How the Legislators Voted on the Recess Vote at the Constitutional Convention

Call to Action

Thank you! While we didn't receive a vote on the marriage amendment yesterday, there is much to celebrate! We want to thank everyone who attended the Constitutional Convention yesterday -- we had an impressive showing, matching the number of amendment opponents -- as well as all of you who contacted your elected officials, volunteered in the office and at standouts across the state, prayed for the effort, and helped to fund it. God bless you all, and keep it up!

We are currently working on a plan approaching the next Constitutional Convention, now scheduled for Thursday, November 9th. VoteOnMarriage and the other supporters of the amendment need to keep the pressure on the legislature. Senate President Travaglini has publicly promised a vote, and we need to hold him to that promise.

We have much to celebrate in that during the Constitutional Convention in 2002, only 53 legislators voted against an unconstitutional adjournment of the session. This time around, 91 legislators voted against the recessing of the convention. We have gained the support of individuals who feel that one way or another, the legislature MUST address a valid citizens intiative which has gathered the necessary signatures.

We need your continued support. Below is the list of all of our legislators, and how each voted on the question of whether to recess the convention and subvert democracy (Y), or continue debate and move ahead with the amendment (N).

Please, if your legislator voted NO against recessing, call and THANK him or her, even if the legislator opposes the amendment.

And if your legislator voted YES to recess the convention, call and ask WHY, and tell him or her you are adamant this not happen again in November.

Please call your Representative AND Senator. If you do not know their names and phone numbers, click on this link, and our online system will guide you to them based upon your voting address.

We need to keep reminding the legislators: THIS WILL NOT GO AWAY. We will keep coming back, again and again, until the people can vote on marriage. It's as simple as that.

LEGEND

N - no
Y - yes
X - not voting
P - present

HOUSE

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

SENATE

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