Massachusetts State Senate Middlesex and Norfolk District
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Karen Spilka Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
One candidate on the printed ballot.
- Last election
- Karen Spilka (Democratic) was unopposed, 2024
- Earlier results
- Karen Spilka (Democratic) was unopposed, 2022Lois G. Pines (Democratic) won by 46.9 points, 1992, older linesAll 7 elections
Past results
- Votes for listed candidates
- 69,985
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Same as today
Massachusetts Senate, Middlesex and Norfolk District, 1970 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticKaren SpilkaWon Democratic 68,76298.3% Scattered write-ins Write-in 1,2231.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 53,436
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Same as today
Massachusetts Senate, Middlesex and Norfolk District, 1970 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticKaren SpilkaWon(incumbent) Democratic 52,48498.2% Scattered write-ins Write-in 9521.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 66,249
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1988 to 1993)
Massachusetts Senate, Middlesex and Norfolk District, 1970 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLois G. PinesWon(incumbent) Democratic 48,67173.5% RepublicanGeoff May Republican 17,57826.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 58,257
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1988 to 1993)
Massachusetts Senate, Middlesex and Norfolk District, 1970 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLois G. PinesWon(incumbent) Democratic 39,73268.2% RepublicanAnthony F. Lupo Republican 18,52531.8%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1970 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
All elections (7 for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 69,985
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Same as today
Massachusetts Senate, Middlesex and Norfolk District, 1970 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticKaren SpilkaWon Democratic 68,76298.3% Scattered write-ins Write-in 1,2231.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 53,436
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Same as today
Massachusetts Senate, Middlesex and Norfolk District, 1970 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticKaren SpilkaWon(incumbent) Democratic 52,48498.2% Scattered write-ins Write-in 9521.8% - No results on file 1993 to 2021
- Votes for listed candidates
- 66,249
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1988 to 1993)
Massachusetts Senate, Middlesex and Norfolk District, 1970 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLois G. PinesWon(incumbent) Democratic 48,67173.5% RepublicanGeoff May Republican 17,57826.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 58,257
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1988 to 1993)
Massachusetts Senate, Middlesex and Norfolk District, 1970 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLois G. PinesWon(incumbent) Democratic 39,73268.2% RepublicanAnthony F. Lupo Republican 18,52531.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 49,951
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1988 to 1993)
Massachusetts Senate, Middlesex and Norfolk District, 1970 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLois G. PinesWon(incumbent) Democratic 49,947100.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 40.0% - No results on file 1973 to 1987
- Votes for listed candidates
- 47,342
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1970 to 1973)
Massachusetts Senate, Middlesex and Norfolk District, 1970 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDavid H. LockeWon(incumbent) Republican 47,341100.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 48,605
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1970 to 1973)
Massachusetts Senate, Middlesex and Norfolk District, 1970 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDavid H. LockeWon(incumbent) Republican 30,05061.8% DemocraticArthur M. Tiernan Jr. Democratic 18,55538.2%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
More about this race
Uncontested
One candidate on the printed ballot.
Source: sec.state.ma.us, dated Oct 28
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- More than one party
- No member listed
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Election Wrld. (2026). Massachusetts State Senate Middlesex and Norfolk District, election results 1970 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/ma/senate/middlesex-and-norfolk. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026