---
type: Person
title: "Pavel Payano"
description: "MA Senate District First Essex — MA State Senate District First Essex"
role: "MA Senate District First Essex"
party: "D"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "MA"
district: "MA State Senate District First Essex"
represents: "us/states/ma/districts/senate/first-essex"
tenure:
  start: "2023-01-04"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "8b183216-54d1-45f1-910e-f200cda491aa"
  office: "fcf34197-580d-4b5e-aca6-3798a1576da8"
  tenure: "2edffae7-408c-47ea-8d0a-f1aeb9efc7b9"
  jurisdiction: "a15182e8-2e4b-43ba-8f36-3201e27b5c01"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "Geometry not found in SLD layer"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, ma]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Pavel Payano

Current MA Senate District First Essex (MA State Senate District First Essex).

Represents [MA State Senate District First Essex](/us/states/ma/districts/senate/first-essex.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: Geometry not found in SLD layer

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).