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Massachusetts' 6th Congressional District election, 2026 (September 1 Democratic primary)

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Massachusetts' 6th Congressional District
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Election details
Filing deadline: June 2, 2026
Primary: September 1, 2026
General: November 3, 2026
How to vote
Poll times:

7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Voting in Massachusetts

Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Democratic
DDHQ and The Hill: Pending
Inside Elections: Solid Democratic
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic
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A Democratic Party primary takes place on September 1, 2026, in Massachusetts' 6th Congressional District to determine which Democratic candidate will run in the district's general election on November 3, 2026.

Candidate filing deadline Primary election General election
June 2, 2026
September 1, 2026
November 3, 2026



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 where voters who are affiliated with a political party and unaffiliated voters may vote in a party's primary.[1][2]

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

This is one of 56 open races for the U.S. House of Representatives this year in which an incumbent is not running for re-election. Across the country, 21 Democrats and 35 Republicans are not running for re-election. In 2024, 45 incumbents — 24 Democrats and 21 Republicans — did not seek re-election.

This page focuses on Massachusetts' 6th Congressional District Democratic primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Republican primary and the general election, see the following pages:

Candidates and election results

Note: The following list includes official candidates only. Ballotpedia defines official candidates as people who:

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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Massachusetts District 6

The following candidates are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Massachusetts District 6 on September 1, 2026.

Candidate
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Beth Andres-Beck
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John Beccia
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Rachel Creemers  Candidate Connection
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Rick Jakious
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Mariah Lancaster
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Tram Nguyen
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Jamie Zahlaway Belsito

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Candidate profiles

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Rachel Creemers

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Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Submitted Biography:  "I'm an educational animator and street artist from Salem, and I'm running on a platform of a Worker's Bill of Rights; a Right to Sanity, Stability, and Fair Pay. As an outspoken progressive activist, I've worked up and down the east coast the last 10 years on progressive causes, even interning at the Senate with Senator Sanders. I've worked to support causes like The Green New Deal, Medicare for All, Housing as a Human Right, LGBTQIA+ Rights, and Labor Rights for the Post Office and local workers. I'm tired of being tired. The more I look at where the Democratic party is going, the more I see the same taglines and phrases recycled for the last 10 plus years, and a stagnation of ideas to tackle the real problems facing us. I refuse to wait another decade for the party to slowly catch up to where the people are at now. I'm talking about common sense legislation, like making it illegal to be able to bully your workers. I'm talking about tying a company's success to their workforce, creating laws where CEOs can only make 10 times the amount of their lowest paid worker. I'm talking about creating government run grocery stores that are run similar to our military commissaries, where the goal of the store isn't to maximize profits but to instead keep families everywhere fed at affordable prices. When I first got into politics, I door knocked for Ayanna Pressley as a barista at Diesel Cafe. She would say"

Key Messages

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We need a Worker's Bill of Rights, a right to Sanity, Stability, and Fair Pay Sanity - workers would no longer be allowed to be bullied at work. Stability - large companies would no longer be able to lay employees off to boost their stock prices Fair Pay - A CEO's pay would only allowed to be ten times the amount of the lowest paid worker. That way if the CEO wants a raise, everyone gets a raise.

Grocery prices need to come down, and the US already has a program that protects people from being price gouged. Creating a government run grocery store that is equivalent to the military commissary program would make feeding Americans everywhere their mission, as opposed to maximizing profits

Housing needs to stop being a Wall Street asset. The amount of single family houses that an individual can own needs to be limited to 10 or less, returning investment properties back to the neighborhoods and folks who want to live there.

Voting information

See also: Voting in Massachusetts

Election information in Massachusetts: Sep. 1, 2026, election.

What is the voter registration deadline?

  • In-person: Aug. 22, 2026
  • By mail: Postmarked by Aug. 22, 2026
  • Online: Aug. 22, 2026

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

N/A

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

  • In-person: Aug. 25, 2026
  • By mail: Received by Aug. 25, 2026
  • Online: Aug. 25, 2026

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

  • In-person: Sep. 1, 2026
  • By mail: Received by Sep. 1, 2026

Is early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What are the early voting start and end dates?

Aug. 22, 2026 to Aug. 28, 2026

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

N/A

When are polls open on Election Day?

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

Campaign finance

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Beth Andres-Beck Democratic Party $136,215 $73,483 $62,732 As of December 31, 2025
John Beccia Democratic Party $1,135,171 $122,385 $1,012,786 As of December 31, 2025
Rachel Creemers Democratic Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
Rick Jakious Democratic Party $299,643 $57,674 $241,969 As of December 31, 2025
Dan Koh Democratic Party $2,005,395 $200,945 $1,805,790 As of December 31, 2025
Mariah Lancaster Democratic Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
Tram Nguyen Democratic Party $257,146 $55,268 $201,878 As of December 31, 2025
Jamie Zahlaway Belsito Democratic Party $77,024 $3,006 $74,018 As of December 31, 2025

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2026. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee."
** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.
*** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

District analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.

  • District map - A map of the district in place for the election.
  • Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2026 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.


Below is the district map in place for this election. Click the map below to enlarge it.

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See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2026
Information about competitiveness will be added here as it becomes available.

Partisan Voter Index

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is D+11. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 11 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Massachusetts' 6th the 117th most Democratic district nationally.[3]

2020 presidential election results

The table below shows what the vote in the 2024 presidential election was in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by The Downballot.

2024 presidential results in Massachusetts' 6th Congressional District
Kamala Harris Democratic PartyDonald Trump Republican Party
59.0%39.0%

Presidential voting history

See also: Presidential election in Massachusetts, 2024

Massachusetts presidential election results (1900-2024)

  • 22 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 2024
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 D
See also: Party control of Massachusetts state government

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Massachusetts' congressional delegation as of October 2025.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Massachusetts
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 October 2025.

State executive officials in Massachusetts, October 2025
OfficeOfficeholder
GovernorDemocratic Party Maura Healey
Lieutenant GovernorDemocratic Party Kim Driscoll
Secretary of StateDemocratic Party William Galvin
Attorney GeneralDemocratic Party Andrea Campbell

State legislature

Massachusetts State Senate

Party As of February 2026
     Democratic Party 34
     Republican Party 5
     Other 0
     Vacancies 1
Total 40

Massachusetts House of Representatives

Party As of February 2026
     Democratic Party 132
     Republican Party 25
     Other 1
     Unenrolled 0
     Vacancies 2
Total 160

Trifecta control

Massachusetts Party Control: 1992-2025
Eleven 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 23 24 25
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 D D D
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 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 D D D

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Massachusetts in the 2026 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Massachusetts, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2026
State Office Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
Massachusetts U.S. House Ballot-qualified party 2,000 N/A 6/2/2026 Source
Massachusetts U.S. House Unaffiliated 2,000 N/A 8/25/2026 Source

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Massachusetts Legislature, "Mass. Gen. Laws Ann. ch. 53, § 37," accessed December 6, 2025
  2. ↑ Massachusetts Legislature, "Mass. Gen. Laws Ann. ch. 53, § 38," accessed December 6, 2025
  3. ↑ Cook Political Report, "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)," accessed July 1, 2025


Massachusetts' current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators
Edward Markey (D)
Elizabeth Warren (D)
Representatives
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9
Democratic Party (11)


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