Senator in General Court
Second Essex and Middlesex District; Massachusetts
My vote power
High
Election date
September 1, 2026 · Primary election
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: High · 66 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 183,054 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(7,044,056 ÷ 183,054) ÷ ln(50,000) = 66.87, measured against a statewide vote in MA (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
High representation → My vote power: High.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information and capped at "High".
About this office
- Voting on how much you pay in state taxes
- Voting on how much money your local public schools get
- Voting on which roads and highways get built or repaired
Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,
Candidates
Democratic · Incumbent · declared
Barry R. Finegold is the incumbent Democratic Massachusetts state senator for the Second Essex and Middlesex District. He previously served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and is an attorney and law-firm partner.
Records: Data Privacy 2 for, Anti-Corruption 1 for, Civil Rights 1 for,
Republican · declared
Theodore T. Semesnyei is the Republican candidate for Massachusetts Senate's Second Essex and Middlesex District. He is an Amesbury economist and local activist campaigning on government transparency, cost of living, and increased local aid.
Sources: sec.state.ma.us2