Richard J. Ross (born July 6, 1954)[1] is a former Massachusetts State Senator for the former Norfolk, Bristol, and Middlesex district, which included parts of Attleboro, Franklin, Natick, and Wellesley, and all of North Attleboro, Ross's home town of Wrentham, Plainville, Norfolk, Millis, Sherborn, Wayland, and Needham.

Ross attended the New England Institute of Anatomy, Science & Embalming, and graduated with highest honor in 1975.

Ross has served in the state senate since May 2010, when he won a special election to succeed Scott Brown.

[2] In the general election of November 2018, Ross was defeated by Democratic challenger Becca Rausch by approximately a two percent margin.

[7] On March 24, 2014, Ross defended his submission of the bill in a Facebook post, "This was a free petition that I filed at the request of a constituent.