How MA Legislators Voted

Here is how state representatives and senators voted on the proposed constitutional amendment to define marriage as the union between one man and one woman at the Constitutional Convention held on Jan. 2, 2007. The final tally was 62-134, well over the required 50 votes for passage. A "YES" vote was in support of moving the Marriage Amendment forward; a "NO" vote was a vote to defeat the Amendment.

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N no
Y yes
X not voting
P present

HOUSE:

Cory Atkins, D-Concord - N
Demetrius J. Atsalis, D-Hyannis - N
Bruce J. Ayers, D-Quincy - Y
Ruth B. Balser, D-Newton - N
John J. Binienda, D-Worcester - Y
Daniel E. Bosley, D-North Adams - N
Garrett J. Bradley, D-Hingham - N
Arthur J. Broadhurst, D-Methuen - N
Antonio F. D. Cabral, D-New Bedford - N
Jennifer M. Callahan, D-Sutton - N
Christine E. Canavan, D-Brockton - Y
Gale D. Candaras, D-Wilbraham - Y
Stephen R. Canessa, D-New Bedford - N
Mark J. Carron, D-Southbridge - Y
Paul C. Casey, D-Winchester - Y
Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera, D-Springfield - N
Virginia Coppola, R-Foxborough - Y
Robert Correia, D-Fall River - Y
Michael A. Costello, D-Newburyport - N
Robert K. Coughlin, D-Dedham - N
Geraldine Creedon, D-Brockton - Y
Sean Curran, D-Springfield - Y
Robert A. DeLeo, D-Winthrop - N
Viriato Manuel deMacedo, R-Plymouth - Y
Brian S. Dempsey, D-Haverhill - N
Salvatore F. DiMasi, D-Boston - N
Paul J. Donato, D-Medford - Y
Christopher J. Donelan, D-Orange - N
Joseph R. Driscoll, D-Braintree - N
James B. Eldridge, D-Acton - N
Lewis G. Evangelidis, R-Holden - Y
James H. Fagan, D-Taunton - Y
Christopher G. Fallon, D-Malden - N
Mark V. Falzone, D-Saugus - N
Robert F. Fennell, D-Lynn - N
Michael E. Festa, D-Melrose - N
Barry R. Finegold, D-Andover - N
Jennifer Flanagan, D-Leominster - N
David L. Flynn, D-Bridgewater - Y
Linda Dorcena Forry, D-Boston - N
Gloria L. Fox, D-Boston - N
John P. Fresolo, D-Worcester - Y
Paul K. Frost, R-Auburn - Y
William C. Galvin, D-Canton - N
Colleen M. Garry, D-Dracut - Y
Susan W. Gifford, R-Wareham - Y
Anne M. Gobi, D-Spencer - N
Emile J. Goguen, D-Fitchburg - Y
Thomas A. Golden Jr., D-Lowell - N
Shirley Gomes, R-South Harwich - Y
Mary E. Grant, D-Beverly - N
William G. Greene Jr., D-Billerica - Y
Dennis Guyer, D-Dalton - N
Patricia A. Haddad, D-Somerset - N
Geoffrey D. Hall, D-Westford - N
Robert S. Hargraves, R-Groton - Y
Lida E. Harkins, D-Needham - N
Bradford Hill, R-Ipswich - N
Kevin G. Honan, D-Boston - N
Donald F. Humason Jr., R-Westfield - Y
Frank M. Hynes, D-Marshfield - Y
Bradley H. Jones Jr., R-North Reading - N
Louis L. Kafka, D-Sharon - N
Michael F. Kane, D-Holyoke - Y
Rachel Kaprielian, D-Watertown - N
Jay R. Kaufman, D-Lexington - N
John Keenan, D-Salem - N
Thomas P. Kennedy, D-Brockton - N
Kay Khan, D-Newton - N
Peter V. Kocot, D-Florence - N
Robert M. Koczera, D-New Bedford - N
Peter J. Koutoujian, D-Waltham - N
Paul Kujawski, D-Webster - Y
Stephen Kulik, D-Worthington - N
William Lantigua, D-Lawrence - Y
James Brendan Leary, D-Worcester - N
Stephen P. LeDuc, D-Marlboro - N
John A. Lepper, R-Attleboro - Y
David P. Linsky, D-Natick - N
Barbara A. L'Italien, D-Andover - N
Paul J. Loscocco, R-Holliston - Y
Elizabeth A. Malia, D-Boston - N
Ronald Mariano, D-Quincy - N
James J. Marzilli Jr., D-Arlington - N
James R. Miceli, D-Wilmington - Y
Michael J. Moran, D-Boston - N
Charles A. Murphy, D-Burlington - N
James M. Murphy, D-Weymouth - Y
Kevin J. Murphy, D-Lowell - N
David M. Nangle, D-Lowell - Y
Patrick Natale, D-Woburn - N
Harold P. Naughton Jr., D-Clinton - N
Robert J. Nyman, D-Hanover - Y
Thomas J. O'Brien, D-Kingston - N
Eugene L. O'Flaherty, D-Chelsea - N
Shirley Owens-Hicks, D-Boston - Y
Marie J. Parente, D-Milford - Y
Matthew Patrick, D-Falmouth - N
Anne M. Paulsen, D-Belmont - N
Vincent A. Pedone, D-Worcester - N
Alice H. Peisch, D-Wellesley - N
Jeffrey D. Perry, R-Sandwich - Y
Douglas W. Petersen, D-Marblehead - N
George N. Peterson Jr., R-Grafton - Y
Thomas M. Petrolati, D-Ludlow - Y
Anthony Petruccelli, D-Boston - N
William "Smitty" Pignatelli, D-Lenox - N
Elizabeth A. Poirier, R-North Attleboro - Y
Karyn E. Polito, R-Shrewsbury - Y
Susan W. Pope, R-Wayland - Y
Denise Provost, D-Somerville - N
John F. Quinn, D-Dartmouth - N
Kathi-Anne Reinstein, D-Revere - N
Robert Rice, D-Gardner - N
Michael J. Rodrigues, D-Westport - N
Mary S. Rogeness, R-Longmeadow - Y
John H. Rogers, D-Norwood - N
Richard Ross, R-Wrentham - Y
Michael F. Rush, D-Boston - Y
Byron Rushing, D-Boston - N
Jeffrey Sanchez, D-Boston - N
Tom Sannicandro, D-Ashland - N
Angelo M. Scaccia, D-Boston - Y
John W. Scibak, D-South Hadley - N
Carl Sciortino, D-Somerville - N
Frank Israel Smizik, D-Brookline - N
Todd Smola, R-Palmer - Y
Theodore C. Speliotis, D-Danvers - N
Robert P. Spellane, D-Worcester - N
Christopher N. Speranzo - D-Springfield - N
Joyce A. Spiliotis, D-Peabody - Y
Harriett L. Stanley, D-West Newbury - N
Thomas M. Stanley, D-Waltham - N
Marie P. St.Fleur, D-Boston - N
Ellen Story, D-Amherst - N
William M. Straus, D-Mattapoisett - N
David B. Sullivan, D-Fall River - N
Benjamin Swan, D-Springfield - N
Kathleen M. Teahan, D-Whitman - N
Walter F. Timilty, D-Milton - Y
A. Stephen Tobin, D-Quincy - Y
Timothy J. Toomey Jr., D-Cambridge - N
David M. Torrisi, D-North Andover - N
Philip Travis, D-Rehoboth - Y
Eric Turkington, D-Falmouth - N
Cleon Turner, D-Dennis - N
James E. Vallee, D-Franklin - Y
Anthony J. Verga, D-Gloucester - Y
Joseph F. Wagner, D-Chicopee - N
Brian P. Wallace, D-Boston - Y
Patricia A. Walrath, D-Stow - N
Martin J. Walsh, D-Boston - N
Steven M. Walsh, D-Lynn - N
Marty Walz, D-Boston - N
Daniel K. Webster, R-Hanson - Y
James T. Welch, D-West Springfield - N
Alice K. Wolf, D-Cambridge - N

SENATE

Robert A. Antonioni, D-Leominster - N
Edward M. Augustus, D-Worcester - N
Steven A. Baddour, D-Methuen - N
Jarrett T. Barrios, D-Cambridge - N
Frederick E. Berry, D-Peabody - N
Stephen M. Brewer, D-Barre - N
Scott P. Brown, R-Wrentham - Y
Stephen J. Buoniconti, D-West Springfield - N
Harriette L. Chandler, D-Worcester - N
Robert S. Creedon, D-Brockton - Y
Cynthia Stone Creem, D-Newton - N
Susan C. Fargo, D-Lincoln - N
John A. Hart, D-Boston - N
Robert A. Havern, D-Arlington - N
Robert L. Hedlund, R-Weymouth - Y
Patricia Jehlen, D-Somerville - N
Brian A. Joyce, D-Milton - N
Michael R. Knapik, R-Westfield - N
Brian P. Lees, R-East Longmeadow - N
Thomas M McGee, D-Lynn - N
Joan M. Menard, D-Somerset - N
Mark C. Montigny, D-New Bedford - N
Richard T. Moore, D-Uxbridge - Y
Michael W. Morrissey, D-Quincy - Y
Therese Murray, D-Plymouth - N
Andrea F. Nuciforo, D-Pittsfield - X
Robert D. O'Leary, D-Barnstable - N
Marc R. Pacheco, D-Taunton - N
Steven C. Panagiotakos, D-Lowell - Y
Pamela P. Resor, D-Acton - N
Stanley C. Rosenberg, D-Amherst - N
Karen E. Spilka, D-Ashland - N
Bruce E. Tarr, R-Gloucester - N
James E. Timilty, D-Walpole - N
Richard R. Tisei, R-Wakefield - N
Steve A. Tolman, D-Boston - N
Robert E. Travaglini, D-Boston - Y
Susan C. Tucker, D-Andover - N
Marian Walsh, D-West Roxbury - N
Dianne Wilkerson, D-Boston - N