Massachusetts First Essex and Middlesex State Senate District
The Massachusetts First Essex and Middlesex State Senate District is represented by longtime Republican incumbent Bruce E. Tarr of Gloucester, who has held the seat since 1994. The district covers multiple communities across northeastern Massachusetts including parts of Essex and Middlesex counties, with a predominantly white (90%) population of 176,199 residents.
1st Essex and Middlesex District
Incumbent: Bruce E. Tarr (R-Gloucester)
| Population | 176,199 |
| Area (square miles) | 296 |
| Below Poverty | 5% |
| College Degree | 41% |
| Minority | 10% |
| White | 90% |
| Black | 1% |
| Asian | 3% |
| Hispanic | 3% |
| White Working-Class | 30% |
| City/Town | Precincts |
|---|---|
| Boxford | - |
| Essex | - |
| Georgetown | - |
| Gloucester | - |
| Groveland | - |
| Hamilton | - |
| Ipswich | - |
| Manchester-by-the-Sea | - |
| Middleton | - |
| Newbury | - |
| Newburyport | - |
| North Andover | 7, 8 |
| North Reading | - |
| Rockport | - |
| Rowley | - |
| Salisbury | - |
| Topsfield | - |
| Wenham | - |
| West Newbury | - |
Elections
| Date |
Democratic
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Republican
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Third-Party
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-05 | Bruce E. Tarr (R-Gloucester) | 100% | |||||
| 2022-11-08 | Bruce E. Tarr (R-Gloucester) | 72% | Terence William Cudney (U-Gloucester) | 28% | |||
| 2020-11-03 | Bruce E. Tarr (R-Gloucester) | 100% | |||||
| 2018-11-06 | Bruce E. Tarr (R-Gloucester) | 100% | |||||
| 2016-11-08 | Bruce E. Tarr (R-Gloucester) | 100% | |||||
| 2014-11-04 | Bruce E. Tarr (R-Gloucester) | 100% | |||||
| 2012-11-06 | Bruce E. Tarr (R-Gloucester) | 100% | |||||
| 2010-11-02 | Bruce E. Tarr (R-Gloucester) | 100% | |||||
| 2008-11-04 | Bruce E. Tarr (R-Gloucester) | 100% | |||||
| 2006-11-07 | Bruce E. Tarr (R-Gloucester) | 100% | |||||
| 2004-11-02 | Paul M. McGeary (D-Gloucester) | 35% | Bruce E. Tarr (R-Gloucester) | 65% | |||
| 2002-11-05 | Andrew F. Armata (D) | 28% | Bruce E. Tarr (R) | 72% | |||
| 2000-11-07 | Bruce E. Tarr (R) | 100% | |||||
| 1998-11-03 | Bruce E. Tarr (R) | 100% | |||||
| 1996-11-05 | Klaus Kuhierschky (D) | 29% | Bruce E. Tarr (R) | 71% | |||
| 1994-11-08 | Klaus Kuhierschky (D) | 33% | Bruce E. Tarr (R) | 67% | |||
| 1992-11-03 | Regina Villa (D) | 47% | Robert C. Buell (R) | 53% | |||
| 1990-11-06 | Patricia Lang Skibbee (D) | 44% | Robert C. Buell (R) | 56% | |||