United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, 2016
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September 8, 2016 |
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The 2016 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts took place on November 8, 2016. Voters elected 9 candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's 9 congressional districts.
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Primary: A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Massachusetts utilizes a semi-closed primary system. An unaffiliated voter is allowed to vote in the primary election of his or her choice.[1][2]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Partisan breakdown
Heading into the November 8 election, the Democratic Party held all nine of the congressional seats from Massachusetts.
| Members of the U.S. House from Massachusetts -- Partisan Breakdown | |||
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| Party | As of November 2016 | After the 2016 Election | |
| Democratic Party | 9 | 9 | |
| Republican Party | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 9 | 9 | |
Incumbents
Heading into the 2016 election, the incumbents for the nine congressional districts were:
| Name | Party | District |
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| Richard Neal | 1 | |
| Jim McGovern | 2 | |
| Niki Tsongas | 3 | |
| Joseph Kennedy III | 4 | |
| Katherine Clark | 5 | |
| Seth Moulton | 6 | |
| Michael Capuano | 7 | |
| Stephen Lynch | 8 | |
| William Keating | 9 |
Margin of victory for winners
The following table shows the margin of victory for each district winner, which is calculated by examining the percentage difference between the two candidates who received the most votes. If the race was uncontested, the margin of victory is listed as 100 percent.
| District | Winner | Margin of Victory | Total Vote | Top Opponent |
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| District 1 | 55.5% | 321,539 | Frederick Mayock | |
| District 2 | 96.5% | 280,411 | Write-in | |
| District 3 | 37.5% | 344,592 | Ann Wofford | |
| District 4 | 40.3% | 379,213 | David Rosa | |
| District 5 | 97.1% | 289,807 | Write-in | |
| District 6 | 96.7% | 314,055 | Write-in | |
| District 7 | 97.2% | 256,911 | Write-in | |
| District 8 | 45% | 374,265 | William Burke | |
| District 9 | 22.1% | 379,895 | Mark Alliegro |
Candidates
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District 1
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General election candidates: |
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Primary candidates:[3] |
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Republican |
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Third Party/Other |
District 2
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General election candidates: |
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Primary candidates:[3] |
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Republican |
District 3
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General election candidates: |
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Primary candidates:[3] |
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Democratic |
Republican |
District 4
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General election candidates: |
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Primary candidates:[3] |
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Republican |
District 5
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General election candidates: |
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Primary candidates:[3] |
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Democratic |
Republican |
District 6
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General election candidates: |
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Primary candidates:[3] |
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Democratic |
Republican |
District 7
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General election candidates: |
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Primary candidates:[3] |
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Democratic |
Republican |
District 8
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General election candidates: |
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Primary candidates:[3] |
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Democratic |
Republican |
District 9
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General election candidates: |
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Primary candidates:[3] |
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Democratic |
Republican Tom O'Malley[8] |
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Third Party/Other |
Important dates and deadlines
- See also: Massachusetts elections, 2016
The calendar below lists important dates for political candidates in Massachusetts in 2016.
| Dates and requirements for candidates in 2016 | |||
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| Deadline | Event type | Event description | |
| May 3, 2016 | Ballot access | Last day for party and non-party candidates for district and county offices to submit nomination papers to registrars of voters for signature certification | |
| May 10, 2016 | Ballot access | Last day for party candidates for federal and statewide offices candidates to submit nomination papers to registrars of voters for signature certification | |
| May 31, 2016 | Ballot access | Last day for party and non-party candidates for district and county offices to file nomination papers with the secretary of the commonwealth | |
| June 7, 2016 | Ballot access | Last day for party candidates for federal and statewide offices to file nomination papers with the secretary of the commonwealth | |
| August 2, 2016 | Ballot access | Last day for non-party candidates for federal and statewide offices candidates to submit nomination papers to registrars of voters for signature certification | |
| August 30, 2016 | Ballot access | Last day for non-party candidates for federal and statewide offices to file nomination papers with the secretary of the commonwealth | |
| September 8, 2016 | Election date | Primary election | |
| September 12, 2016 | Campaign finance | Pre-primary report due (covering January 1, 2016–September 2, 2016) | |
| October 31, 2016 | Campaign finance | Pre-election report due (covering September 3, 2016–October 21, 2016) | |
| November 8, 2016 | Election date | General election | |
| January 20, 2017 | Campaign finance | Year-end report due (covering October 22, 2016–December 31, 2016) | |
| Sources: Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance, "Filing Schedules," accessed June 30, 2015 Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, "2016 Massachusetts State Primary and State Election Schedule," accessed June 30, 2015 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2016
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2016
- List of U.S. Congress incumbents who did not run for re-election in 2016
- U.S. House primaries, 2016
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ NCSL, "State Primary Election Types," accessed October 3, 2024
- ↑ Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, "How to Vote in a Primary," accessed October 3, 2024
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Candidates are listed by party and alphabetically within each party.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Massachusetts Secretary of State, "DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES FOR NOMINATION," accessed June 15, 2016
- ↑ Thomas Simmons for Congress, "Home," accessed June 22, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Massachusetts Secretary of State, "REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR NOMINATION," accessed June 15, 2016
- ↑ Mark Alliegro for Congress, "Homepage," accessed March 25, 2016
- ↑ O'Malley for Congress, "Home," accessed March 3, 2016
- ↑ Cataldo for Congress, "Home," accessed May 24, 2016
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For information about public policy issues in the 2016 elections, see: Public policy in the 2016 elections!