# 2009–2010 Massachusetts legislature

The 186th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 2009 and 2010 during the governorship of Deval Patrick. Therese Murray served as president of the Senate and Robert DeLeo served as speaker of the House.

## Senators

| name | date of birth | district |
| Steven Baddour | 1969 | 1st Essex |
| Frederick Berry | December 20, 1949 | |
| Stephen Brewer | February 10, 1948 | |
| Stephen Buoniconti | September 4, 1969 | |
| Gale D. Candaras | 1949 | |
| Harriette L. Chandler | December 20, 1937 | |
| Sonia Chang-Díaz | March 31, 1978 | |
| Cynthia Stone Creem | September 17, 1942 | |
| Sal DiDomenico | June 20, 1971 | |
| Ken Donnelly | July 15, 1950 | |
| Benjamin Downing | September 11, 1981 | |
| Jamie Eldridge | August 11, 1973 | |
| Susan Fargo | August 27, 1942 | |
| Jennifer Flanagan | September 5, 1975 | |
| Jack Hart (state senator) | April 21, 1961 | |
| Robert L. Hedlund | July 12, 1961 | |
| Patricia D. Jehlen | October 14, 1943 | |
| Brian A. Joyce | September 5, 1962 | |
| Thomas P. Kennedy | August 15, 1951 | |
| Michael Knapik | February 11, 1963 | |
| Thomas M. McGee | December 15, 1955 | |
| Joan Menard | September 6, 1935 | |
| Mark Montigny | June 20, 1961 | |
| Michael O. Moore | January 17, 1963 | |
| Richard T. Moore | August 7, 1943 | |
| Michael W. Morrissey | August 2, 1954 | |
| Therese Murray | October 10, 1947 | |
| Robert O'Leary | January 24, 1946 | |
| Marc Pacheco | October 29, 1952 | |
| Steven C. Panagiotakos | November 26, 1959 | |
| Anthony Petruccelli | October 2, 1972 | |
| Stan Rosenberg | October 12, 1949 | |
| Richard J. Ross | July 6, 1954 | |
| Karen Spilka | January 11, 1953 | |
| Bruce Tarr | January 2, 1964 | |
| James E. Timilty | | |
| Richard Tisei | August 13, 1962 | |
| Steven Tolman | October 2, 1954 | |
| Susan Tucker (politician) | November 7, 1944 | |
| Marian Walsh | 1954 | |

## Representatives

| name | date of birth | district |
| Kevin Aguiar | 1972 | 7th Bristol |
| Geraldo Alicea | September 27, 1963 | |
| Willie Mae Allen | February 11, 1937 | |
| James Arciero | August 27, 1974 | |
| Brian Ashe | April 23, 1963 | |
| Cory Atkins | February 10, 1949 | |
| Demetrius Atsalis | March 31, 1964 | |
| Bruce Ayers | April 17, 1962 | |
| Ruth Balser | October 30, 1948 | |
| F. Jay Barrows | April 5, 1956 | |
| Carlo Basile | June 29, 1971 | |
| Jennifer Benson | | |
| John Binienda | June 22, 1947 | |
| Daniel E. Bosley | December 9, 1953 | |
| Bill Bowles | | |
| Garrett Bradley | July 4, 1970 | |
| Michael Brady (politician) | | |
| Will Brownsberger | March 21, 1957 | |
| Antonio Cabral | January 26, 1955 | |
| Jennifer Callahan | August 24, 1964 | |
| Thomas Calter | | |
| Linda Dean Campbell | | |
| Christine Canavan | January 25, 1950 | |
| Stephen Canessa | 1980 | |
| James Cantwell | October 25, 1966 | |
| Katherine Clark | July 17, 1963 | |
| Cheryl Coakley-Rivera | February 21, 1964 | |
| Tom Conroy | July 7, 1962 | |
| Michael A. Costello | May 5, 1965 | |
| Geraldine Creedon | September 26, 1945 | |
| Sean Curran (politician) | August 23, 1977 | |
| Steven D'Amico | February 21, 1953 | |
| Robert DeLeo (politician) | March 27, 1950 | |
| Vinny deMacedo | October 16, 1965 | |
| Brian Dempsey (politician) | September 30, 1966 | |
| Marcos Devers | October 25, 1950 | |
| Stephen DiNatale | | |
| Paul Donato | October 27, 1941 | |
| Christopher Donelan | December 25, 1964 | |
| Joseph R. Driscoll | 1970 | |
| James J. Dwyer | | |
| Carolyn Dykema | December 26, 1967 | |
| Lori Ehrlich | June 9, 1963 | |
| Lewis Evangelidis | July 11, 1961 | |
| James H. Fagan | October 13, 1947 | |
| Christopher Fallon | June 7, 1953 | |
| Mark Falzone | June 14, 1975 | |
| Robert Fennell | June 26, 1956 | |
| John V. Fernandes | November 16, 1952 | |
| Ann-Margaret Ferrante | June 26, 1972 | |
| Barry Finegold | March 3, 1971 | |
| Linda Dorcena Forry | November 1, 1973 | |
| Gloria Fox | March 18, 1942 | |
| John Fresolo | October 11, 1964 | |
| Paul Frost | April 25, 1970 | |
| William C. Galvin | October 18, 1956 | |
| Sean Garballey | February 22, 1985 | |
| Colleen Garry | July 21, 1962 | |
| Susan Williams Gifford | November 3, 1959 | |
| Anne Gobi | December 27, 1962 | |
| Thomas Golden Jr. | March 5, 1971 | |
| Mary E. Grant | January 10, 1953 | |
| William G. Greene Jr. | April 24, 1940 | |
| Danielle Gregoire | | |
| Denis Guyer | July 11, 1966 | |
| Patricia Haddad | May 7, 1950 | |
| Robert S. Hargraves | October 14, 1936 | |
| Lida E. Harkins | January 24, 1944 | |
| Jon Hecht | | |
| Bradford Hill | January 22, 1967 | |
| Kate Hogan | January 15, 1957 | |
| Kevin Honan | June 5, 1958 | |
| Donald Humason Jr. | July 31, 1967 | |
| Bradley Jones Jr. | January 9, 1965 | |
| Louis Kafka | November 28, 1945 | |
| Michael F. Kane | June 10, 1967 | |
| Jay R. Kaufman | May 4, 1947 | |
| John D. Keenan | April 4, 1965 | |
| Thomas P. Kennedy | August 15, 1951 | |
| Kay Khan | June 22, 1941 | |
| Peter Kocot | September 18, 1956 | |
| Robert Koczera | November 25, 1953 | |
| Peter Koutoujian | September 17, 1961 | |
| Paul Kujawski | August 26, 1953 | |
| Stephen Kulik | August 3, 1950 | |
| Barbara L'Italien | January 3, 1961 | |
| Jason Lewis (Massachusetts politician) | April 19, 1968 | |
| David Linsky | October 16, 1957 | |
| Timothy Madden | | |
| Liz Malia | September 30, 1949 | |
| Ronald Mariano | October 31, 1946 | |
| Allen McCarthy | February 24, 1970 | |
| Paul McMurtry | October 28, 1965 | |
| Jim Miceli | March 25, 1935 | |
| Aaron Michlewitz | 1978 | |
| Michael Moran (Massachusetts politician) | February 23, 1971 | |
| Charles A. Murphy | August 11, 1965 | |
| James M. Murphy | November 15, 1969 | |
| Kevin J. Murphy (politician) | November 27, 1952 | |
| David Nangle | December 18, 1960 | |
| Harold Naughton Jr. | July 4, 1960 | |
| Jim O'Day | May 23, 1954 | |
| Eugene O'Flaherty | July 20, 1968 | |
| Matthew Patrick (politician) | April 1, 1952 | |
| Sarah Peake | October 4, 1957 | |
| Vincent Pedone | March 15, 1967 | |
| Alice Peisch | October 4, 1954 | |
| Jeff Perry (politician) | January 8, 1964 | |
| George N. Peterson Jr. | July 8, 1950 | |
| Thomas Petrolati | March 16, 1957 | |
| William "Smitty" Pignatelli | August 31, 1959 | |
| Elizabeth Poirier | October 27, 1942 | |
| Karyn Polito | November 11, 1966 | |
| Denise Provost | March 9, 1951 | |
| Angelo Puppolo | | |
| John F. Quinn | April 7, 1963 | |
| Kathi-Anne Reinstein | January 31, 1971 | |
| Robert L. Rice Jr. | | |
| Pam Richardson | | |
| Michael Rodrigues (politician) | May 30, 1959 | |
| John H. Rogers | October 22, 1964 | |
| Dennis Rosa | | |
| Richard J. Ross | July 6, 1954 | |
| Mike Rush | November 30, 1973 | |
| Byron Rushing | July 29, 1942 | |
| Jeffrey Sanchez (politician) | July 18, 1969 | |
| Rosemary Sandlin | May 31, 1946 | |
| Tom Sannicandro | March 22, 1956 | |
| Angelo Scaccia | September 29, 1942 | |
| John Scibak | May 4, 1953 | |
| Carl Sciortino | July 6, 1978 | |
| Stephen Stat Smith | May 25, 1955 | |
| Frank Smizik | September 4, 1944 | |
| Todd Smola | 1977 | |
| Theodore C. Speliotis | August 20, 1953 | |
| Robert Spellane | March 5, 1970 | |
| Christopher Speranzo | October 24, 1972 | |
| Joyce Spiliotis | December 27, 1946 | |
| Harriett Stanley | March 30, 1950 | |
| Thomas M. Stanley | March 23, 1964 | |
| Ellen Story | October 17, 1941 | |
| William M. Straus | June 26, 1956 | |
| David B. Sullivan | June 6, 1953 | |
| Benjamin Swan | September 18, 1933 | |
| Walter Timilty | July 19, 1969 | |
| A. Stephen Tobin | July 3, 1956 | |
| Timothy J. Toomey Jr. | June 7, 1953 | |
| David Torrisi | September 18, 1968 | |
| Cleon Turner | December 29, 1945 | |
| James E. Vallee | July 24, 1966 | |
| Joseph Wagner (Massachusetts politician) | May 7, 1960 | |
| Brian P. Wallace | July 26, 1949 | |
| Marty Walsh | April 10, 1967 | |
| Steven Walsh | September 11, 1973 | |
| Martha M. Walz | July 7, 1961 | |
| Daniel K. Webster | April 2, 1964 | |
| James T. Welch | December 22, 1975 | |
| Alice Wolf | December 24, 1933 | |