Michael Moore (Massachusetts)

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Michael Moore
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Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Worcester District
Tenure

2009 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

16

Compensation

Base salary

$73,655.01/year

Per diem

$No per diem is paid.

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

Western New England College

Graduate

Western New England College

Contact

Michael Moore (Democratic Party) is a member of the Massachusetts State Senate, representing the 2nd Worcester District. He assumed office in 2009. His current term ends on January 6, 2027.

Moore (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Massachusetts State Senate to represent the 2nd Worcester District. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Michael Moore earned his bachelor's degree, as well as his M.A. in Criminal Justice, from Western New England College.[1]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Moore was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Moore was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Moore was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Massachusetts committee assignments, 2017
Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets
Post Audit and Oversight
Ways and Means
Higher Education Joint, Chair
Municipalities and Regional Government Joint, Chair
Public Safety and Homeland Security Joint, Vice chair
State Administration and Regulatory Oversight Joint
Ways and Means Joint

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Moore served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Moore served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Moore served on these committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Moore served on these committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: Massachusetts State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Worcester District

Incumbent Michael Moore won election in the general election for Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Worcester District on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michael Moore
Michael Moore (D)
 
98.3
 
59,686
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.7
 
1,052

Total votes: 60,738
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Worcester District

Incumbent Michael Moore advanced from the Democratic primary for Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Worcester District on September 3, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michael Moore
Michael Moore
 
99.6
 
9,522
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
35

Total votes: 9,557
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: Massachusetts State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Worcester District

Incumbent Michael Moore won election in the general election for Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Worcester District on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michael Moore
Michael Moore (D)
 
98.1
 
40,946
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.9
 
793

Total votes: 41,739
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Worcester District

Incumbent Michael Moore advanced from the Democratic primary for Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Worcester District on September 6, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michael Moore
Michael Moore
 
99.6
 
11,105
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
47

Total votes: 11,152
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2020

See also: Massachusetts State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Worcester District

Incumbent Michael Moore won election in the general election for Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Worcester District on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michael Moore
Michael Moore (D)
 
98.3
 
69,126
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.7
 
1,185

Total votes: 70,311
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Worcester District

Incumbent Michael Moore advanced from the Democratic primary for Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Worcester District on September 1, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michael Moore
Michael Moore
 
99.6
 
25,265
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
109

Total votes: 25,374
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2018

General election

General election for Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Worcester District

Incumbent Michael Moore won election in the general election for Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Worcester District on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michael Moore
Michael Moore (D)
 
98.8
 
51,630
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.2
 
628

Total votes: 52,258
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Worcester District

Incumbent Michael Moore advanced from the Democratic primary for Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Worcester District on September 4, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michael Moore
Michael Moore
 
100.0
 
8,538

Total votes: 8,538
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2016

See also: Massachusetts State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Massachusetts State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on September 8, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 7, 2016.

Incumbent Michael O. Moore defeated Mesfin H. Beshir in the Massachusetts State Senate Second Worcester District general election.[2][3]

Massachusetts State Senate, Second Worcester District General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Michael O. Moore Incumbent 74.11% 55,093
     Republican Mesfin H. Beshir 25.89% 19,250
Total Votes 74,343
Source: Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth


Incumbent Michael O. Moore ran unopposed in the Massachusetts State Senate Second Worcester District Democratic Primary.[4][5]

Massachusetts State Senate, Second Worcester District Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Michael O. Moore Incumbent (unopposed)


Mesfin H. Beshir ran unopposed in the Massachusetts State Senate Second Worcester District Republican Primary.[4][5]

Massachusetts State Senate, Second Worcester District Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Mesfin H. Beshir  (unopposed)

2014

See also: Massachusetts State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for the Massachusetts State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election was held on September 9, 2014, and a general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 3, 2014. Incumbent Michael Moore was unopposed in the Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election.[6]

2012

See also: Massachusetts State Senate elections, 2012

Moore won re-election in the 2012 election for Massachusetts State Senate Second Worcester District. Moore was unopposed in the September 6 Democratic primary and defeated Stephen Simonian (R) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[7][8]

Massachusetts State Senate, Second Worcester District, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngMichael Moore Incumbent 67.9% 48,609
     Republican Stephen Simonian 32.1% 22,949
Total Votes 71,558

2010

See also: Massachusetts State Senate elections, 2010

Moore won re-election to the Second Worcester District Seat in 2010. He had no opposition. The general election took place on November 2, 2010.

Massachusetts State Senate - Second Worcester District
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Michael Moore (D) 38,685
All Others 706
Blanks 16,007

2008

On November 4, 2008, Moore won the Senate election for the Second Worcester district.[9] In this election he raised $156,881; of that total $151,856 (96.8%) was from in state contributions and $5,025 (3.2%) was from out of state contributions.[10]

Massachusetts State Senate - Second Worcester district
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Michael Moore (D) 41,234
Steven Baer (Green-Rainbow) 3,336
John Lebeaux (R) 24,657
All Others 121
Blanks 5,511

Campaign themes

2024

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2022

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2020

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Campaign finance summary


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Michael Moore campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Worcester DistrictWon general$111,400 $0
2022Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Worcester DistrictWon general$180,693 $0
2020Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Worcester DistrictWon general$117,770 N/A**
2016Massachusetts State Senate, District Second WorcesterWon $164,444 N/A**
2014Massachusetts State Senate, Second WorcesterWon $149,710 N/A**
2012Massachusetts State Senate, Second WorcesterWon $211,858 N/A**
2010Massachusetts State Senate, Second WorcesterWon $158,203 N/A**
2008Massachusetts State Senate, Second WorcesterWon $156,881 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

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Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Worcester District
2009-Present
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