GOAL's MA. Senate Ratings Page
2012 Massachusetts Senate Candidates.
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Please note: Letter graded candidates are incumbents. The % graded candidates have not been elected, so they have no voting record to grade, therefore they are graded by their submitted candidate questionnaire.
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Berkshire, Hampshire & Franklin Senate District
| GOAL Rating | Candidate | Party | Incumbent |
| A | Benjamin Brackett Downing | D | Yes |
Bristol and Norfolk Senate District
| GOAL Rating | Candidate | Party | Incumbent | |
| A+ | James Timilty | D | Yes | GOAL Endorsed |
First Bristol and Plymouth Senate District
| GOAL Rating | Candidate | Party | Incumbent | |
| A+ | Michael Rodrigues | D | Yes | GOAL Endorsed |
Second Bristol and Plymouth Senate District
| GOAL Rating | Candidate | Party | Incumbent |
| C | Mark Montigny | D | Yes |
Cape & Islands Senate District
| GOAL Rating | Candidate | Party | Incumbent |
| NR | Daniel A. Wolf | D | Yes |
First Essex Senate District
| GOAL Rating | Candidate | Party | Incumbent |
| NR | Kathleen A. O’Connor-Ives | D | No |
Second Essex Senate District
| GOAL Rating | Candidate | Party | Incumbent |
| NR | Joan B. Lovely | D | No |
Third Essex
| GOAL Rating | Candidate | Party | Incumbent |
| C | Thomas M. McGee | D | Yes |
First Essex and Middlesex Senate District
| GOAL Rating | Candidate | Party | Incumbent | |
| A+ | Bruce E. Tarr | R | Yes | GOAL Endorsed |
Second Essex and Middlesex Senate District
| GOAL Rating | Candidate | Party | Incumbent |
| NR | Barry Finegold | D | No |
Hampden Senate District Senate District
| GOAL Rating | Candidate | Party | Incumbent |
| A | James T. Welch | D | Yes |
First Hampden and Hampshire Senate District
| GOAL Rating | Candidate | Party | Incumbent |
| C | Gale D. Candaras | D | Yes |
Second Hampden and Hampshire Senate District
| GOAL Rating | Candidate | Party | Incumbent | |
| A+ | Michael R. Knapik | R | Yes | GOAL Endorsed |
Hampshire and Franklin Senate District
| GOAL Rating | Candidate | Party | Incumbent |
| A | Stanley C. Rosenberg | D | Yes |
First Middlesex Senate District
| GOAL Rating | Candidate | Party | Incumbent |
| NR | Eileen Donoghue | D | Yes |
Second Middlesex Senate District
| GOAL Rating | Candidate | Party | Incumbent |
| C | Patricia Jehlen | D | Yes |
Third Middlesex Senate District
| GOAL Rating | Candidate | Party | Incumbent | |
| NR | Michael J. Barrett | D | No |
Fourth Middlesex Senate District
| GOAL Rating | Candidate | Party | Incumbent |
| A | Kenneth Donnelly | D | Yes |
Middlesex and Essex Senate District
| GOAL Rating | Candidate | Party | Incumbent |
| C | Katherine M. Clark | D | Yes |
First Middlesex and Norfolk Senate District
| GOAL Rating | Candidate | Party | Incumbent |
| F | Cynthia S. Creem | D | Yes |
Second Middlesex and Norfolk Senate District
| GOAL Rating | Candidate | Party | Incumbent |
| C | Karen Spilka | D | Yes |
Middlesex, Suffolk and Essex Senate District
| GOAL Rating | Candidate | Party | Incumbent |
| NR | Sal DiDomenico | D | Yes |
Middlesex and Worcester Senate District
| GOAL Rating | Candidate | Party | Incumbent | |
| C | James B. Eldridge | D | Yes |
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Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex Senate District
| GOAL Rating | Candidate | Party | Incumbent | |
| A+ | Richard Ross | R | No | GOAL Endorsed |
Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth Senate District
| GOAL Rating | Candidate | Party | Incumbent |
| B | Brian A. Joyce | D | Yes |
Norfolk and Plymouth Senate District
| GOAL Rating | Candidate | Party | Incumbent |
| NR | John F. Keenan | D | Yes |
Norfolk and SuffolkSenate District
| GOAL Rating | Candidate | Party | Incumbent |
| A | Michael Rush | D | Yes |
Plymouth and Barnstable Senate District
| GOAL Rating | Candidate | Party | Incumbent |
| C | Therese Murray | D | Yes |
First Plymouth and Bristol Senate District
| GOAL Rating | Candidate | Party | Incumbent | |
| A+ | Mark R. Pacheco | D | Yes | GOAL Endorsed |
Second Plymouth and Bristol Senate District
| GOAL Rating | Candidate | Party | Incumbent |
| B | Thomas P. Kennedy | D | Yes |
Plymouth and Norfolk Senate District
| GOAL Rating | Candidate | Party | Incumbent | |
| A+ | Robert L. Hedlund | R | Yes | GOAL Endorsed |
First Suffolk Senate District
| GOAL Rating | Candidate | Party | Incumbent |
| C | John A. Hart | D | Yes |
Second Suffolk Senate District
| GOAL Rating | Candidate | Party | Incumbent |
| F | Sonia Ross Chang-Diaz | D | Yes |
First Suffolk and Middlesex Senate District
| GOAL Rating | Candidate | Party | Incumbent |
| B | Anthony W. Petruccelli | D | Yes |
Second Suffolk and Middlesex Senate District
| GOAL Rating | Candidate | Party | Incumbent |
| NR | William N. Brownsberger | D | No |
First Worcester Senate District
|
GOAL Rating |
Candidate |
Party |
Incumbent |
| B |
Harriette L. Chandler |
D |
Yes |
Second Worcester Senate District
| GOAL Rating | Candidate | Party | Incumbent | |
| A | Michael O. Moore | D | Yes | GOAL Endorsed |
Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex Senate District
| GOAL Rating | Candidate | Party | Incumbent | |
| A+ | Stephen M. Brewer | D | Yes | GOAL Endorsed |
Worcester and Middlesex Senate District
| GOAL Rating | Candidate | Party | Incumbent | |
| A+ | Jennifer Flanagan | D | Yes | GOAL Endorsed |
Worcester and Norfolk Senate District
| GOAL Rating | Candidate | Party | Incumbent | |
| A+ | Richard T. Moore | D | Yes | GOAL Endorsed |
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