Massachusetts state legislative election results, 2024
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The sections below contain analysis of election results in the state legislative elections for Massachusetts in 2024.
General election results
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Retiring incumbents
Senate
Three incumbents did not file for re-election in 2024.[1] The average number of total retirements from 2010 to 2022 was 4. Those incumbents were:
| Name | Party | Office |
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| Susan Moran |  Democratic |
Plymouth and Barnstable District |
| Walter Timilty | Democratic |
Norfolk, Plymouth, and Bristol District |
| Marc Pacheco | Democratic |
3rd Bristol and Plymouth District |
House
Sixteen incumbents did not file for re-election in 2024.[2] The average number of total retirements from 2010 to 2022 was 16.7. Those incumbents were:
Primary election competitiveness
This section contains data on state legislative primary election competitiveness in Massachusetts. These totals include data from all regularly-scheduled House and Senate elections. For more information about Ballotpedia's competitiveness analysis of state legislative elections, please click here.
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all state legislative districts up for election in Massachusetts in 2024. Information below was calculated on July 3, 2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
Massachusetts had 33 contested state legislative primaries on September 3, 2024, the fewest since Ballotpedia started tracking in 2010.
There were 27 contested Democratic primaries and six contested Republican primaries. For both parties that was below the average from 2010 to 2022. The average number of contested Democratic primaries was 36.9 and the average number of contested Republican primaries was 8.3.
In addition to having fewer contested primaries, Massachusetts also had fewer candidates running for state legislative seats in 2024.
There were 279 candidates running in Massachusetts’ state legislative primaries, the fewest since Ballotpedia started tracking in 2010 and about 15.6% below the 2010 to 2022 average of 330.4.
Of all candidates, 218 were Democrats and 61 were Republicans, these were record lows for both parties.
All 200 seats of the Massachusetts General Court were up for election in 2024.
There were 181 incumbents running for reelection. From 2010 to 2022, the average number of incumbents running for reelection was 179.7.
Eighteen incumbents, or about 9.9% faced primary challengers in 2024. Between 2010 to 2022, an average of 19.1, or 10.6% of incumbents faced a primary challenger.
Nineteen incumbents did not file for reelection in 2024. The average number of retirements from 2010 to 2022 was 20.3.
In Ballotpedia’s annual State Legislative Competitiveness report, Massachusetts received the lowest competitiveness index of all states holding elections in years that it had state legislative elections since 2016.
Massachusetts has had a Democratic trifecta since 2023, when Governor Maura Healey (D) assumed office. Since 1992, the state has had 10 years of Democratic trifectas and no Republican trifectas.
Senate
The table below shows the number and percentage of open seats in the Massachusetts State Senate from 2010 to 2024.[3]
| Open Seats in Massachusetts State Senate elections: 2010 - 2024 | |||
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| Year | Total seats | Open seats | Seats with incumbents running for re-election |
| 2024 | 40 | 3 (8 percent) | 37 (92 percent) |
| 2022 | 40 | 5 (13 percent) | 35 (87 percent) |
| 2020 | 40 | 0 (0 percent) | 40 (100 percent) |
| 2018 | 40 | 4 (10 percent) | 36 (90 percent) |
| 2016 | 40 | 3 (8 percent) | 37 (92 percent) |
| 2014 | 40 | 4 (10 percent) | 36 (90 percent) |
| 2012 | 40 | 2 (5 percent) | 38 (95 percent) |
| 2010 | 40 | 8 (20 percent) | 32 (80 percent) |
House
The table below shows the number and percentage of open seats in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2010 to 2024.[4]
| Open Seats in Massachusetts House of Representatives elections: 2010 - 2024 | |||
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| Year | Total seats | Open seats | Seats with incumbents running for re-election |
| 2024 | 160 | 16 (10 percent) | 144 (90 percent) |
| 2022 | 160 | 19 (12 percent) | 141 (88 percent) |
| 2020 | 160 | 15 (9 percent) | 145 (91 percent) |
| 2018 | 160 | 20 (13 percent) | 140 (87 percent) |
| 2016 | 160 | 9 (6 percent) | 151 (94 percent) |
| 2014 | 160 | 12 (8 percent) | 148 (92 percent) |
| 2012 | 160 | 4 (3 percent) | 156 (97 percent) |
| 2010 | 160 | 24 (15 percent) | 136 (85 percent) |
See also
- Elections
- Elections calendar
- Elections by state and year
- State Poll Opening and Closing Times
- State legislative elections, 2024
Footnotes
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines an incumbent as retiring if the incumbent did not file for office or filed for office but withdrew, was disqualified, or otherwise left a race in a manner other than losing the primary, primary runoff, or convention. If an incumbent runs as a write-in candidate, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring. If an incumbent runs in the same chamber for a different seat, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring.
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines an incumbent as retiring if the incumbent did not file for office or filed for office but withdrew, was disqualified, or otherwise left a race in a manner other than losing the primary, primary runoff, or convention. If an incumbent runs as a write-in candidate, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring. If an incumbent runs in the same chamber for a different seat, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring.
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines a seat as open if the incumbent did not file to run for re-election or filed but withdrew and did not appear on any ballot for his or her seat. If the incumbent withdrew from or did not participate in the primary but later chose to seek re-election to his or her seat as a third party or independent candidate, the seat would not be counted as open. If the incumbent retired or ran for a different seat in the same chamber, his or her original seat would be counted as open unless another incumbent from the same chamber filed to run for that seat, in which case it would not be counted as open due to the presence of an incumbent.
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines a seat as open if the incumbent did not file to run for re-election or filed but withdrew and did not appear on any ballot for his or her seat. If the incumbent withdrew from or did not participate in the primary but later chose to seek re-election to his or her seat as a third party or independent candidate, the seat would not be counted as open. If the incumbent retired or ran for a different seat in the same chamber, his or her original seat would be counted as open unless another incumbent from the same chamber filed to run for that seat, in which case it would not be counted as open due to the presence of an incumbent.
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