Every Massachusetts Congressional Incumbent Re-Nominated Unopposed
Full results from the state for U.S. House, U.S. Senate and the Governor's Council.
The Democratic and Republican primaries occurred today in Massachusetts to select candidates for the November general election. That included the races for all 9 seats to the U.S. House of Representatives for two-year terms, one seat to the U.S. Senate for a six-year term, and all 8 seats on the state’s Governor’s Council. It only takes a plurality of the vote for a candidate to receive their party’s nomination.
For the 118th Congress (which runs from January 2023 to January 2025), Massachusetts is served by 9 Democrats and 0 Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives. All 9 incumbents ran for re-nomination today. The state is also represented by 2 Democrats in the U.S. Senate - with the seat currently held by Elizabeth Warren up this year.
For the Massachusetts Governor’s Council, Democrats now hold 7 seats while Republicans are completely locked out and one vacancy. 6 incumbents sought re-nomination today - with open seat contests in Districts 2 and 5.
For the U.S. Senate:
Incumbent Elizabeth Warren won the Democratic primary unopposed.
John Deaton won the Republican primary with 64.8% against Robert Antonellis with 25.9% and Ian Cain with 9.3%. 206,457 votes counted.
For the 1st District to the U.S. House:
Incumbent Richard Neal won the Democratic primary unopposed.
No candidate qualified for the Republican primary.
For the 2nd District to the U.S. House:
Incumbent Jim McGovern won the Democratic primary unopposed.
No candidate qualified for the Republican primary.
For the 3rd District to the U.S. House:
Incumbent Lori Trahan won the Democratic primary unopposed.
No candidate qualified for the Republican primary.
For the 4th District to the U.S. House:
Incumbent Jake Auchincloss won the Democratic primary unopposed.
No candidate qualified for the Republican primary.
For the 5th District to the U.S. House:
Incumbent Katherine Clark won the Democratic primary unopposed.
No candidate qualified for the Republican primary.
For the 6th District to the U.S. House:
Incumbent Seth Moulton won the Democratic primary unopposed.
No candidate qualified for the Republican primary.
For the 7th District to the U.S. House:
Incumbent Ayanna Pressley won the Democratic primary unopposed.
No candidate qualified for the Republican primary.
For the 8th District to the U.S. House:
Incumbent Stephen Lynch won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Robert Burke won the Republican primary with 46.4% against James Govatsos with 27.7% and Daniel Kelly with 25.9%. 21,849 votes counted.
For the 9th District to the U.S. House:
Incumbent Bill Keating won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Dan Sullivan won the Republican primary unopposed.
For the 1st District on the Governor’s Council:
Incumbent Joseph Ferreira won the Democratic primary unopposed.
No candidate qualified for the Republican primary.
For the 2nd District on the Governor’s Council:
Tamisha Civil won the Democratic primary with 38.7% against Sean Murphy with 22.4%, Muriel Kramer with 22.0%, and David Reservitz with 16.9%. 70,448 votes counted.
Francis Crimmins won the Republican primary unopposed.
For the 3rd District on the Governor’s Council:
Mara Dolan won the Democratic primary with 52.2% against incumbent Marilyn Petitto Devaney with 47.8%. 86,716 votes counted.
No candidate qualified for the Republican primary.
For the 4th District on the Governor’s Council:
Incumbent Christopher Iannella won the Democratic primary with 56.6% against Stacey Borden with 32.3% and Ronald Iacobucci with 11.1%. 72,862 votes counted.
No candidate qualified for the Republican primary.
For the 5th District on the Governor’s Council:
Eunice Zeigler won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Anne Manning-Martin won the Republican primary unopposed.
For the 6th District on the Governor’s Council:
Incumbent Terrence Kennedy won the Democratic primary unopposed.
No candidate qualified for the Republican primary.
For the 7th District on the Governor’s Council:
Incumbent Paul DePalo won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Andrew Couture won the Republican primary unopposed.
For the 8th District on the Governor’s Council:
Incumbent Tara Jacobs won the Democratic primary unopposed.
No candidate qualified for the Republican primary.