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 final Constitutional Convention held on June 14, 2007. The final tally was 45-151, with the Amendment falling 5 votes short of 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

HOUSE:

Geraldo Alicea, D-Charlton - N
Willie Mae Allen, D-Boston - N
Cory Atkins, D-Concord - N
Demetrius J. Atsalis, D-Hyannis - X
Bruce J. Ayers, D-Quincy - Y
Ruth B. Balser, D-Newton - N
Fred Barrows, R-Mansfield - Y
John J. Binienda, D-Worcester - Y
Daniel E. Bosley, D-North Adams - N
Garrett J. Bradley, D-Hingham - N
William N. Brownsberger, D-Belmont - N
Antonio F. D. Cabral, D-New Bedford - N
Jennifer M. Callahan, D-Sutton - N
Thomas Calter, D-Kingston - N
Linda Dean Campbell, D-Methuen - Y
Christine E. Canavan, D-Brockton - N
Stephen R. Canessa, D-New Bedford - N
Paul C. Casey, D-Winchester - Y
Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera, D-Springfield - N
Thomas F. Conroy, D-Wayland - N
Robert Correia, D-Fall River - Y
Michael A. Costello, D-Newburyport - N
Geraldine Creedon, D-Brockton - Y
Sean Curran, D-Springfield - Y
Steven J. D'Amico, D-Seekonk - N
Robert A. DeLeo, D-Winthrop - N
Vinny deMacedo, R-Plymouth - Y
Brian S. Dempsey, D-Haverhill - N
Salvatore F. DiMasi, D-Boston - N
Stephen DiNatale, D-Fitchburg - N
Paul J. Donato, D-Medford - Y
Christopher J. Donelan, D-Orange - N
Joseph R. Driscoll Jr., 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
John V. Fernandes, D-Milford - 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
Thomas A. Golden Jr., D-Lowell - N
Mary E. Grant, D-Beverly - N
William G. Greene Jr., D-Billerica - Y
Denis 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-Stoughton - N
Michael F. Kane, D-Holyoke - Y
Rachel Kaprielian, D-Watertown - N
Jay R. Kaufman, D-Lexington - N
John D. Keenan, D-Salem - N
Thomas P. Kennedy, D-Brockton - N
Kay Khan, D-Newton - N
Peter V. Kocot, D-Northampton - N
Robert M. Koczera, D-New Bedford - N
Peter J. Koutoujian, D-Waltham - N
Paul Kujawski, D-Webster - N
Stephen Kulik, D-Worthington - N
William Lantigua, D-Lawrence - Y
Stephen P. LeDuc, D-Marlborough - N
John A. Lepper, R-Attleboro - Y
David P. Linsky, D-Natick - N
Barbara A. L'Italien, D-Andover - N
Paul Loscocco, R-Holliston - N
Elizabeth A. Malia, D-Boston - N
Ronald Mariano, D-Quincy - N
James J. Marzilli Jr., D-Arlington - N
Allen J. McCarthy, D-East Bridgewater - N
Paul McMurtry, D-Dedham - N
James R. Miceli, D-Wilmington - Y
Michael Moran, D-Boston - N
Charles A. Murphy, D-Burlington - N
James M. Murphy, D-Weymouth - Y
Kevin M. 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 - N
James O'Day, D-West Boylston - N
Eugene L. O'Flaherty, D-Chelsea - N
Matthew C. Patrick, D-Falmouth - N
Sarah Peake, D-Provincetown - 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 W. Petruccelli, D-Boston - N
William "Smitty" Pignatelli, D-Lenox - N
Elizabeth A. Poirier, R-North Attleboro - Y
Karyn E. Polito, R-Shrewsbury - Y
Denise Provost, D-Somerville - N
Angelo Puppolo, D-Wilbraham - N
John F. Quinn, D-Dartmouth - N
Kathi-Anne Reinstein, D-Revere - N
Robert Rice Jr., D-Gardner - N
Pam Richardson, D-Framingham - N
Michael J. Rodrigues, D-Westport - N
Mary S. Rogeness, R-Longmeadow - Y
John H. Rogers, D-Norwood - N
Richard J. Ross, R-Wrentham - N
Michael F. Rush, D-Boston - Y
Byron Rushing, D-Boston - N
Jeffrey Sanchez, D-Boston - N
Rosemary Sandlin, D-Agawam - N
Tom Sannicandro, D-Ashland - N
Angelo M. Scaccia, D-Boston - Y
John W. Scibak, D-South Hadley - N
Carl M. Sciortino Jr., D-Somerville - N
Stephen Smith, D-Everett - N
Frank I. Smizik, D-Brookline - N
Todd M. Smola, R-Palmer - Y
Theodore C. Speliotis, D-Danvers - N
Robert P. Spellane, D-Worcester - N
Christopher N. Speranzo - D-Pittsfield - N
Joyce A. Spiliotis, D-Peabody - Y
Marie P. St. Fleur, D-Boston - X
Harriett L. Stanley, D-West Newbury - N
Thomas M. Stanley, D-Waltham - N
Ellen Story, D-Amherst - N
William M. Straus, D-Mattapoisett - N
David B. Sullivan, D-Fall River - N
Benjamin Swan, D-Springfield - 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
Eric Turkington, D-Falmouth - N
Cleon H. Turner, D-Dennis - N
James E. Vallee, D-Franklin - N
Anthony J. Verga, D-Gloucester - X
Joseph F. Wagner, D-Chicopee - N
Brian P. Wallace, D-Boston - N
Patricia A. Walrath, D-Stow - N
Martin J. Walsh, D-Boston - N
Steven M. Walsh, D-Lynn - N
Martha M. 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
Gale D. Candaras, D-Wilbraham - N
Harriette L. Chandler, D-Worcester - N
Robert S. Creedon Jr., D-Brockton - Y
Cynthia Stone Creem, D-Newton - N
Benjamin B. Downing, D-Pittsfield - 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
Thomas M. McGee, D-Lynn - N
Joan M. Menard, D-Fall River - N
Mark C. Montigny, D-New Bedford - N
Richard T. Moore, D-Uxbridge - Y
Michael W. Morrissey, D-Quincy - N
Therese Murray, D-Plymouth - N
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
Steven A. Tolman, D-Boston - N
Susan C. Tucker, D-Andover - N
Marian Walsh, D-West Roxbury - N
Dianne Wilkerson, D-Boston - N