Thirteen LGBTQ+ candidates in Massachusetts (four Senators, eight Representatives, and one new member of the Governor’s Council) won their races in the general election and join many other LGBTQ+ leaders already serving but not up for reelection this year on Beacon Hill. The new term will begin on January 1, 2025.

Incumbent Senator William Brownsberger (D, Suffolk and Middlesex District) won his race in the November 5 election. Brownsberger is the only pansexual person in the Bay State legislature. 

Voters also chose Senate incumbents Jo Comerford (D, Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester District), Julian Cyr (D, Cape and Islands District; Cyr serves as Senate Assistant Majority Whip and on many committees, including chair of the joint committee on public health); and Becca Rausch (D, Norfolk, Bristol & Middlesex).

Over in the State House of Representatives, incumbent State Rep. Natalie Higgins (D, Incumbent, District 4-Worcester) won. Higgins is a proud member of the LGBTQ+ Caucus and cochairs the Sexual Violence Working Group of the Massachusetts Caucus of Women Legislators and other committees. 

As did incumbents State Rep. Kate Hogan (D, District 3-Middlesex), John Moran (D, District 9-Suffolk District), Thomas Moakley (D, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket District), Adam Scanlon (D, District 14-Bristol), and Jack Patrick Lewis (D, District 7-Middlesex; a champion of LGBTQ+ rights and the rights of all Bay Staters on Beacon Hill, Lewis is also a cofounder of the LGBTQ+ youth advocacy nonprofit OUT MetroWest).

Non-incumbents Sam Montaño (D, District 15-Suffolk) and Amy May Sangiolo (D, District 11 Middlesex) also won their races and head to the statehouse.

Tamisha Civil (D, District 2) won her race for a seat on the Governor’s Council.

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