page_title: Massachusetts Republican Party
section_title: 21st century
hierarchical_section_title: Massachusetts Republican Party / History / 21st century
caption_attribution_description: English: Scott Brown, Republican U.S. Senator representing Massachusetts, at a U.S. Senate campaign event on December 31, 2009, in Plymouth Massachusetts
context_page_description: The Massachusetts Republican Party is the Massachusetts branch of the United States Republican Party.
  In accordance with Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 52, the party is governed by a State Committee which consists of one man and one woman from each of the Commonwealth's 40 State Senate Districts of the Commonwealth elected at the quadrennial election of Electors for President of the U.S. The State Committee elects party officers including a Chair.
  Elected Republicans in Massachusetts are some of the most moderate in the country. A study in 2015 revealed that elected Republicans in Massachusetts are more liberal than Arkansas Democrats.
context_section_description: Despite heavy losses at all levels of government and a steady decrease in support for the national party, the Massachusetts Republican Party has been able to maintain control over the governor's office. Since 1990, the governor's office has been consistently held by a number of Republicans, only interrupted by the governorship of Deval Patrick from 2007 to 2015.
  In 2010, Republicans won a shock victory when Scott Brown defeated Democratic candidate Martha Coakley in a special election to succeed Senator Ted Kennedy. Brown became the first Republican to represent Massachusetts in the Senate since 1979 and the first in Congress since 1997. However, Brown lost his bid for a full six-year term to Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren in 2012.
  In 2014, moderate Republican Charlie Baker was elected Governor, defeating Democratic nominee Martha Coakley and returning the office to Republican control after eight years. Throughout his first term, Baker consistently polled as the most popular governor in the nation. He was re-elected by a large margin in 2018. However, Republicans also lost three seats in the state legislature.
  In 2020, Republicans lost three additional seats on Beacon Hill in three consecutive special elections to the Democrats.
caption: Scott Brown, the first Massachusetts Republican elected to the Senate since 1972
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