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State Fact Sheet - Massachusetts

U.S. Congress (Total Seats: 2 U.S. Senators, 9 U.S. Representatives)
Elizabeth Warren (D) U.S. Senator

2013-present
 

Niki Tsongas (D)1 U.S. Rep. 2007-present
Margaret M. Heckler (R) U.S. Rep. 1967-1983
Louise Day Hicks (D) U.S. Rep. 1971-1973
Edith Nourse Rogers (R)2 U.S. Rep. 1925-1960
  1. Tsongas won a special election to fill a vacancy.
  2. Rogers initially won a special election to fill a vacancy caused by the death of her husband; she was subsequently re-elected.

Statewide Elective Executives (Total Positions: 6)
Suzanne Bump (D) State Auditor 2011-present
Martha Coakley (D) Attorney General 2007-present
Kerry Murphy Healey (R) Lieutenant Governor 2003-2007
Jane Swift (R) Governor 2001-2003
Shannon O'Brien (D) State Treasurer 1999-2003
Jane Swift (R) Lt. Governor 1999-2001
Evelyn Murphy (D) Lt. Governor 1987-1990

State Legislature
Year State
Rank		  

Senate
 Total
Women/
Total
Senate 		 

House
 Total
Women/
Total
House 		Total
Women/
Total
Legis.		  
%
Total
Women
D R D R I
2013 19 12 0 12/ 40 33 7 - 40/ 160 52/ 200 26.0
2012 24 11 0 11/ 40 32 6 - 38/ 160 49/ 200 24.5
2011 23 11 0 11/ 40 32 6 - 38/ 160 49/ 200 24.5
2010 22 12 0 12/ 40 36 3 - 39/ 160 51/ 200 25.5
2009 18 12 0 12/ 40 37 3 - 40/ 160 52/ 200 26.0
2008 20 12 0 12/ 40 34 4 - 38/ 160 50/ 200 25.0
2007 20 12 0 12/ 40 33 4 - 37/ 160 49/ 200 24.5
2006 19 11 0 11/ 40 34 6 - 40/ 160 51/ 200 25.5
2005 19 11 0 11/ 40 33 6 - 39/ 160 50/ 200 25.0
2004 20 10 1 11/ 40 33 6 - 39/ 160 50/ 200 25.0
2003 19 11 1 12/ 40 34 6 - 40/ 160 52/ 200 26.0
2002 18 11 1 12/ 40 32 7 - 39/ 160 51/ 200 25.5
2001 19 11 1 12/ 40 30 7 - 37/ 160 49/ 200 24.5
2000 14 10 1 11/ 40 32 9 - 41/ 160 52/ 200 26.0
1999 14 9 1 10/ 40 33 9 - 42/ 160 52/ 200 26.0
1998 20 7 0 7/ 40 30 10 - 40/ 160 47/ 200 23.5
1997 22 7 0 7/ 40 29 10 - 39/ 160 46/ 200 23.0
1996 17 6 2 8/ 40 27 13 - 40/ 160 48/ 200 24.0
1995 17 6 2 8/ 40 27 13 - 40/ 160 48/ 200 24.0
1994 21 7 2 9/ 40 25 11 - 36/ 160 45/ 200 22.5
1993 19 7 2 9/ 40 25 12 - 37/ 160 46/ 200 23.0
1992 23 3 3 6/ 40 23 8 - 31/ 160 37/ 200 18.5
1991 21 3 4 7/ 40 23 8 - 31/ 160 38/ 200 19.0
1990 23 3 2 5/ 40 22 7 - 29/ 160 34/ 200 17.0
1989 23 4 1 5/ 40 22 8 - 30/ 160 35/ 200 17.5
1988 17 5 1 6/ 40 22 9 - 31/ 160 37/ 200 18.5
1987 17 5 1 6/ 40 22 9 - 31/ 160 37/ 200 18.5
1986 19 4 1 5/ 40 20 8 - 28/ 160 33/ 200 16.5
1985 19 4 1 5/ 40 20 8 - 28/ 160 33/ 200 16.5
1984 24 5 1 6/ 40 13 6 1 20/ 160 26/ 200 13.0
1983 22 5 1 6/ 40 13 6 1 20/ 160 26/ 200 13.0
1982* - 5 0 5/ 40 7 7 1 15/ 160 20/ 200 10.0
1981 32 5 0 5/ 40 7 6 1 14/ 160 19/ 200 9.5
1979 31 - - 4/ 40 - - - 11/ 160 15/ 200 7.5
1977 27 - - 4/ 40 - - - 16/ 240 20/ 280 7.1
1975 33 - - 2/ 40 - - - 14/ 240 16/ 280 5.7

* 1982 numbers for women in the MA statelegislature provided by the MA Caucus of Women Legislators.