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2 candidates are tracked for Massachusetts Senate, Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin and Hampshire District on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Paul W. Mark and Gabriel Greenspan. Candidate information follows official Hampden County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Paul W. Mark (Democratic), Gabriel Greenspan (Republican) are on the November 3 ballot for Massachusetts Senate, Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin and Hampshire District; Paul W. Mark is the sitting member, per the Massachusetts Senate's official member directory (malegislature.gov). Nominees were chosen at the September 1, 2026 primary or, where only one candidate qualified for a party, print unopposed; Massachusetts elects this seat by plurality vote. At least one party's nominee here won its primary as a write-in candidate; the Secretary of the Commonwealth's certified November candidate list (not yet published) is the check for that seat's final field. Unenrolled and third-party candidates who qualify by nomination paper are not reflected in primary results and are not yet available from a certified source; check the Secretary of the Commonwealth's November list once published. This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
Paul W. Mark is the Massachusetts state senator for the Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin and Hampshire District, based in Pittsfield, according to the Legislature's official website. Mark has sponsored legislation on regional school finance reform, rural community development, and utility regulation across western Massachusetts. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 11, 2026.
2026 priorities (per the Massachusetts Legislature official website (sponsored legislation))
- Regional school education finance reform
- Rural community development and utility regulation
- Campaign finance reform
Gabriel Greenspan is the Republican nominee for Massachusetts Senate, Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin and Hampshire District on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Secretary of the Commonwealth's September 1, 2026 primary results. Gabriel Greenspan won the Republican primary as a write-in candidate; a write-in primary winner must accept the nomination, and the Secretary of the Commonwealth's certified November candidate list (not yet published as of September 11, 2026) is the source that confirms this seat's final printed field. This name has not yet been researched.
