2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts Majority party Minority party Party Democratic Republican Last election 9 0 Seats won 9 0 Seat change Popular vote 2,482,596 699,001 Percentage 74.63% 21.01% Swing 3.58% 0.98%
Democratic
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
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The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts were held on November 3, 2020 , to elect the nine U.S. representatives from the state of Massachusetts , one from each of the state's nine congressional districts . The elections coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election , as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections . Primary elections were held on September 1.[1]
Overview [ edit ] Popular vote Democratic
74.63% Republican
21.01% Others
4.36%
House seats Democratic
100.00%
District 1 [ edit ] 2020 Massachusetts's 1st congressional district election Municipality resultsNeal: >90%
The 1st district is based in the western and central parts of the state, and includes the city of Springfield . The incumbent was Democrat Richard Neal , who was reelected with 97.6% of the vote in 2018 without major-party opposition.[2]
Democratic primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Eliminated in primary [ edit ] Declined [ edit ] Endorsements [ edit ] Alex Morse
U.S. representatives State legislators Charles Booker , former Democratic candidate for United States Senate in Kentucky, and member of the Kentucky House of Representatives[8] Municipal officials Individuals Labor unions Organizations Richard Neal
Governors U.S. representatives State legislators Labor unions Organizations Newspapers and other media Polling [ edit ] Primary results [ edit ] Democratic primary results by municipality Republican primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Withdrawn [ edit ] John Cain, businessman and former Navy officer[35] [36] General election [ edit ] Predictions [ edit ] Results [ edit ] District 2 [ edit ] The 2nd congressional district is in central Massachusetts and includes Worcester . The incumbent was Democrat Jim McGovern , who was reelected with 67.1% of the vote in 2018.[2]
Democratic primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Primary results [ edit ] Republican primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Tracy Lovvorn, healthcare operations manager and nominee for Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district in 2018 [45] Primary results [ edit ] General election [ edit ] Predictions [ edit ] Results [ edit ] District 3 [ edit ] 2020 Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district election
The 3rd district is based in northeastern and central Massachusetts, and includes the cities of Lowell , Lawrence , and Haverhill . The incumbent was Democrat Lori Trahan , who was elected with 62.0% of the vote in 2018.[2]
Democratic primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Declined [ edit ] Endorsements [ edit ] Lori Trahan
Federal officials Organizations Primary results [ edit ] General election [ edit ] Predictions [ edit ] Results [ edit ] District 4 [ edit ] The 4th congressional district is mostly in southern Massachusetts and includes Brookline , the southwestern suburbs of Boston , and northern Bristol County . The incumbent was Democrat Joe Kennedy III , who was reelected with 97.7% of the vote in 2018 without major-party opposition.[2] On September 21, 2019, Kennedy announced that he would not seek reelection, instead challenging incumbent U.S. Senator Ed Markey in the Democratic primary for the 2020 United States Senate election in Massachusetts .[51]
The open seat attracted 12 candidates to file for the primary. On September 4, the Associated Press called the race for Jake Auchincloss , who won with 34,971 votes, a 1.4% margin over Jesse Mermell.[52] [53] Auchincloss went on to defeat Republican Julie Hall in the general election.
Democratic primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Eliminated in primary [ edit ] Withdrew [ edit ] David Cavell, Assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts and former aide to President Barack Obama [61] (withdrew on August 13 and endorsed Mermell) [62] (remained on ballot) Nick Matthew, former public school teacher and nonprofit activist (endorsed Leckey) [63] Herb Robinson, engineer[citation needed ] Thomas Shack, former Massachusetts State Comptroller (endorsed Cavell, then Khazei) [64] [65] Chris Zannetos, tech entrepreneur[66] (withdrew on August 26 and endorsed Mermell) [67] (remained on ballot) Declined [ edit ] Chris Dempsey, former policy director for Joe Kennedy III 's election campaign in 2012[68] Paul Feeney , state senator[68] Deb Goldberg , Massachusetts State Treasurer [69] Jay Gonzalez , former state secretary of administration and finance and nominee for governor of Massachusetts in 2018 [70] Patricia Haddad , state representative[71] Joe Kennedy III , incumbent U.S. representative (ran for U.S. Senate ) [51] Scott W. Lang, former mayor of New Bedford [70] Marc Pacheco , state senator[70] Becca Rausch , state senator[70] Tommy Vitolo , state representative[68] Setti Warren , former mayor of Newton [70] Josh Zakim , former Boston city councilor[70] Endorsements [ edit ] Jake Auchincloss
U.S. senators U.S. representatives State executives State legislators Organizations Labor unions Newspapers and other media Becky Grossman
Members of U.S. cabinet Members of U.S. Congress State executives State legislators Ruth Balser , member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives [86] Bill Bowles , member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 2nd Bristol District (2009–2011)[84] Cynthia Stone Creem , majority leader of the Massachusetts Senate (2018–present), member of the Massachusetts Senate from the 1st Middlesex and Norfolk district (1999–present), member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council (1995–1999)[84] Louis Kafka , member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 8th Norfolk District (1991–present)[84] Kay Khan , member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1995–present)[84] David Linsky , member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 5th Middlesex District [84] Joan Menard , member of the Massachusetts Senate from the 1st Bristol and Plymouth District (2000–2011), chair of the Massachusetts Democratic Party (1993–2000), member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 5th Bristol District (1979–2000)[84] Michael Rodrigues , member of the Massachusetts Senate from the 1st Bristol and Plymouth district (2011–present) and member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 8th Bristol district (1996–2011)[84] Alan Silvia , member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 7th Bristol District (2013–present)[84] Local officials Organizations Alan Khazei
Members of U.S. cabinet Arne Duncan , former U.S. secretary of education (2009–2015)[89] Michèle Flournoy , former U.S. undersecretary of defense for policy (2009–2012)[90] Leon Panetta , former secretary of defense[91] Susan Rice , former U.S. national security advisor (2013–2017), U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (2009–2013), and U.S. assistant secretary of state for African affairs (1997–2001)[92] U.S. senators Michael Bennet , U.S. senator from Colorado[93] Gary Hart , former U.S. special envoy for Northern Ireland (2014–2017) and U.S. senator (D-CO) (1975–1987) and 1984 and 1988 Democratic presidential candidate[94] Members of U.S. Congress State legislators Local officials Organizations Individuals Ihssane Leckey
Members of U.S. Congress Ilhan Omar , U.S. representative for Minnesota's 5th congressional district[100] State legislators Organizations Individuals Jesse Mermell
Members of U.S. Congress State executives State legislators Local legislators Individuals Organizations Labor unions Ben Sigel
Members of U.S. Congress State executives Organizations Polling [ edit ] Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[a] Margin of error Jake Auchincloss Dave Cavell Becky Grossman Alan Khazei Ihssane Leckey Natalia Linos Jesse Mermell Ben Sigel Chris Zannetos Other Undecided RABA Research/Jewish Insider August 27–28, 2020 497 (LV) ± 4.39% 23% – 15% 8% 11% 7% 22% 1% – 3%[b] 10% August 26, 2020 Zannetos withdraws from the race and endorses Mermell Data for Progress August 10–14, 2020 515 (LV) ± 4.9% 14% [c] 1% 13% 7% 9% 9% 13% 3% 1% – 29% August 13, 2020 Cavell withdraws from the race and endorses Mermell Frederick Polls [C] August 1–4, 2020 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 16% 7% 19% 6% 11% 4% 10% 2% 1% – 25% Frederick Polls [C] June, 2020 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 7% – 17% – 3% – 9% – – – 46% Beacon Research Archived June 10, 2020, at the Wayback Machine [D] May 26–30, 2020 501 (LV) ± 4.0% 7% 2% 13% 4% – – 7% 4% 1% 1%[d] 60%
Primary results [ edit ] Democratic primary results by municipality Republican primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Eliminated in primary [ edit ] David Rosa, U.S. Army veteran[135] Declined [ edit ] Endorsements [ edit ] Julie Hall
Labor unions Organizations Primary results [ edit ] General election [ edit ] Predictions [ edit ] Results [ edit ] District 5 [ edit ] The 5th congressional district contains Boston's northern and western suburbs, including Malden and Framingham . The incumbent was Democrat Katherine Clark , who was reelected with 75.9% of the vote in 2018.[2]
Democratic primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Was never in primary.
Raffaele DePalma, demographic analyst[140] Primary results [ edit ] Republican primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Primary results [ edit ] General election [ edit ] Predictions [ edit ] Results [ edit ] District 6 [ edit ] The 6th district is based in northeastern Massachusetts, and contains most of Essex County , including the North Shore and Cape Ann . The incumbent was Democrat Seth Moulton , who was reelected with 65.2% of the vote in 2018.[2] Moulton was a candidate for the Democratic presidential primary in 2020, and said that he had "no intention of giving up his seat in the House."[142] He won his district's primary with the most votes ever recorded in a House primary election in Massachusetts history.
Democratic primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Eliminated in primary [ edit ] Withdrawn [ edit ] x* Nathaniel Mulcahy, scientist[145]
Massachusetts Teachers Association[146] Declined [ edit ] Endorsements [ edit ] Seth Moulton
Organizations Unions Newspapers Individuals Nathaniel Mulcahy, withdrawn 6th district candidate[173] Jamie Belsito
Organizations Massachusetts Peace Action [174] Angus McQuilken
Newspapers and other media North of Boston Media Group[175] Wicked Local [176] Primary results [ edit ] Republican primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] John Paul Moran, businessman[177] Primary results [ edit ] Independents [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Declared [ edit ] Christopher Fisher, carpenter[178] General election [ edit ] Predictions [ edit ] Results [ edit ] District 7 [ edit ] The 7th district is in eastern Massachusetts , including roughly three-fourths of Boston and a few of its northern and southern suburbs. The incumbent was Democrat Ayanna Pressley , who defeated ten-term incumbent Mike Capuano in the 2018 primary election and ran against write-in votes only in the general election .[179]
Democratic primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Endorsements [ edit ] Ayanna Pressley
U.S. senators Organizations Primary results [ edit ] Republican primary [ edit ] In order to qualify for the general election ballot, a write-in candidate must receive at least 2,000 votes.[185]
Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Rayla Campbell (write-in), occupational zoning activist[186] Eliminated in Primary [ edit ] Rachel Miselman (write-in)[187] Primary results [ edit ] General election [ edit ] Predictions [ edit ] Results [ edit ] District 8 [ edit ] The 8th district includes South Boston and the southern Boston metro area. The incumbent was Democrat Stephen F. Lynch , who was reelected with 98.4% of the vote in 2018 without major-party opposition.[2]
Democratic primary [ edit ] In the Democratic primary, lawyer and ten-term incumbent Lynch defeated progressive challenger Robbie Goldstein, a medical doctor with expertise in infectious diseases and transgender healthcare. Several weeks before the primary, the Boston Globe noted the "stark contrast" between the candidates on several key issues, particularly healthcare and police reform.[188] A proponent of Medicare for All, Goldstein ran on a platform of expanding healthcare access during a campaign overshadowed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Lynch, who remains one of only three Democrats in the House who voted against the Affordable Care Act in 2009, advocates reforming the current market-based healthcare system.[189] In the context of nationwide protests against police brutality and killing of unarmed black citizens, Lynch stated his support for efforts to modify qualified immunity for police officers, while Goldstein advocated ending qualified immunity outright.
Goldstein's campaign also highlighted differences between the two candidates on LGBTQ issues and reproductive rights. In the past, Lynch has identified as pro-life, a position he now deems too extreme.
Several Democratic primary challengers over the years have called Lynch too moderate to serve Massachusetts's electorate. In 2010, Lynch responded, "Calling me the least liberal member from Massachusetts is like calling me the slowest Kenyan in the Boston Marathon. It's all relative."[190]
Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Eliminated in primary [ edit ] Withdrawn [ edit ] Endorsements [ edit ] Robbie Goldstein
State officials Individuals Shannon Liss-Riordan , labor attorney and former candidate for US Senate[11] Bob Massie , co-founder of the Global Reporting Initiative , former executive director of Ceres , former president of the New Economy Coalition , ordained Episcopal minister, nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in 1994 , candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2012 , and candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 2018 [194] Quentin Palfrey , lawyer and policymaker[194] Andrew Yang , 2020 Democratic presidential candidate[196] Organizations Polling [ edit ] Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[a] Margin of error Robbie Goldstein Stephen Lynch Undecided Lincoln Park Strategies [E] August 8–9, 2020 1,038 (LV) 3.04% 32% 39% 29%
Primary results [ edit ] Democratic primary results by municipality General election [ edit ] Predictions [ edit ] Results [ edit ] District 9 [ edit ] The 9th district encompasses Cape Cod and the South Shore , and extends westward into New Bedford , part of Fall River, and surrounding suburbs. The incumbent was Democrat Bill Keating , who was reelected with 59.4% of the vote in 2018.[2]
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