The 182nd General Court
2001-2002 Massachusetts Senate
Positions on reinstatement of the death penalty
Last updated September 11, 2002
| Name | Party | District | DP Position For reinstatement? |
Vote on 11/15/99 |
Comments |
| Nuciforo, Andrea | D | Berkshire, Hampden, Hampshire & Franklin |
N | N | |
| Menard, Joan | D | 1st Bristol | N | ||
| Montigny, Mark | D | 2nd Bristol | N | N | |
| O'Leary, Robert | D | Cape & Islands | N | ||
| McGee, Thomas | D | 1st Essex | N | Senator Chip Clancy, a death penalty supporter, resigned to become Mayor of Lynn. Thomas McGee won the April 23, 2002 special election. | |
| Berry, Frederick | D | 2nd Essex | Y | Absent due to illness on 11/15/99. | |
| Baddour, Steven | D | 3rd Essex | N | Senator James Jajuga, a death penalty supporter, resigned in September 2001 after appointment as Secretary of Public Safety. Assistant Attorney General Steven Baddour won the January 8, 2002 special election. | |
| Tarr, Bruce | R | 1st Essex & Middlesex | Y | Y | |
| Tucker, Susan | D | 2nd Essex & Middlesex | N | N | |
| Melconian, Linda | D | Hampden | Y | Y | |
| Lees, Brian | R | 1st Hampden & Hampshire | Y | Y | |
| Knapik, Michael | R | 2nd Hampden & Hampshire | Y | Y | |
| Rosenberg, Stanley | D | Hampshire & Franklin | N | N | |
| Panagiotakos, Steven | D | 1st Middlesex | Y | Y | |
| Shannon, Charles | D | 2nd Middlesex | Y | Y | Committee on Criminal Justice |
| Tisei, Richard | R | 3rd Middlesex | Y | Y | |
| Havern, Robert | D | 4th Middlesex | N | N | Voted "Y" in 1997. |
| Fargo, Susan | D | 5th Middlesex | N | N | |
| Creem, Cynthia | D | 1st Middlesex & Norfolk | N | N | Senate Chair, Committee on Criminal Justice |
| Magnani, David | D | Middlesex, Norfolk & Worcester |
N | N | |
| Tolman, Steven | D | Middlesex & Suffolk | N | N | |
| Birmingham, Thomas | D | Middlesex, Suffolk & Essex |
N | Voted "N" in 1994. As Senate President since 1996, generally votes only to break a tie. | |
| Resor, Pamela | D | Middlesex & Worcester | N | N | Voted "N" in House in 1997 and 1999. |
| Jacques, Cheryl | D | Norfolk, Bristol & Middlesex |
N | Y | Changed positions in June, 2001. Boston Globe op-ed |
| Sprague, Jo Ann | R | Norfolk, Bristol & Plymouth |
Y | Y | |
| Hart, John | D | 1st Suffolk | Y | Y | Senator Stephen Lynch resigned in October to assume the seat of late US Congressman Joe Moakley. Fourth Suffolk Representative John Hart, also a death penalty supporter, won the special election held February 12, 2002. |
| Wilkerson, Dianne | D | 2nd Suffolk | N | N | |
| Travaglini, Robert | D | Suffolk & Middlesex | N | N | |
| Joyce, Brian | D | Suffolk & Norfolk | N | N | |
| Morrissey, Michael | D | Norfolk & Plymouth | Y | Y | Committee on Criminal Justice |
| Walsh, Marian | D | Norfolk & Suffolk | N | N | |
| Murray, Therese | D | Plymouth & Barnstable | Y | Y | |
| Pacheco, Marc | D | 1st Plymouth & Bristol | Y | Y | |
| Creedon, Robert | D | 2nd Plymouth & Bristol | N | N | Committee on Criminal Justice |
| Hedlund, Robert | R | Plymouth & Norfolk | Y | Y | Committee on Criminal Justice |
| Chandler, Harriette | D | 1st Worcester | Y | Voted "Y" in House in 1997 and 1999. | |
| Glodis, Guy | D | 2nd Worcester | Y | Y | |
| Brewer, Stephen | D | Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire & Franklin |
Y | Y | |
| Antonioni, Robert | D | Worcester & Middlesex | N | N | Committee on Criminal Justice |
| Moore, Richard | D | Worcester & Norfolk | Y | Y |
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