Democratic Party primaries in Massachusetts, 2024

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Democratic Party primaries, 2024

Primary Date

September 3, 2024

Federal elections

Democratic primaries for U.S. House

State party

Democratic Party of Massachusetts

State political party revenue

This page focuses on the Democratic primaries that took place in Massachusetts on September 3, 2024.

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.

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

Federal elections

U.S. Senate

See also: United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 2024 (September 3 Democratic primary)

A Democratic Party primary took place on September 3, 2024, in Massachusetts to determine which Democratic candidate would run in the state's general election on November 5, 2024.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Massachusetts

Incumbent Elizabeth Warren advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Massachusetts on September 3, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Elizabeth Warren	98.6	562,709
		Other/Write-in votes	1.4	8,078

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U.S. House

See also: United States House elections in Massachusetts, 2024 (September 3 Democratic primaries)

The U.S. House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts were on November 5, 2024. Voters elected nine candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's nine U.S. House districts. The primary was September 3, 2024. The filing deadline was June 4, 2024. To see a full list of candidates in the primary in each district, click "Show more" below.

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District 1

 Democratic primary candidates

• Richard Neal (Incumbent) ✔

District 2

 Democratic primary candidates

• Jim McGovern (Incumbent) ✔

District 3

 Democratic primary candidates

• Lori Trahan (Incumbent) ✔

Did not make the ballot:

• Miranda Tozier-Robbins

District 4

 Democratic primary candidates

• Jake Auchincloss (Incumbent) ✔

District 5

 Democratic primary candidates

• Katherine Clark (Incumbent) ✔

Did not make the ballot:

• Raffaele Santino Depalma
• Emmett Yael

District 6

 Democratic primary candidates

• Seth Moulton (Incumbent) ✔

District 7

 Democratic primary candidates

• Ayanna Pressley (Incumbent) ✔

District 8

 Democratic primary candidates

• Stephen Lynch (Incumbent) ✔

District 9

 Democratic primary candidates

• Bill Keating (Incumbent) ✔

State elections

State Senate

See also: Massachusetts State Senate elections, 2024

Elections for the Massachusetts State Senate took place in 2024. The general election was on November 5, 2024. The primary was September 3, 2024. The filing deadline was May 28, 2024. To see a full list of state Senate candidates in the Democratic primaries, click "Show more" below.

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Massachusetts State Senate elections, 2024
Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name. = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
Office	Democratic	Republican	Other
1st Bristol and Plymouth District	Michael Rodrigues (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
1st Essex District	Pavel Payano (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
1st Essex and Middlesex District	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Bruce Tarr (i)
1st Middlesex District	Edward Kennedy (i)	Karla Miller
1st Plymouth and Norfolk District	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Patrick O'Connor (i)
1st Suffolk District	Nick Collins (i) Juwan Skeens	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
1st Worcester District	Robyn Kennedy (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
2nd Bristol and Plymouth District	Mark Montigny (i) Molly Kivi	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
2nd Essex District	Joan Lovely (i)	Damian Anketell
2nd Essex and Middlesex District	Barry Finegold (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
2nd Middlesex District	Patricia D. Jehlen (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
2nd Plymouth and Norfolk District	Michael Brady (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary Did not make the ballot: Geoff Diehl
2nd Suffolk District	Liz Miranda (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
2nd Worcester District	Michael Moore (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
3rd Bristol and Plymouth District	Joseph Pacheco Barry Sanders	Kelly Dooner
3rd Essex District	Brendan Crighton (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
3rd Middlesex District	Mike Barrett (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
3rd Suffolk District	Lydia Edwards (i)	Jeanna Tamas
4th Middlesex District	Cindy Friedman (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
5th Middlesex District	Jason Lewis (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin, and Hampshire District	Paul Mark (i)	David Rosa
Bristol and Norfolk District	Paul Feeney (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
Cape and Islands District	Julian Andre Cyr (i)	Christopher Lauzon
Hampden, Hampshire, and Worcester District	Jacob Oliveira (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
Hampden District	Adam Gomez (i) Malo Brown	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
Hampden and Hampshire District	John Velis (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester District	Jo Comerford (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
Middlesex and Norfolk District	Karen Spilka (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
Middlesex and Suffolk District	Sal DiDomenico (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
Middlesex and Worcester District	James Eldridge (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
Norfolk, Plymouth, and Bristol District	Erin Bradley Kathleen Crogan-Camara William Driscoll Jr.	Steven David Fruzzetti (Write-in) Did not make the ballot: Brian Muello
Norfolk, Worcester, and Middlesex District	Becca Rausch (i)	Dashe Videira (Write-in)
Norfolk and Middlesex District	Cynthia Stone Creem (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
Norfolk and Plymouth District	John Keenan (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
Norfolk and Suffolk District	Michael Rush (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
Plymouth and Barnstable District	Dylan Fernandes	Kari MacRae Mathew Muratore
Suffolk and Middlesex District	William Brownsberger (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
Worcester and Hampden District	Anthony Allard	Ryan Fattman (i)
Worcester and Hampshire District	Sheila Dibb (Write-in)	Peter Durant (i)
Worcester and Middlesex District	John J. Cronin (i)	Nicholas Pirro III

House of Representatives

See also: Massachusetts House of Representatives elections, 2024

Elections for the Massachusetts House of Representatives took place in 2024. The general election was on November 5, 2024. The primary was September 3, 2024. The filing deadline was May 28, 2024. To see a full list of state House candidates in the Democratic primaries, click "Show more" below.

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Massachusetts House of Representatives elections, 2024
Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name. = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
Office	Democratic	Republican	Other
1st Barnstable District	Chris Flanagan (i)	Gerald Joseph O'Connell (Write-in)
1st Berkshire District	John Barrett III (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
1st Bristol District	Kostas Loukos David Martin   Michael E. Toole	Michael Chaisson
1st Essex District	Dawne Shand (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
1st Franklin District	Natalie Blais (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
1st Hampden District	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Todd Smola (i)
1st Hampshire District	Lindsay Sabadosa (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
1st Middlesex District	Margaret Scarsdale (i)	Lynne Archambault
1st Norfolk District	Bruce Ayers (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
1st Plymouth District	Michelle Badger   Arthur Desloges   Scott Hokanson   Stephen Michael Palmer	Jesse Brown Dee Spencer
1st Suffolk District	Adrian Madaro (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
1st Worcester District	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Kimberly Ferguson (i)
2nd Barnstable District	Kip Diggs (i)	Susanne Conley
2nd Berkshire District	Tricia Farley-Bouvier (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
2nd Bristol District	James Hawkins (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
2nd Essex District	Kristin Kassner (i)	Mark Tashjian (Write-in)
2nd Franklin District	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Jeffrey Raymond
2nd Hampden District	Brian Michael Ashe (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
2nd Hampshire District	Homar Gomez	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
2nd Middlesex District	James Arciero (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
2nd Norfolk District	Tackey Chan (i)	Sharon Cintolo
2nd Plymouth District	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Susan Gifford (i) John Gaskey
2nd Suffolk District	Daniel Joseph Ryan (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
2nd Worcester District	Jonathan Zlotnik (i)	Bruce Chester
3rd Barnstable District	Kathleen Fox Alfano	David Vieira (i)
3rd Berkshire District	Leigh Davis Jamie Minacci Patrick White	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
3rd Bristol District	Carol Doherty (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
3rd Essex District	Andy Vargas (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
3rd Hampden District	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Nicholas Boldyga (i)
3rd Hampshire District	Mindy Domb (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
3rd Middlesex District	Kate Hogan (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
3rd Norfolk District	Ronald Mariano (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
3rd Plymouth District	Joan Meschino (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
3rd Suffolk District	Aaron Michlewitz (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
3rd Worcester District	Michael Kushmerek (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
4th Barnstable District	Hadley Luddy Did not make the ballot: Michael Herman	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
4th Bristol District	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Steven Howitt (i)
4th Essex District	Estela Reyes (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
4th Hampden District	Bridget Matthews-Kane	Kelly Pease (i)
4th Middlesex District	Danielle Gregoire (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
4th Norfolk District	James Murphy (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
4th Plymouth District	Patrick Joseph Kearney (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
4th Suffolk District	David Biele (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
4th Worcester District	Natalie Higgins (i)	Salvatore Perla Jr.
5th Barnstable District	Owen Fletcher	Steven Xiarhos (i)
5th Bristol District	Patricia Haddad (i)	Justin Thurber
5th Essex District	Ann-Margaret Ferrante (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
5th Hampden District	Patricia Duffy (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
5th Middlesex District	David Linsky (i) Jaymin Patel	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
5th Norfolk District	Mark Cusack (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
5th Plymouth District	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	David DeCoste (i)
5th Suffolk District	Christopher Worrell (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
5th Worcester District	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Donald Berthiaume Jr. (i)
6th Bristol District	Carole Fiola (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
6th Essex District	Jerry Parisella (i)	Ty Vitale
6th Hampden District	Michael Finn (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
6th Middlesex District	Priscila Sousa (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
6th Norfolk District	William Galvin (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
6th Plymouth District	Rebecca Coletta	Jane Cournan Kenneth Sweezey
6th Suffolk District	Russell Holmes (i) Haris Hardaway Samuel Pierce	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
6th Worcester District	Jeanne Renaud Costello	John J. Marsi Jr. (i)
7th Bristol District	Alan Silvia (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
7th Essex District	Manny Cruz (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
7th Hampden District	Aaron Saunders (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
7th Middlesex District	Jack Patrick Lewis (i) Carlton Phelps	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
7th Norfolk District	Christos Alexopoulos Tony King Richard Wells Jr.	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
7th Plymouth District	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Alyson Sullivan (i)
7th Suffolk District	Chynah Tyler (i) Did not make the ballot: Said Ahmed	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
7th Worcester District	Doreen Goodrich (Write-in)	Paul Frost (i) Michelle Frigon
8th Bristol District	Steven Ouellette	Christopher Thrasher (Write-in)
8th Essex District	Jenny Armini (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
8th Hampden District	Shirley Arriaga (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
8th Middlesex District	James Arena-DeRosa (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
8th Norfolk District	Edward Philips (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
8th Plymouth District	Dennis Gallagher	Sandra Wright
8th Suffolk District	Jay Livingstone (i) Lisa Graf   Kelechi Linardon	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
8th Worcester District	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Michael Soter (i)
9th Bristol District	Christopher Markey (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
9th Essex District	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Donald Wong (i)
9th Hampden District	Orlando Ramos (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
9th Middlesex District	Thomas Stanley (i) Heather May	Carly Downs
9th Norfolk District	Kevin Kalkut	Marcus Vaughn (i)
9th Plymouth District	Bridget Plouffe	Lawrence Novak
9th Suffolk District	John Moran (i)	Roy Owens
9th Worcester District	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	David Muradian Jr. (i)
10th Bristol District	Mark Sylvia	Robert McConnell Joseph Pires
10th Essex District	Dan Cahill (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
10th Hampden District	Carlos Gonzalez (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
10th Middlesex District	John Lawn (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
10th Norfolk District	Jeffrey Roy (i)	Charles F. Bailey III
10th Plymouth District	Michelle DuBois (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
10th Suffolk District	Bill MacGregor (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
10th Worcester District	Brian Murray (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
11th Bristol District	Christopher Hendricks (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
11th Essex District	Hong Net   Sean Reid	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
11th Hampden District	Bud Williams (i) Johnnie McKnight	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
11th Middlesex District	Alexander Jablon Amy Sangiolo	Vladislav Yanovsky
11th Norfolk District	Paul McMurtry (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
11th Plymouth District	Rita Mendes (i) Fred Fontaine	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
11th Suffolk District	Judith García (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
11th Worcester District	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Hannah Kane (i)
12th Bristol District	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Norman Orrall (i)
12th Essex District	Thomas Walsh (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
12th Hampden District	Angelo Puppolo Jr. (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
12th Middlesex District	Bill Humphrey   Rick Lipof Greg Schwartz	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
12th Norfolk District	John Rogers (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
12th Plymouth District	Kathleen LaNatra (i)	Eric Meschino
12th Suffolk District	Brandy Fluker Oakley (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
12th Worcester District	Meghan Kilcoyne (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
13th Bristol District	Antonio Cabral (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
13th Essex District	Sally Kerans (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
13th Middlesex District	Carmine Lawrence Gentile (i)	Virginia Gardner (Write-in)
13th Norfolk District	Patrick Gatto Kenneth Ruetenik Joshua Tarsky Bhuren Harish Patel (Write-in)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
13th Suffolk District	Daniel Hunt (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
13th Worcester District	John Mahoney (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
14th Bristol District	Adam Scanlon (i)	David Cannata
14th Essex District	Adrianne Ramos (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
14th Middlesex District	Simon Cataldo (i)	Doreen Ann Deshler (Write-in)
14th Norfolk District	Alice Peisch (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
14th Suffolk District	Rob Consalvo (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
14th Worcester District	James O'Day (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
15th Essex District	Ryan Hamilton (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
15th Middlesex District	Michelle Ciccolo (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
15th Norfolk District	Tommy Vitolo (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
15th Suffolk District	Sam Montaño (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
15th Worcester District	Mary Keefe (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
16th Essex District	Francisco Paulino (i)   Marcos Devers	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
16th Middlesex District	Rodney Elliott (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
16th Suffolk District	Jessica Giannino (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
16th Worcester District	Daniel M. Donahue (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
17th Essex District	Frank Moran (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
17th Middlesex District	Vanna Howard (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
17th Suffolk District	Kevin Honan (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
17th Worcester District	David LeBoeuf (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
18th Essex District	Tram Nguyen (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
18th Middlesex District	Rady Mom (i) Tara Hong   Andrew Kollar	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
18th Suffolk District	Michael Moran (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
18th Worcester District	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Joseph McKenna (i)
19th Middlesex District	David Allen Robertson (i)	Paul Sarnowski
19th Suffolk District	Jeffrey Turco (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
19th Worcester District	Kate Donaghue (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
20th Middlesex District	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Bradley Jones Jr. (i)
21st Middlesex District	Kenneth Gordon (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
22nd Middlesex District	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Marc Lombardo (i)
23rd Middlesex District	Sean Garballey (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
24th Middlesex District	David Rogers (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
25th Middlesex District	Marjorie Decker (i) Evan MacKay	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
26th Middlesex District	Mike Connolly (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
27th Middlesex District	Erika Uyterhoeven (i) Kathleen Hornby	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
28th Middlesex District	Joseph McGonagle Jr. (i) Michael Marchese	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
29th Middlesex District	Steven Owens (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
30th Middlesex District	Richard Haggerty (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
31st Middlesex District	Michael Day (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
32nd Middlesex District	Kate Lipper-Garabedian (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
33rd Middlesex District	Steven Ultrino (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
34th Middlesex District	Christine Barber (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
35th Middlesex District	Paul Donato Sr. (i) Nichole Mossalam   Zayda Ortiz	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
36th Middlesex District	Colleen Garry (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
37th Middlesex District	Danillo Sena (i)	Gary Grossi (Write-in)
Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket District	Arielle Faria Thomas Moakley	Erich Horgan (Write-in)

State executive offices

See also: Massachusetts state executive official elections, 2024

Eight state executive offices were up for election in Massachusetts in 2024:

Governor's Council (8 seats)

To see a full list of candidates in the Democratic primaries, click "Show more" below.

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Governor's Council

District 1

Democratic primary candidates

• Joseph Ferreira (Incumbent) ✔

District 2

Democratic primary candidates

• Tamisha Civil ✔
• Muriel Kramer
• Sean Murphy
• David Reservitz

District 3

Democratic primary candidates

• Marilyn Petitto Devaney (Incumbent) 
• Mara Dolan ✔ 

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District 4

Democratic primary candidates

• Christopher Iannella (Incumbent) ✔
• Stacey Borden
• Ronald Iacobucci

District 5

Democratic primary candidates

• Eunice Zeigler ✔

District 6

Democratic primary candidates

• Terrence Kennedy (Incumbent) ✔

District 7

Democratic primary candidates

• Paul DePalo (Incumbent) ✔ 

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District 8

Democratic primary candidates

• Tara Jacobs (Incumbent) ✔

Voting information

See also: Voting in Massachusetts

Election information in Massachusetts: Sep. 3, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

• In-person: Aug. 24, 2024
• By mail: Received by Aug. 24, 2024
• Online: Aug. 24, 2024

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

• In-person: Aug. 26, 2024
• By mail: Received by Aug. 26, 2024
• Online: Aug. 26, 2024

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

• In-person: Sep. 3, 2024
• By mail: Received by Sep. 3, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

N/A

What were the early voting start and end dates?

Aug. 24, 2024 to Aug. 30, 2024

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

7:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (EST)

Context of the 2024 elections

Massachusetts Party Control: 1992-2024
Ten years of Democratic trifectas  •  No Republican trifectas
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State party overview

Democratic Party of Massachusetts

See also: Democratic Party of Massachusetts

State political party revenue

See also: State political party revenue and State political party revenue per capita

State political parties typically deposit revenue in separate state and federal accounts in order to comply with state and federal campaign finance laws.

The Democratic Party and the Republican Party maintain state affiliates in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and select U.S. territories. The following map displays total state political party revenue per capita for the Democratic state party affiliates.

Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

There are no Pivot Counties in Massachusetts. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton (D) won Massachusetts with 60 percent of the vote. Donald Trump (R) received 32.8 percent. In presidential elections between 1789 and 2016, Massachusetts voted Republican 36.2 percent of the time and Democratic 34.4 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Massachusetts voted Democratic all five times.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Massachusetts. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 135 out of 160 state House districts in Massachusetts with an average margin of victory of 31.6 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 141 out of 160 state House districts in Massachusetts with an average margin of victory of 34.1 points. Clinton won 21 districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.

In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 25 out of 160 state House districts in Massachusetts with an average margin of victory of 4.1 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 19 out of 160 state House districts in Massachusetts with an average margin of victory of 5.5 points. Trump won five districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.

2016 presidential results by state House district
District	Obama	Romney	2012 Margin	Clinton	Trump	2016 Margin	Party Control
1st Barnstable	52.83%	45.95%	D+6.9	54.25%	40.30%	D+13.9	R
2nd Barnstable	51.41%	47.36%	D+4	51.23%	43.35%	D+7.9	R
3rd Barnstable	51.51%	47.40%	D+4.1	51.46%	43.18%	D+8.3	R
4th Barnstable	59.37%	39.15%	D+20.2	61.01%	33.27%	D+27.7	D
5th Barnstable	46.70%	52.18%	R+5.5	46.51%	47.96%	R+1.5	R
Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket	66.06%	32.40%	D+33.7	67.91%	26.73%	D+41.2	D
1st Berkshire	75.97%	21.96%	D+54	64.80%	28.91%	D+35.9	D
2nd Berkshire	72.11%	25.20%	D+46.9	62.79%	28.88%	D+33.9	D
3rd Berkshire	78.04%	20.17%	D+57.9	69.82%	23.79%	D+46	D
4th Berkshire	72.73%	25.16%	D+47.6	67.10%	26.65%	D+40.4	D
1st Bristol	49.95%	48.60%	D+1.3	51.43%	41.88%	D+9.5	R
2nd Bristol	54.45%	43.74%	D+10.7	51.21%	42.15%	D+9.1	D
3rd Bristol	58.04%	40.47%	D+17.6	51.99%	42.18%	D+9.8	R
4th Bristol	49.92%	48.56%	D+1.4	44.73%	49.52%	R+4.8	R
5th Bristol	58.87%	39.64%	D+19.2	47.75%	47.17%	D+0.6	D
6th Bristol	68.82%	29.72%	D+39.1	56.35%	38.69%	D+17.7	D
7th Bristol	77.30%	21.38%	D+55.9	60.14%	35.19%	D+24.9	D
8th Bristol	61.64%	36.65%	D+25	49.62%	45.70%	D+3.9	D
9th Bristol	63.77%	34.82%	D+29	54.87%	40.02%	D+14.9	D
10th Bristol	57.46%	40.85%	D+16.6	51.95%	42.49%	D+9.5	D
11th Bristol	67.49%	30.98%	D+36.5	53.72%	41.37%	D+12.4	D
12th Bristol	47.98%	50.59%	R+2.6	42.18%	51.17%	R+9	R
13th Bristol	79.03%	19.51%	D+59.5	67.99%	27.51%	D+40.5	D
14th Bristol	47.95%	50.47%	R+2.5	49.19%	43.69%	D+5.5	R
1st Essex	58.73%	39.73%	D+19	58.92%	34.55%	D+24.4	R
2nd Essex	47.64%	50.94%	R+3.3	50.01%	43.20%	D+6.8	R
3rd Essex	58.33%	40.05%	D+18.3	54.68%	39.44%	D+15.2	D
4th Essex	49.49%	48.99%	D+0.5	56.39%	36.14%	D+20.2	R
5th Essex	61.97%	36.37%	D+25.6	61.31%	32.31%	D+29	D
6th Essex	58.28%	39.92%	D+18.4	61.15%	32.02%	D+29.1	D
7th Essex	69.04%	29.05%	D+40	69.34%	25.32%	D+44	D
8th Essex	58.96%	39.82%	D+19.1	65.25%	29.15%	D+36.1	D
9th Essex	51.28%	47.55%	D+3.7	48.11%	47.22%	D+0.9	R
10th Essex	73.89%	24.92%	D+49	69.13%	26.74%	D+42.4	D
11th Essex	72.61%	26.32%	D+46.3	68.14%	27.90%	D+40.2	D
12th Essex	58.23%	40.71%	D+17.5	54.68%	40.76%	D+13.9	D
13th Essex	49.14%	49.76%	R+0.6	48.34%	46.53%	D+1.8	D
14th Essex	54.53%	44.41%	D+10.1	57.19%	37.48%	D+19.7	D
15th Essex	49.66%	48.95%	D+0.7	48.67%	46.26%	D+2.4	D
16th Essex	85.76%	13.45%	D+72.3	84.45%	12.80%	D+71.6	D
17th Essex	69.57%	29.27%	D+40.3	72.28%	23.64%	D+48.6	D
18th Essex	46.04%	52.72%	R+6.7	54.32%	39.92%	D+14.4	R
1st Franklin	72.05%	24.24%	D+47.8	65.61%	25.83%	D+39.8	D
2nd Franklin	56.98%	40.32%	D+16.7	46.76%	44.48%	D+2.3	R
1st Hampden	50.50%	47.10%	D+3.4	41.37%	50.94%	R+9.6	R
2nd Hampden	48.88%	49.81%	R+0.9	48.48%	45.34%	D+3.1	D
3rd Hampden	48.21%	50.34%	R+2.1	40.77%	53.04%	R+12.3	R
4th Hampden	52.05%	46.09%	D+6	44.18%	48.46%	R+4.3	D
5th Hampden	76.21%	22.23%	D+54	70.31%	24.26%	D+46	D
6th Hampden	57.70%	40.76%	D+16.9	50.76%	42.70%	D+8.1	D
7th Hampden	58.26%	40.16%	D+18.1	49.63%	44.46%	D+5.2	D
8th Hampden	62.46%	35.74%	D+26.7	52.02%	41.54%	D+10.5	D
9th Hampden	73.98%	24.89%	D+49.1	67.07%	28.05%	D+39	D
10th Hampden	89.24%	9.80%	D+79.4	86.30%	10.44%	D+75.9	D
11th Hampden	87.10%	12.17%	D+74.9	83.07%	13.51%	D+69.6	D
12th Hampden	56.20%	42.36%	D+13.8	53.48%	41.01%	D+12.5	D
1st Hampshire	74.76%	21.85%	D+52.9	73.04%	20.69%	D+52.4	D
2nd Hampshire	64.93%	32.82%	D+32.1	60.89%	32.47%	D+28.4	D
3rd Hampshire	80.22%	15.53%	D+64.7	80.48%	12.34%	D+68.1	D
1st Middlesex	47.26%	50.81%	R+3.6	48.66%	43.00%	D+5.7	R
2nd Middlesex	50.57%	47.70%	D+2.9	57.63%	35.02%	D+22.6	D
3rd Middlesex	56.98%	41.08%	D+15.9	60.45%	32.31%	D+28.1	D
4th Middlesex	56.82%	41.66%	D+15.2	60.04%	32.92%	D+27.1	D
5th Middlesex	61.30%	37.21%	D+24.1	67.13%	26.71%	D+40.4	D
6th Middlesex	63.78%	34.77%	D+29	68.63%	25.73%	D+42.9	D
7th Middlesex	65.17%	33.11%	D+32.1	68.55%	25.96%	D+42.6	D
8th Middlesex	52.11%	46.32%	D+5.8	61.49%	31.69%	D+29.8	D
9th Middlesex	62.07%	36.35%	D+25.7	65.73%	29.21%	D+36.5	D
10th Middlesex	66.81%	30.90%	D+35.9	70.11%	24.47%	D+45.6	D
11th Middlesex	72.44%	25.87%	D+46.6	79.67%	16.11%	D+63.6	D
12th Middlesex	71.39%	27.24%	D+44.2	79.78%	15.97%	D+63.8	D
13th Middlesex	59.89%	38.66%	D+21.2	69.70%	25.02%	D+44.7	D
14th Middlesex	61.45%	36.93%	D+24.5	70.68%	23.09%	D+47.6	D
15th Middlesex	65.23%	33.25%	D+32	70.89%	24.36%	D+46.5	D
16th Middlesex	57.39%	40.81%	D+16.6	57.07%	36.89%	D+20.2	D
17th Middlesex	64.30%	34.06%	D+30.2	63.64%	30.81%	D+32.8	D
18th Middlesex	72.01%	26.19%	D+45.8	70.80%	23.93%	D+46.9	D
19th Middlesex	47.72%	50.95%	R+3.2	45.71%	48.35%	R+2.6	D
20th Middlesex	44.55%	54.30%	R+9.8	49.17%	45.33%	D+3.8	R
21st Middlesex	53.64%	44.91%	D+8.7	58.01%	36.52%	D+21.5	D
22nd Middlesex	48.95%	49.55%	R+0.6	46.63%	47.64%	R+1	R
23rd Middlesex	70.03%	28.02%	D+42	75.40%	20.23%	D+55.2	D
24th Middlesex	70.77%	27.24%	D+43.5	77.16%	17.73%	D+59.4	D
25th Middlesex	87.71%	9.28%	D+78.4	91.60%	4.47%	D+87.1	D
26th Middlesex	83.86%	12.83%	D+71	85.23%	9.96%	D+75.3	D
27th Middlesex	83.33%	12.56%	D+70.8	86.25%	8.61%	D+77.6	D
28th Middlesex	71.63%	27.32%	D+44.3	68.19%	28.40%	D+39.8	D
29th Middlesex	77.88%	19.90%	D+58	80.34%	14.99%	D+65.3	D
30th Middlesex	54.29%	44.44%	D+9.8	56.38%	38.41%	D+18	D
31st Middlesex	54.40%	44.32%	D+10.1	59.35%	35.33%	D+24	D
32nd Middlesex	58.58%	40.09%	D+18.5	63.26%	31.55%	D+31.7	D
33rd Middlesex	71.29%	27.38%	D+43.9	70.43%	25.37%	D+45.1	D
34th Middlesex	77.59%	19.70%	D+57.9	79.06%	16.41%	D+62.7	D
35th Middlesex	66.99%	31.33%	D+35.7	67.97%	27.68%	D+40.3	D
36th Middlesex	45.48%	53.03%	R+7.6	42.87%	50.73%	R+7.9	D
37th Middlesex	57.30%	40.51%	D+16.8	61.57%	31.42%	D+30.2	D
1st Norfolk	63.32%	35.48%	D+27.8	64.99%	30.69%	D+34.3	D
2nd Norfolk	61.48%	36.87%	D+24.6	62.08%	32.68%	D+29.4	D
3rd Norfolk	57.76%	40.72%	D+17	56.10%	38.52%	D+17.6	D
4th Norfolk	54.00%	44.71%	D+9.3	54.04%	40.55%	D+13.5	D
5th Norfolk	53.33%	45.49%	D+7.8	54.21%	40.96%	D+13.2	D
6th Norfolk	54.76%	43.94%	D+10.8	57.99%	36.76%	D+21.2	D
7th Norfolk	64.53%	34.43%	D+30.1	70.26%	25.65%	D+44.6	D
8th Norfolk	57.44%	41.37%	D+16.1	62.81%	31.87%	D+30.9	D
9th Norfolk	45.47%	53.10%	R+7.6	50.22%	42.53%	D+7.7	R
10th Norfolk	49.83%	48.66%	D+1.2	53.95%	39.29%	D+14.7	D
11th Norfolk	52.45%	46.30%	D+6.2	59.11%	35.26%	D+23.9	D
12th Norfolk	52.22%	46.45%	D+5.8	55.81%	38.57%	D+17.2	D
13th Norfolk	56.03%	42.84%	D+13.2	68.71%	25.54%	D+43.2	D
14th Norfolk	55.45%	43.45%	D+12	71.30%	23.03%	D+48.3	D
15th Norfolk	79.91%	18.38%	D+61.5	86.69%	9.54%	D+77.2	D
1st Plymouth	50.69%	48.14%	D+2.6	49.30%	44.37%	D+4.9	R
2nd Plymouth	51.35%	47.20%	D+4.1	44.33%	49.21%	R+4.9	R
3rd Plymouth	50.47%	48.53%	D+1.9	59.44%	34.90%	D+24.5	D
4th Plymouth	47.44%	51.41%	R+4	50.56%	43.65%	D+6.9	D
5th Plymouth	45.28%	53.60%	R+8.3	47.09%	47.03%	D+0.1	R
6th Plymouth	45.38%	53.57%	R+8.2	46.64%	46.63%	D+0	D
7th Plymouth	48.54%	50.16%	R+1.6	44.57%	48.99%	R+4.4	R
8th Plymouth	47.35%	51.33%	R+4	44.46%	49.48%	R+5	R
9th Plymouth	81.06%	18.22%	D+62.8	78.39%	18.68%	D+59.7	D
10th Plymouth	61.75%	37.09%	D+24.7	58.16%	36.73%	D+21.4	D
11th Plymouth	58.06%	40.87%	D+17.2	60.55%	34.28%	D+26.3	D
12th Plymouth	47.40%	51.32%	R+3.9	45.61%	48.24%	R+2.6	D
1st Suffolk	73.37%	24.91%	D+48.5	73.10%	22.68%	D+50.4	D
2nd Suffolk	71.84%	26.90%	D+44.9	76.21%	19.22%	D+57	D
3rd Suffolk	71.09%	27.35%	D+43.7	79.66%	15.45%	D+64.2	D
4th Suffolk	61.05%	37.30%	D+23.7	68.29%	26.46%	D+41.8	D
5th Suffolk	94.61%	4.81%	D+89.8	92.68%	5.07%	D+87.6	D
6th Suffolk	95.47%	4.08%	D+91.4	93.59%	4.54%	D+89	D
7th Suffolk	92.59%	6.06%	D+86.5	91.36%	5.13%	D+86.2	D
8th Suffolk	72.73%	24.88%	D+47.8	83.11%	11.68%	D+71.4	D
9th Suffolk	82.40%	16.00%	D+66.4	88.02%	8.40%	D+79.6	D
10th Suffolk	63.79%	34.72%	D+29.1	69.50%	26.11%	D+43.4	D
11th Suffolk	91.98%	5.56%	D+86.4	91.90%	4.62%	D+87.3	D
12th Suffolk	89.27%	10.00%	D+79.3	88.55%	8.74%	D+79.8	D
13th Suffolk	75.39%	23.17%	D+52.2	75.29%	20.60%	D+54.7	D
14th Suffolk	79.00%	19.99%	D+59	79.52%	17.18%	D+62.3	D
15th Suffolk	84.86%	12.29%	D+72.6	87.51%	8.19%	D+79.3	D
16th Suffolk	63.50%	35.30%	D+28.2	59.11%	37.28%	D+21.8	D
17th Suffolk	77.64%	18.89%	D+58.7	82.86%	11.64%	D+71.2	D
18th Suffolk	74.20%	23.06%	D+51.1	80.06%	14.20%	D+65.9	D
19th Suffolk	63.48%	35.30%	D+28.2	59.95%	35.80%	D+24.1	D
1st Worcester	46.67%	51.71%	R+5	47.91%	44.44%	D+3.5	R
2nd Worcester	53.41%	44.50%	D+8.9	45.44%	45.79%	R+0.4	D
3rd Worcester	58.54%	39.51%	D+19	55.84%	37.09%	D+18.8	D
4th Worcester	52.53%	45.87%	D+6.7	50.78%	42.31%	D+8.5	D
5th Worcester	48.13%	49.61%	R+1.5	40.09%	52.24%	R+12.2	R
6th Worcester	52.73%	45.50%	D+7.2	44.60%	48.25%	R+3.7	R
7th Worcester	49.84%	48.30%	D+1.5	45.40%	47.56%	R+2.2	R
8th Worcester	48.75%	49.58%	R+0.8	43.70%	49.00%	R+5.3	R
9th Worcester	48.24%	49.97%	R+1.7	49.20%	42.92%	D+6.3	R
10th Worcester	52.50%	46.08%	D+6.4	52.64%	41.20%	D+11.4	D
11th Worcester	53.37%	45.35%	D+8	58.58%	35.43%	D+23.2	R
12th Worcester	51.02%	47.03%	D+4	51.95%	40.30%	D+11.6	D
13th Worcester	63.31%	34.84%	D+28.5	64.37%	29.71%	D+34.7	D
14th Worcester	63.30%	35.15%	D+28.1	62.37%	31.65%	D+30.7	D
15th Worcester	74.95%	23.26%	D+51.7	70.59%	24.24%	D+46.3	D
16th Worcester	69.75%	28.73%	D+41	66.34%	28.56%	D+37.8	D
17th Worcester	63.80%	34.38%	D+29.4	59.07%	34.73%	D+24.3	R
18th Worcester	45.93%	52.43%	R+6.5	40.90%	52.00%	R+11.1	R
Total	60.79%	37.60%	D+23.2	60.98%	33.34%	D+27.6	-
Source: Daily Kos

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