The following table indicates the party of elected officials in
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Governor
A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...
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Lieutenant Governor
A lieutenant governor, lieutenant-governor, or vice governor is a high officer of state, whose precise role and rank vary by jurisdiction. Often a lieutenant governor is the deputy, or lieutenant, to or ranked under a governor — a "second-in-comm ...
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Secretary of the Commonwealth
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Attorney General
In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general or attorney-general (sometimes abbreviated AG or Atty.-Gen) is the main legal advisor to the government. The plural is attorneys general.
In some jurisdictions, attorneys general also have exec ...
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Treasurer and Receiver-General
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Auditor
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The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
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Massachusetts Senate
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 ...
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Massachusetts House of Representatives
The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from 14 counties each divided into single-member ...
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State delegation to the United States Senate
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State delegation to the United States House of Representatives
For years in which a
United States presidential election
The election of the president and the vice president of the United States is an indirect election in which citizens of the United States who are registered to vote in one of the fifty U.S. states or in Washington, D.C., cast ballots not dire ...
was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes, and whether they won the election or lost the election.
Each time an official is elected or re-elected, a new box for that official is included to indicate their repeated political party strength.
1780–1843
1844–present
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See also
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Politics of Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is often categorized politically as progressive and liberal. It is generally considered the most left-leaning state in the US, and all of the state’s Congressional representatives and both US senators are Democr ...
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Elections in Massachusetts
This is an incomplete list of elections in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts sorted both by offices sought and by years held.
Elections are administered by the individual municipalities. There is some oversight by the Secretary of the Commonwea ...
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Government of Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is governed by a set of political tenets laid down in its state constitution. Legislative power is held by the bicameral General Court, which is composed of the Senate and House of Representatives. The governo ...
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United States state legislatures' partisan trend
{{Political party strength in U.S. states, state=expanded
Party strength
Political Party strength