title: 2011–2012 Massachusetts legislature
text: # 2011–2012 Massachusetts legislature
  
  The 187th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 2011 and 2012 during the governorship of Deval Patrick. Therese Murray served as president of the Senate and Robert DeLeo served as speaker of the House.
  
  Discussion topics included the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway.
  
  ## Senators
  
  | name | date of birth | district |
  | - | - | - |
  | Frederick Berry | December 20, 1949 | 2nd Essex |
  | Stephen Brewer | February 10, 1948 | |
  | Will Brownsberger | March 21, 1957 | |
  | Gale D. Candaras | 1949 | |
  | Harriette L. Chandler | December 20, 1937 | |
  | Sonia Chang-Díaz | March 31, 1978 | |
  | Katherine Clark | July 17, 1963 | |
  | Cynthia Stone Creem | September 17, 1942 | |
  | Sal DiDomenico | June 20, 1971 | |
  | Ken Donnelly | July 15, 1950 | |
  | Eileen Donoghue | 1954 | |
  | Benjamin Downing | September 11, 1981 | |
  | Jamie Eldridge | August 11, 1973 | |
  | Susan Fargo | August 27, 1942 | |
  | Barry Finegold | March 3, 1971 | |
  | Jennifer Flanagan | September 5, 1975 | |
  | Jack Hart (state senator) | April 21, 1961 | |
  | Robert L. Hedlund | July 12, 1961 | |
  | Patricia D. Jehlen | October 14, 1943 | |
  | Brian A. Joyce | September 5, 1962 | |
  | John F. Keenan (state senator) | 1964 | |
  | Thomas P. Kennedy | August 15, 1951 | |
  | Michael Knapik | February 11, 1963 | |
  | Thomas M. McGee | December 15, 1955 | |
  | Mark Montigny | June 20, 1961 | |
  | Michael O. Moore | January 17, 1963 | |
  | Richard T. Moore | August 7, 1943 | |
  | Therese Murray | October 10, 1947 | |
  | Marc Pacheco | October 29, 1952 | |
  | Anthony Petruccelli | October 2, 1972 | |
  | Michael Rodrigues (politician) | May 30, 1959 | |
  | Stan Rosenberg | October 12, 1949 | |
  | Richard J. Ross | July 6, 1954 | |
  | Mike Rush | November 30, 1973 | |
  | Karen Spilka | January 11, 1953 | |
  | Bruce Tarr | January 2, 1964 | |
  | James E. Timilty | | |
  | James T. Welch | December 22, 1975 | |
  | Dan Wolf | August 11, 1957 | |
  
  ## Representatives
  
  | name | date of birth | district |
  | - | - | - |
  | Paul Adams (Massachusetts politician) | | 17th Essex |
  | Kevin Aguiar | 1972 | |
  | Denise Andrews | July 14, 1959 | |
  | James Arciero | August 27, 1974 | |
  | Brian Ashe | April 23, 1963 | |
  | Cory Atkins | February 10, 1949 | |
  | Demetrius Atsalis | March 31, 1964 | |
  | Bruce Ayers | April 17, 1962 | |
  | Ruth Balser | October 30, 1948 | |
  | F. Jay Barrows | April 5, 1956 | |
  | Carlo Basile | June 29, 1971 | |
  | Matthew Beaton | July 27, 1978 | |
  | Jennifer Benson | | |
  | John Binienda | June 22, 1947 | |
  | Nicholas Boldyga | | |
  | Garrett Bradley | July 4, 1970 | |
  | Michael Brady (politician) | | |
  | Paul A. Brodeur | April 24, 1964 | |
  | Will Brownsberger | March 21, 1957 | |
  | Antonio Cabral | January 26, 1955 | |
  | Thomas Calter | | |
  | Linda Dean Campbell | | |
  | Christine Canavan | January 25, 1950 | |
  | James Cantwell | October 25, 1966 | |
  | Gailanne Cariddi | November 1, 1953 | |
  | Tackey Chan | August 10, 1973 | |
  | Cheryl Coakley-Rivera | February 21, 1964 | |
  | Nick Collins (politician) | August 26, 1982 | |
  | Tom Conroy | July 7, 1962 | |
  | Edward F. Coppinger | | |
  | Michael A. Costello | May 5, 1965 | |
  | Geraldine Creedon | September 26, 1945 | |
  | Sean Curran (politician) | August 23, 1977 | |
  | Mark Cusack | 1984 | |
  | Angelo D'Emilia | | |
  | Robert DeLeo (politician) | March 27, 1950 | |
  | Vinny deMacedo | October 16, 1965 | |
  | Brian Dempsey (politician) | September 30, 1966 | |
  | Marcos Devers | October 25, 1950 | |
  | Geoff Diehl | April 23, 1969 | |
  | Stephen DiNatale | | |
  | Paul Donato | October 27, 1941 | |
  | Peter Durant | | |
  | James J. Dwyer | | |
  | Carolyn Dykema | December 26, 1967 | |
  | Lori Ehrlich | June 9, 1963 | |
  | Christopher Fallon | June 7, 1953 | |
  | Tricia Farley-Bouvier | | |
  | Ryan Fattman | July 1, 1984 | |
  | Robert Fennell | June 26, 1956 | |
  | Kimberly Ferguson | | |
  | John V. Fernandes | November 16, 1952 | |
  | Ann-Margaret Ferrante | June 26, 1972 | |
  | Michael Finn | March 24, 1970 | |
  | Linda Dorcena Forry | November 1, 1973 | |
  | Gloria Fox | March 18, 1942 | |
  | John Fresolo | October 11, 1964 | |
  | Paul Frost | April 25, 1970 | |
  | William C. Galvin | October 18, 1956 | |
  | Sean Garballey | February 22, 1985 | |
  | Denise Garlick | | |
  | Colleen Garry | July 21, 1962 | |
  | Susan Williams Gifford | November 3, 1959 | |
  | Anne Gobi | December 27, 1962 | |
  | Thomas Golden Jr. | March 5, 1971 | |
  | Patricia Haddad | May 7, 1950 | |
  | Sheila Harrington | 1960 | |
  | Jon Hecht | | |
  | Carlos Henriquez | | |
  | Bradford Hill | January 22, 1967 | |
  | Kate Hogan | January 15, 1957 | |
  | Russell Holmes | August 17, 1969 | |
  | Kevin Honan | June 5, 1958 | |
  | Steve Howitt | | |
  | Donald Humason Jr. | July 31, 1967 | |
  | Randy Hunt (politician) | August 24, 1957 | |
  | Bradley Jones Jr. | January 9, 1965 | |
  | Louis Kafka | November 28, 1945 | |
  | Michael F. Kane | June 10, 1967 | |
  | Jay R. Kaufman | May 4, 1947 | |
  | John D. Keenan | April 4, 1965 | |
  | Kay Khan | June 22, 1941 | |
  | Peter Kocot | September 18, 1956 | |
  | Robert Koczera | November 25, 1953 | |
  | Stephen Kulik | August 3, 1950 | |
  | Kevin Kuros | February 7, 1965 | |
  | John J. Lawn | | |
  | Steven Levy (politician) | | |
  | Jason Lewis (Massachusetts politician) | April 19, 1968 | |
  | David Linsky | October 16, 1957 | |
  | Marc Lombardo | | |
  | James J. Lyons Jr. | | |
  | Timothy Madden | | |
  | John J. Mahoney | | |
  | Liz Malia | September 30, 1949 | |
  | Ronald Mariano | October 31, 1946 | |
  | Paul Mark | | |
  | Christopher Markey | | |
  | Paul McMurtry | October 28, 1965 | |
  | Jim Miceli | March 25, 1935 | |
  | Aaron Michlewitz | 1978 | |
  | Michael Moran (Massachusetts politician) | February 23, 1971 | |
  | Charles A. Murphy | August 11, 1965 | |
  | James M. Murphy | November 15, 1969 | |
  | Kevin J. Murphy (politician) | November 27, 1952 | |
  | David Nangle | December 18, 1960 | |
  | Harold Naughton Jr. | July 4, 1960 | |
  | Rhonda Nyman | | |
  | Shaunna O'Connell | March 14, 1970 | |
  | Jim O'Day | May 23, 1954 | |
  | Eugene O'Flaherty | July 20, 1968 | |
  | Keiko Orrall | September 8, 1967 | |
  | Jerry Parisella | 1901 | |
  | Sarah Peake | October 4, 1957 | |
  | Vincent Pedone | March 15, 1967 | |
  | Alice Peisch | October 4, 1954 | |
  | George N. Peterson Jr. | July 8, 1950 | |
  | Thomas Petrolati | March 16, 1957 | |
  | William "Smitty" Pignatelli | August 31, 1959 | |
  | Denise Provost | March 9, 1951 | |
  | Angelo Puppolo | | |
  | Kathi-Anne Reinstein | January 31, 1971 | |
  | John H. Rogers | October 22, 1964 | |
  | Dennis Rosa | | |
  | George T. Ross | November 3, 1949 | |
  | Byron Rushing | July 29, 1942 | |
  | Jeffrey Sanchez (politician) | July 18, 1969 | |
  | Tom Sannicandro | March 22, 1956 | |
  | Angelo Scaccia | September 29, 1942 | |
  | Paul Schmid | | |
  | John Scibak | May 4, 1953 | |
  | Carl Sciortino | July 6, 1978 | |
  | Stephen Stat Smith | May 25, 1955 | |
  | Frank Smizik | September 4, 1944 | |
  | Todd Smola | 1977 | |
  | Theodore C. Speliotis | August 20, 1953 | |
  | Harriett Stanley | March 30, 1950 | |
  | Ellen Story | October 17, 1941 | |
  | William M. Straus | June 26, 1956 | |
  | David B. Sullivan | June 6, 1953 | |
  | Benjamin Swan | September 18, 1933 | |
  | Walter Timilty | July 19, 1969 | |
  | Timothy J. Toomey Jr. | June 7, 1953 | |
  | David Torrisi | September 18, 1968 | |
  | Cleon Turner | December 29, 1945 | |
  | David Vieira (politician) | | |
  | Joseph Wagner (Massachusetts politician) | May 7, 1960 | |
  | Chris Walsh (politician) | May 20, 1951 | |
  | Steven Walsh | September 11, 1973 | |
  | Martha M. Walz | July 7, 1961 | |
  | Daniel K. Webster | April 2, 1964 | |
  | Daniel Winslow | May 13, 1958 | |
  | Alice Wolf | December 24, 1933 | |
  | Donald Wong | January 15, 1952 | |
  