6 William Galvin Democratic 7 Richard Wells Democratic 8 Edward Philips Democratic 9 Marcus Vaughn Republican 10 Jeffrey Roy Democratic 11 Paul McMurtry Democratic 12 John Rogers Democratic 13 Joshua Tarsky Democratic 14 Alice Peisch Democratic 15 Tommy Vitolo Democratic Plymouth 1 Michelle Badger Democratic 2 John Gaskey Republican 3 Joan Meschino Democratic 4 Patrick Kearney Democratic 5 David DeCoste Republican 6 Kenneth Sweezey Republican 7 Alyson Sullivan-Almeida Republican 8 Dennis Gallagher Democratic 9 Bridget Plouffe Democratic 10 Michelle DuBois Democratic 11 Rita Mendes Democratic 12 Kathleen LaNatra Democratic Suffolk 1 Adrian Madaro Democratic 2 Daniel Ryan Democratic 3 Aaron Michlewitz Democratic 4 David Biele Democratic 5 Christopher Worrell Democratic 6 Russell Holmes Democratic 7 Chynah Tyler Democratic 8 Jay Livingstone Democratic 9 John Moran Democratic 10 William MacGregor Democratic 11 Judith Garcia Democratic 12 Brandy Fluker-Reid Democratic 13 Daniel Hunt Democratic 14 Rob Consalvo Democratic 15 Samantha Montaño Democratic 16 Jessica Giannino Democratic 17 Kevin Honan Democratic 18 Michael Moran Democratic 19 Jeffrey Turco Democratic Worcester 1 Kimberly Ferguson Republican 2 Jonathan Zlotnik Democratic 3 Michael Kushmerek Democratic 4 Natalie Higgins Democratic 5 Donald Berthiaume Republican 6 John Marsi Republican 7 Paul Frost Republican 8 Michael Soter Republican 9 David Muradian Republican 10 Brian Murray Democratic 11 Hannah Kane Republican 12 Meghan Kilcoyne Democratic 13 John Mahoney Democratic 14 James O'Day Democratic 15 Mary Keefe Democratic 16 Daniel Donahue Democratic 17 David LeBoeuf Democratic 18 Joseph McKenna Republican 19 Kate Donaghue Democratic
See also 2024 Massachusetts House of Representatives election 2024 Massachusetts Senate election 2022 Massachusetts gubernatorial election List of Massachusetts General Courts
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