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The Massachusetts Senate is the upper house of the Massachusetts General Court, the bicameral state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Senate comprises 40 elected members from 40 single-member senatorial districts in the state. All but one of the districts are named for the counties in which they are located (the "Cape and ...
The secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a constitutional officer in the executive branch of the U.S. state of Massachusetts.Originally appointed under authority of the English Crown pursuant to the Charter of the Massachusetts Bay Company, the office of secretary of the Commonwealth (equivalent to "secretaries of state" in other U.S. jurisdictions) became an elective one in 1780.
First elected in 1902. First elected in 1992. Resigned to become Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Lowell . First elected in 1814. Lost re-election to Samuel Lathrop . First elected to finish Charles Q. Tirrell's term. Lost re-election to William H. Wilder . First elected to finish John W. Weeks's term.
Elections inMassachusetts. The 2020 Massachusetts general election was held on November 3, 2020, throughout Massachusetts. Primary elections were held on September 1, 2020. [1] [2] At the federal level, all nine seats in the United States House of Representatives were contested. Also contested was the United States Senate seat held by Ed Markey.
v. t. e. The 2002 United States Senate election in Massachusetts took place on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator John Kerry won re-election to a fourth term against Libertarian Michael Cloud, with no Republican filing to run. The lack of a Republican Party candidate caused Cloud to receive the largest percentage of votes for a ...
v. t. e. The 2014 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held on November 4, 2014, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, concurrently with the election of the Governor of Massachusetts, other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United ...
Taxing millionaires is a contentious issue—but Massachusetts is declaring early victory, with an announcement this week that the state’s tax on its highest earners has yielded $1.8 billion in ...
Thomas H. Buckley, the final chairman of the commission, was the state's first commissioner of administration and finance. [5] In 1969, the state legislature passed a bill introduced by Governor John A. Volpe and backed by his successor, Francis Sargent , that reorganized the state government under a cabinet-style system.