Massachusetts' 4th Congressional District elections, 2014

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Massachusetts' 4th Congressional District

General Election Date
November 4, 2014

Primary Date
September 9, 2014

November 4 Election Winner:
Joseph Kennedy III Democratic Party
Incumbent prior to election:
Joseph Kennedy III Democratic Party
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Race Ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid D[1]

Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe D[2]

Fairvote's Monopoly Politics: Likely D[3]

Massachusetts U.S. House Elections
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2014 U.S. Senate Elections

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The 4th Congressional District of Massachusetts held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014.

Joseph Kennedy III was the incumbent up for re-election after serving his first term. Kennedy was first elected in 2012 where he previously served as the District Attorney for Middlesex County. He ran unopposed in the Democratic primary to secure his candidacy for the general election. Moreover, he ran unchallenged for his seat as no opposition successfully filed for candidacy. Kennedy's campaign had over $1 million cash on hand and received over $500,000 in contributions since the Federal Election Commission July Quarterly Report leading into the election.[4]

Kennedy was grouped with a handful of incumbents that faced no opposition in their upcoming elections. Richard Neal, James McGovern, Joseph Kennedy, Michael Capuano and Stephen Lynch were virtually guaranteed re-election, as they did not face any Democratic or Republican opponents.[5]

Candidate Filing Deadline Primary Election General Election
May 6, 2014
September 9, 2014
November 4, 2014

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.[6][7]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

Voter registration: To vote in the primary, voters had to register by August 20, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 15, 2014.[8]

See also: Massachusetts elections, 2014

Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Joseph Kennedy III (D), who was first elected in 2012.

Massachusetts' 4th Congressional District is located in the southern portion of the state and includes parts of Bristol, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, and Worcester counties.[9]

Candidates

General election candidates

September 9, 2014, primary results
Democratic Party Democratic Primary

Elections

General election results

The 4th Congressional District of Massachusetts held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Joseph Kennedy III (D) won an uncontested general election.

U.S. House, Massachusetts District 4 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJoe Kennedy Incumbent 72.1% 184,158
     Write-in Other 1.5% 3,940
     Blank None 26.3% 67,199
Total Votes 255,297
Source: Massachusetts Secretary of State Official Results

Key votes

Below are important votes the incumbent cast during the 113th Congress.

Government shutdown

See also: United States budget debate, 2013

Voted "No" On September 30, 2013, the House passed a final stopgap spending bill before the shutdown went into effect. The bill included a one-year delay of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate and would have also stripped the bill of federal subsidies for congressional members and staff. It passed through the House with a vote of 228-201.[10] At 1 a.m. on October 1, 2013, one hour after the shutdown officially began, the House voted to move forward with going to a conference. In short order, Sen. Harry Reid rejected the call to conference.[11] Kennedy voted against the stopgap spending bill that would have delayed the individual mandate.[12]

Yea3.png The shutdown ended on October 16, 2013, when the House took a vote on HR 2775 after it was approved by the Senate. The bill to reopen the government lifted the $16.7 trillion debt limit and funded the government through January 15, 2014. Federal employees also received retroactive pay for the shutdown period. The only concession made by Senate Democrats was to require income verification for Obamacare subsidies.[13] The House passed the legislation shortly after the Senate, by a vote of 285-144, with all 144 votes against the legislation coming from Republican members. Kennedy voted for HR 2775.[14]

Campaign contributions

Joseph Kennedy III

Below are Kennedy’s FEC reports.[15]

District history

Candidate ballot access
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2012

The 4th District of Massachusetts held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012, in which Joseph Kennedy III (D) won election. He defeated Sean Bielat (R) and David Rosa (I) in the general election.[21]

U.S. House, Massachusetts District 4 General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJoseph Kennedy III 59.3% 221,303
     Republican Sean Bielat 34.8% 129,936
     Independent David Rosa 2.9% 10,741
     N/A All Others 0.1% 265
     N/A Blank Votes 2.9% 10,869
Total Votes 373,114
Source: Massachusetts Secretary of State "Return of Votes"

2010

On November 2, 2010, Barney Frank won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Sean D. M. Bielat (R), Susan F. Allen (I) and Donald M. Jordan (Tax Revolt Independent) in the general election.[22]

U.S. House, Massachusetts District 4 General Election, 2010
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngBarney Frank incumbent 53.9% 126,194
     Republican Sean D. M. Bielat 43.4% 101,517
     Independent Susan F. Allen 1.5% 3,445
     Tax Revolt Independent Donald M. Jordan 1.2% 2,873
     N/A All Others 0% 98
Total Votes 234,127

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. Cook Political Report, "2014 HOUSE RACE RATINGS FOR June 26, 2014," accessed August 7, 2014
  2. Sabato's Crystal Ball, "2014 House Races," accessed August 7, 2014
  3. Fairvote, "FairVote Releases Projections for the 2014 Congressional Elections," accessed August 7, 2014
  4. Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly Report of Receipts and Reimbursements," accessed October 2, 2014
  5. Mass Live, "5 Massachusetts Congressmen running unopposed in 2014 while challengers line up to take on US Rep. John Tierney," accessed June 5, 2014
  6. NCSL, "State Primary Election Types," accessed October 3, 2024
  7. Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, "How to Vote in a Primary," accessed October 3, 2024
  8. Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Website, "Voter Registration Information," accessed January 3, 2014
  9. United States Census Bureau, "Counties by Congressional Districts," accessed June 8, 2016
  10. Clerk of the U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 504," accessed October 31, 2013
  11. Buzzfeed, "Government Shutdown: How We Got Here," accessed October 1, 2013
  12. Clerk of the U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 504," accessed October 31, 2013
  13. The Washington Post, "Reid, McConnell propose bipartisan Senate bill to end shutdown, extend borrowing," accessed October 16, 2013
  14. U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 550," accessed October 31, 2013
  15. Federal Election Commission, "Joseph Kennedy III Summary Report," accessed July 25, 2013
  16. Federal Election Commission, "Joseph Kennedy III April Quarterly," accessed July 25, 2013
  17. Federal Election Commission, "Joseph Kennedy III July Quarterly," accessed October 9, 2013
  18. Federal Election Commission, "Joseph Kennedy III October Quarterly," accessed October 15, 2013
  19. Federal Election Commission, "Year End Report," accessed February 17, 2014
  20. Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed April 21, 2014
  21. Politico, "2012 Election Map, Massachusetts"
  22. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013


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