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United States House elections in Massachusetts, 2020 (September 1 Republican primaries)

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2020 U.S. House Elections in Massachusetts

Primary Date
September 1, 2020

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2020 U.S. Senate Elections

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The 2020 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts took place on November 3, 2020. Voters elected nine candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's nine congressional districts. This page focuses on the Republican primaries that took place in Massachusetts on September 1, 2020.

Click here for more information about the Democratic primaries.

Candidate filing deadline Primary election General election
May 5, 2020 & June 2, 2020[1]
September 1, 2020
November 3, 2020

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.[2][3]

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

Candidates

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District 1

Republican Party Republican primary candidates

The Republican Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.


    Did not make the ballot:

    District 2

    Republican Party Republican primary candidates

    District 3

    Republican Party Republican primary candidates

    The Republican Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.

      District 4

      Republican Party Republican primary candidates

      District 5

      Republican Party Republican primary candidates


      Did not make the ballot:


      Candidate Connection = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

      District 6

      Republican Party Republican primary candidates


      Candidate Connection = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

      District 7

      Republican Party Republican primary candidates

      District 8

      Republican Party Republican primary candidates

      The Republican Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.

        District 9

        Republican Party Republican primary candidates

        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.[4]

        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.[5][6]

        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.


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        Footnotes

        1. To appear on the ballot in Massachusetts, prospective candidates must submit nomination papers for certification to the registrars of the cities or towns in which signatures were collected and to the Secretary of the Commonwealth. The local filing deadline must occur four weeks prior to the candidate's second filing deadline with the Secretary of the Commonwealth. In 2020, the local-level filing deadline was May 5 and the state-level filing deadline was June 2. Click here to learn more.
        2. NCSL, "State Primary Election Types," accessed October 3, 2024
        3. Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, "How to Vote in a Primary," accessed October 3, 2024
        4. 270towin.com, "Massachusetts," accessed June 29, 2017
        5. Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts," July 9, 2013
        6. Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2016 presidential results for congressional and legislative districts," February 6, 2017


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