United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, 2022
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The U.S. House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts were on November 8, 2022. Voters elected nine candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's nine U.S. House districts. The primary was scheduled for September 6, 2022. The filing deadline was June 7, 2022.
Partisan breakdown
| Members of the U.S. House from Massachusetts -- Partisan Breakdown | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | As of November 2022 | After the 2022 Election | |
| Democratic Party | 9 | 9 | |
| Republican Party | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 9 | 9 | |
Candidates
District 1
General election candidates
- Richard Neal (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Dean James Martilli (Republican Party)
Democratic primary candidates
- Richard Neal (Incumbent) ✔
Republican primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
District 2
General election candidates
- Jim McGovern (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Jeffrey Sossa-Paquette (Republican Party)
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Democratic primary candidates
- Jim McGovern (Incumbent) ✔
Republican primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 3
General election candidates
- Lori Trahan (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Dean Tran (Republican Party)
Democratic primary candidates
- Lori Trahan (Incumbent) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Republican primary candidates
District 4
General election candidates
- Jake Auchincloss (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
- David Cannata (Republican Party) (Write-in)
Democratic primary candidates
- Jake Auchincloss (Incumbent) ✔
Republican primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
District 5
General election candidates
- Katherine Clark (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Caroline Colarusso (Republican Party)
Did not make the ballot:
- Washington Blask (Independent)
Democratic primary candidates
- Katherine Clark (Incumbent) ✔
Republican primary candidates
District 6
General election candidates
- Seth Moulton (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Robert May Jr. (Republican Party)
- Mark Tashjian (Libertarian Party)
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Democratic primary candidates
- Seth Moulton (Incumbent) ✔
Republican primary candidates
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 7
General election candidates
- Ayanna Pressley (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Donnie Palmer (Republican Party)
Democratic primary candidates
- Ayanna Pressley (Incumbent) ✔
Republican primary candidates
District 8
General election candidates
- Stephen Lynch (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Robert Burke (Republican Party)
Democratic primary candidates
- Stephen Lynch (Incumbent) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Republican primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 9
General election candidates
- Bill Keating (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Jesse Brown (Republican Party)
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Democratic primary candidates
- Bill Keating (Incumbent) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
Republican primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
General election race ratings
- See also: Race rating definitions and methods
Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:
- Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
- Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
- Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[1]
- Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.
Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[2][3][4]
Click the following links to see the race ratings in each of the state's U.S. House districts:
- Massachusetts' 1st Congressional District
- Massachusetts' 2nd Congressional District
- Massachusetts' 3rd Congressional District
- Massachusetts' 4th Congressional District
- Massachusetts' 5th Congressional District
- Massachusetts' 6th Congressional District
- Massachusetts' 7th Congressional District
- Massachusetts' 8th Congressional District
- Massachusetts' 9th Congressional District
Ballot access
For information on candidate ballot access requirements in Massachusetts, click here.
Election analysis
Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.
- District maps - A map of the state's districts before and after redistricting.
- Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2022 U.S. House elections in the state.
- Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
- State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
District map
Below were the district maps in use at the time of the election, enacted as part of the 2020 redistricting cycle, compared to the maps in place before the election.
Massachusetts Congressional Districts
until January 2, 2023
Click a district to compare boundaries.
Massachusetts Congressional Districts
starting January 3, 2023
Click a district to compare boundaries.
Competitiveness
This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Massachusetts.
| Massachusetts U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2022 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office | Districts/ offices |
Seats | Open seats | Candidates | Possible primaries | Contested Democratic primaries | Contested Republican primaries | % of contested primaries | Incumbents in contested primaries | % of incumbents in contested primaries | ||||
| 2022 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 11.1% | 0 | 0.0% | ||||
| 2020 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 27 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 27.8% | 3 | 37.5% | ||||
| 2018 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 31 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 44.4% | 5 | 62.5% | ||||
| 2016 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 5.6% | 0 | 0.0% | ||||
| 2014 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 16.7% | 2 | 22.2% | ||||
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Massachusetts in 2022. Information below was calculated on August 29, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
Nineteen candidates ran for Massachusetts's nine U.S. House districts, including nine Democrats and ten Republicans. That's 2.1 candidates per district, less than the three candidates per district in 2020 and the 3.44 in 2018.
This was the first election to take place under new district lines following the 2020 census. Massachusetts was apportioned nine districts, the same number it was apportioned after the 2010 census. The 19 candidates who ran this year were eight fewer than the 27 candidates who ran in 2020 and 12 fewer than the 31 who ran in 2018. Fourteen candidates ran in 2016, 20 in 2014, and 28 in 2012.
All incumbents filed to run for re-election, meaning there were no open seats this year. There was one open seat in 2020 and 2018, no open seats in 2016 and 2014, and one open seat in 2012.
The 8th and 9th districts drew the most candidates in 2022, with one Democrat and two Republicans running in each. There were two contested primaries this year, both Republican. That number was three fewer than in 2020, when there were five contested primaries, and six fewer than in 2018, when there were eight contested primaries. There was one contested primary in 2016, three in 2014, and nine in 2012.
No incumbents faced primary challengers this year. That number was down from 2020, when three incumbents faced primary challengers, and 2018, when five incumbents did. No incumbents faced primary challengers in 2016, two did in 2014, and three did in 2012.
The 4th district was guaranteed to Democrats because no Republicans filed. No districts were guaranteed to Republicans because no Democrats filed.
Presidential elections
As a result of redistricting following the 2020 census, many district boundaries changed. As a result, analysis of the presidential vote in each of these new districts is not yet available. Once that analysis is available, it will be published here.
Massachusetts presidential election results (1900-2020)
- 21 Democratic wins
- 10 Republican wins
| Year | 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1912 | 1916 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1940 | 1944 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winning Party | R | R | R | D | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
State party control
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of Massachusetts' congressional delegation as of November 2022.
| Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Massachusetts, November 2022 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
| Democratic | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| Republican | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 9 | 11 |
State executive
The table below displays the officeholders in Massachusetts' top four state executive offices as of November 2022.
| State executive officials in Massachusetts, November 2022 | |
|---|---|
| Office | Officeholder |
| Governor | |
| Lieutenant Governor | |
| Secretary of State | |
| Attorney General | |
State legislature
The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the Massachusetts General Court as of November 2022.
Massachusetts State Senate
| Party | As of November 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 36 | |
| Republican Party | 3 | |
| Vacancies | 1 | |
| Total | 40 | |
Massachusetts House of Representatives
| Party | As of November 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 125 | |
| Republican Party | 27 | |
| Independent | 1 | |
| Vacancies | 7 | |
| Total | 160 | |
Trifecta control
As of November 2022, Massachusetts was a divided government, with Democrats controlling the governorship and Republican majorities in both chambers of the state legislature. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.
Massachusetts Party Control: 1992-2022
Eight years of Democratic trifectas • No Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| Senate | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
| House | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
Redistricting following the 2020 census
Gov. Charlie Baker (R) signed the state's new legislative maps into law on November 4, 2021.[5] The state House passed the maps by a vote of 158-1 on October 21, 2021. The state Senate approved the legislative plans on October 27, 2021 by a vote of 36-3. The legislature began consideration of the state's redistricting plans on October 19, 2021.[6] These maps took effect for Massachusetts' 2022 legislative elections.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
- ↑ MassLive, "As Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker OKs new districts, Secretary of State William Galvin warns of chaos," November 4, 2021
- ↑ Boston Globe, "Lawmakers poised to send new political maps, increasing number of majority-minority districts, to Baker," October 27, 2021
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