Massachusetts House of Representatives elections, 2016

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2016 Massachusetts
House Elections

Primary| September 8, 2016
General| November 8, 2016
2016 Election Results

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All 160 seats in the Massachusetts House of Representatives were up for election in 2016. Republicans gained one seat in the November 2016 general election.

HIGHLIGHTS

* Since Democrats were unopposed in so many districts, Republicans could not regain control of the chamber.

* If Republicans were to make any gains, it would have been in the 29 districts that had general election competition between two major party candidates; only 19 seats were competitive or mildly competitive in 2014.[1]

* Republicans needed to pick up 20 seats to break up the supermajority.

## Contents

* 1 Introduction
* 1.1 Majority control
* 2 Incumbents retiring
* 3 2016 election competitiveness
* 4 Races we watched
* 4.1 General election contests
* 5 List of candidates
* 6 General election
* 7 Primary election
* 7.1 Margins of victory
* 7.2 Important dates and deadlines
* 7.3 Competitiveness
* 7.3.1 Candidates unopposed by a major party
* 7.3.2 Primary challenges
* 7.3.3 Retired incumbents
* 7.3.4 Results from 2014
* 7.3.5 Historical context
* 7.4 Campaign contributions
* 7.4.1 State comparison
* 7.5 Qualifications
* 7.6 See also
* 7.7 External links
* 7.8 Footnotes

## Introduction[edit]

Elections for the Massachusetts House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on September 8, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 7, 2016.

### Majority control[edit]

See also: Partisan composition of state houses

Heading into the election, the Democratic Party held the majority in the Massachusetts House of Representatives:

Massachusetts House of Representatives

Party  |  As of November 7, 2016  |  After November 8, 2016
|  Democratic Party |  125 |  125
|  Republican Party |  34  |  35
|  Vacancy  |  1  |  0
Total |  160 |  160

## Incumbents retiring[edit]

Nine incumbents did not run for re-election in 2016. Those incumbents were:

Name  |  Party  |  Current Office

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Brian Mannal |  Democratic | Second Barnstable District
Timothy Madden |  Democratic | Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket District
Benjamin Swan, Sr. |  Democratic | Eleventh Hampden District
Ellen Story |  Democratic | Third Hampshire District
Tom Sannicandro |  Democratic | Seventh Middlesex District
Walter Timilty |  Democratic | Seventh Norfolk District
Gloria Fox |  Democratic | Seventh Suffolk District
Dennis Rosa |  Democratic | Fourth Worcester District
John Fernandes |  Democratic | Tenth Worcester District

Note: While Garrett Bradley filed for re-election, he resigned his seat on July 31, 2016.

## 2016 election competitiveness[edit]

Massachusetts saw a decrease in general election competition.

Ballotpedia conducts a yearly study of electoral competitiveness in state legislative elections. Details on how well Massachusetts performed in the study are provided in the image below. Click here for the full 2016 Competitiveness Analysis »

* In the Massachusetts State Senate, there were 34 Democratic incumbents and six Republican incumbents. Three incumbents faced primary opposition in the Democratic Party. There was one primary challenge in the Republican primary.

* In the House, there were 126 Democratic incumbents and 34 Republican incumbents. Seventeen state representatives faced primary opposition in the Democratic Party. There were no primary challenges in the Republican primary.

* Overall, 18.6 percent of Democratic incumbents and 21.4 percent of GOP incumbents faced primary opposition in all of the state legislatures with elections in 2016.

* The cumulative figure for how many state legislative candidates faced no major party opposition in November in these states was 41.8 percent. This compares to 32.7 percent in 2010, 38.3 percent in 2012, and 43.0 percent in 2014.

* More details on electoral competitiveness in Massachusetts can be found below.

## Races we watched[edit]

Ballotpedia identified seven notable Massachusetts state legislative races in 2016, three of which were state House contests.

Click here to read more about Ballotpedia's coverage of notable Massachusetts races »

### General election contests[edit]

Second Barnstable House District

A Republican candidate targeted the open seat vacated by a Democratic incumbent.
☑ William Crocker ☐ Aaron Kanzer

Seventh Middlesex House District

☐ Yolanda Greaves ☑ Jack Patrick Lewis ☐ Cliff Wilson

Eighteenth Middlesex House District

A Republican candidate targeted the freshman Democratic incumbent.
☑ Rady Mom (Inc.) ☐ Kamara Kay

## List of candidates[edit]

# General election[edit]

2016 Massachusetts House candidates

District |  Democrat |  Republican | Other
First Barnstable | No candidate | Timothy Whelan (I) a |
Second Barnstable | Aaron S. Kanzer: 9,799  | William L. Crocker, Jr.: 11,879 a |
Third Barnstable |  Matthew C. Patrick: 11,317  | David Vieira: 12,739 (I) a |
Fourth Barnstable | Sarah Peake (I) a | No candidate |
Fifth Barnstable | No candidate | Randy Hunt (I) a |
Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket | Dylan A. Fernandes: 13,030 a | No candidate | Jacob Ferry: 2,566 (Ind.)
Tobias Glidden: 9,601 (Ind.)
First Berkshire | Gailanne Cariddi (I) a | No candidate |
Second Berkshire | Paul Mark (I) a | No candidate |
Third Berkshire | Tricia Farley-Bouvier: 11,827 (I) a | No candidate | Christopher Connell: 5,986 (Ind.)
Fourth Berkshire | William Pignatelli (I) a | No candidate |
First Bristol | Michael E. Toole: 8,361  | F. Jay Barrows: 12,561 (I) a |
Second Bristol | Paul Heroux (I) a | No candidate |
Third Bristol | Estele Borges: 7,417  | Shaunna O'Connell: 10,520 (I) a |
Fourth Bristol | Paul W. Jacques: 8,030  | Steven Howitt: 13,253 (I) a |
Fifth Bristol | Patricia Haddad (I) a | No candidate |
Sixth Bristol | Carole Fiola (I) a | No candidate |
Seventh Bristol | Alan Silvia (I) a | No candidate |
Eighth Bristol | Paul Schmid III (I) a | No candidate |
Ninth Bristol | Christopher Markey (I) a | No candidate |
Tenth Bristol | William Straus (I) a | No candidate |
Eleventh Bristol | Robert Koczera (I) a | No candidate |
Twelfth Bristol | No candidate | Keiko Orrall (I) a |
Thirteenth Bristol | Antonio Cabral (I) a | No candidate |
Fourteenth Bristol | No candidate | Elizabeth Poirier: 13,865 (I) a | Scott Dubuc: 5,805 (Conservative Independent)
First Essex | Brianna Sullivan: 11,280  | James Kelcourse: 13,272 (I) a |
Second Essex | No candidate | Leonard Mirra (I) a |
Third Essex | Brian Dempsey (I) a | No candidate |
Fourth Essex | No candidate | Bradford Hill (I) a |
Fifth Essex | Ann-Margaret Ferrante (I) a | No candidate |
Sixth Essex | Jerry Parisella: 15,012 (I) a | No candidate | Daniel Fishman: 5,045 (United Independent Party)
Seventh Essex | Paul Tucker (I) a | No candidate |
Eighth Essex | Lori Ehrlich (I) a | No candidate |
Ninth Essex | Jen Migliore: 10,513  | Donald Wong: 12,816 (I) a |
Tenth Essex | Dan Cahill (I) a | No candidate |
Eleventh Essex | Brendan Crighton (I) a | No candidate |
Twelfth Essex | Thomas Walsh (I) a | No candidate |
Thirteenth Essex | Theodore Speliotis (I) a | No candidate |
Fourteenth Essex | Diana DiZoglio (I) a | No candidate |
Fifteenth Essex | Linda Dean Campbell: 12,904 (I) a | No candidate | Nicholas Torresi: 7,421 (Ind.)
Sixteenth Essex |  Juana B. Matias a | No candidate |
Seventeenth Essex | Frank Moran (I) a | No candidate |
Eighteenth Essex | Oscar Camargo: 9,615  | James Lyons, Jr.: 14,218 (I) a |
First Franklin | Stephen Kulik (I) a | No candidate |
Second Franklin |  No candidate | Susannah Whipps Lee (I) a |
First Hampden | No candidate | Todd Smola (I) a |
Second Hampden | Brian Ashe (I) a | No candidate |
Third Hampden |  Rosemary Sandlin: 8,089  | Nicholas Boldyga: 12,136 (I) a |
Fourth Hampden | John Velis (I) a | No candidate |
Fifth Hampden | Aaron Vega (I) a | No candidate |
Sixth Hampden | Michael Finn (I) a | No candidate |
Seventh Hampden | Thomas Petrolati (I) a | No candidate |
Eighth Hampden | Joseph Wagner (I) a | No candidate |
Ninth Hampden | Jose Tosado: 12,020 (I) a | No candidate | Robert Underwood: 2,885 (Unenrolled)
Tenth Hampden | Carlos Gonzalez (I) a | No candidate |
Eleventh Hampden |  Bud L. Williams a | No candidate |
Twelfth Hampden | Angelo Puppolo, Jr. (I) a | No candidate |
First Hampshire | Peter Kocot (I) a | No candidate |
Second Hampshire | John Scibak (I) a | No candidate |
Third Hampshire |  Solomon Israel Goldstein-Rose a | No candidate |
First Middlesex | Matthew T. Meneghini: 8,003  | Sheila Harrington: 14,984 (I) a |
Second Middlesex | James Arciero (I) a | No candidate |
Third Middlesex | Kate Hogan (I) a | No candidate |
Fourth Middlesex | Danielle Gregoire: 11,531 (I) a | Paul R. Ferro: 7,801  |
Fifth Middlesex | David Linsky (I) a | No candidate |
Sixth Middlesex | Chris Walsh (I) a | No candidate |
Seventh Middlesex |  Jack Patrick Lewis: 9,286 a | Yolanda Greaves: 4,982  |  Cliff Wilson: 740 (Ind.)
Eighth Middlesex | Carolyn Dykema (I) a | No candidate |
Ninth Middlesex | Thomas Stanley: 12,654 (I) a | No candidate | Stacey Gallagher Tully: 7,164 (Ind.)
Tenth Middlesex | John Lawn (I) a | No candidate |
Eleventh Middlesex | Kay Khan (I) a | No candidate |
Twelfth Middlesex | Ruth Balser (I) a | No candidate |
Thirteenth Middlesex | Carmine Gentile (I) a | No candidate |
Fourteenth Middlesex | Cory Atkins: 14,831 (I) a | Helen Brady: 8,950  | Danny Factor: 824 (Green-Rainbow)
Fifteenth Middlesex | Jay Kaufman (I) a | No candidate |
Sixteenth Middlesex | Thomas Golden, Jr. (I) a | No candidate |
Seventeenth Middlesex | David Nangle (I) a | No candidate |
Eighteenth Middlesex | Rady Mom: 8,107 (I) a | Kamara Kay: 3,115  |
Nineteenth Middlesex | James Miceli (I) a | No candidate |
Twentieth Middlesex | No candidate | Bradley Jones, Jr. (I) a |
Twenty-first Middlesex | Kenneth I. Gordon: 13,476 (I) a | Paul Girouard, Jr.: 9,526  |
Twenty-second Middlesex | George J. Simolaris, Jr.: 8,671  | Marc Lombardo: 12,583 (I) a |
Twenty-third Middlesex | Sean Garballey (I) a | No candidate |
Twenty-fourth Middlesex | David Rogers (I) a | No candidate |
Twenty-fifth Middlesex | Marjorie Decker (I) a | No candidate |
Twenty-sixth Middlesex |  Mike Connolly a | No candidate |
Twenty-seventh Middlesex | Denise Provost: 18,409 (I) a | No candidate | Aaron James: 2,680 (Pirate)
Twenty-eighth Middlesex | Joseph McGonagle, Jr. (I) a | No candidate |
Twenty-ninth Middlesex | Jonathan Hecht (I) a | No candidate |
Thirtieth Middlesex | James Dwyer (I) a | No candidate |
Thirty-first Middlesex | Michael Day: 14,528 (I) a | Caroline Colarusso: 10,163  |
Thirty-second Middlesex | Paul Brodeur (I) a | No candidate |
Thirty-third Middlesex | Steven Ultrino (I) a | No candidate |
Thirty-fourth Middlesex | Christine Barber (I) a | No candidate |
Thirty-fifth Middlesex | Paul Donato, Sr. (I) a | No candidate |
Thirty-sixth Middlesex | Colleen Garry (I) a | No candidate |
Thirty-seventh Middlesex | Jennifer Benson (I) a | No candidate |
First Norfolk | Bruce Ayers (I) a | No candidate |
Second Norfolk | Tackey Chan (I) a | No candidate |
Third Norfolk | Ronald Mariano (I) a | No candidate |
Fourth Norfolk | James Murphy (I) a | No candidate |
Fifth Norfolk | Mark Cusack (I) a | No candidate |
Sixth Norfolk | William Galvin (I) a | No candidate |
Seventh Norfolk |  William J. Driscoll, Jr. a | No candidate |
Eighth Norfolk | Louis Kafka (I) a | No candidate |
Ninth Norfolk | Brian Hamlin: 9,267  | Shawn C. Dooley: 14,427 (I) a |
Tenth Norfolk | Jeffrey Roy (I) a | No candidate |
Eleventh Norfolk | Paul McMurtry (I) a | No candidate |
Twelfth Norfolk | John Rogers: 14,534 (I) a | Tim Hempton: 7,486  |
Thirteenth Norfolk | Denise Garlick (I) a | No candidate |
Fourteenth Norfolk | Alice Peisch (I) a | No candidate |
Fifteenth Norfolk | Frank Smizik (I) a | No candidate |
First Plymouth | John T. Mahoney Jr.: 11,471  | Mathew Muratore: 11,873 (I) a |
Second Plymouth | Sarah G. Hewins: 8,692  | Susan Gifford: 11,894 (I) a |
Third Plymouth |  Joan Meschino: 13,257 a |  Kristen Arute: 11,285  |
Fourth Plymouth | James Cantwell: 17,388 (I) a | Michael White: 7,601  |
Fifth Plymouth |  Kara L. Nyman: 11,790  | David DeCoste: 12,293 (I) a |
Sixth Plymouth | Josh Cutler: 15,290 (I) a | Vince Cogliano: 8,582  |
Seventh Plymouth | No candidate | Geoff Diehl (I) a |
Eighth Plymouth | No candidate | Angelo D'Emilia (I) a |
Ninth Plymouth | Gerry Cassidy: 10,346 (I) a | Danny J. Yoon: 1,745  |
Tenth Plymouth | Michelle DuBois (I) a | No candidate |
Eleventh Plymouth | Claire Cronin (I) a | No candidate |
Twelfth Plymouth | Thomas Calter, III: 13,908 (I) a | Peter J. Boncek: 9,297  |
First Suffolk | Adrian Madaro (I) a | No candidate |
Second Suffolk | Daniel Joseph Ryan (I) a | No candidate |
Third Suffolk | Aaron Michlewitz (I) a | No candidate |
Fourth Suffolk | Nick Collins (I) a | No candidate |
Fifth Suffolk | Evandro C. Carvalho: 10,855 (I) a | Althea Garrison: 2,014  |
Sixth Suffolk | Russell Holmes (I) a | No candidate |
Seventh Suffolk |  Chynah Tyler a | No candidate |
Eighth Suffolk | Jay Livingstone (I) a | No candidate |
Ninth Suffolk | Byron Rushing (I) a | No candidate |
Tenth Suffolk | Edward Coppinger (I) a | No candidate |
Eleventh Suffolk | Elizabeth Malia: 15,628 (I) a | No candidate | Stephen Bedell: 1,884 (New Progressive Leadership)
Twelfth Suffolk | Dan Cullinane (I) a | No candidate |
Thirteenth Suffolk | Daniel J. Hunt (I) a | No candidate |
Fourteenth Suffolk | Angelo Scaccia (I) a | No candidate |
Fifteenth Suffolk | Jeffrey Sanchez (I) a | No candidate |
Sixteenth Suffolk | RoseLee Vincent (I) a | No candidate |
Seventeenth Suffolk | Kevin Honan (I) a | No candidate |
Eighteenth Suffolk | Michael Moran (I) a | No candidate |
Nineteenth Suffolk | Robert DeLeo (I) a | No candidate |
First Worcester | No candidate | Kimberly Ferguson (I) a |
Second Worcester | Jonathan Zlotnik (I) a | No candidate |
Third Worcester | Stephan Hay (I) a | No candidate |
Fourth Worcester | Natalie Higgins: 10,382 a | Thomas F. Ardinger: 8,426  |
Fifth Worcester | No candidate | Donald Berthiaume, Jr. (I) a |
Sixth Worcester | No candidate | Peter Durant (I) a |
Seventh Worcester | Terry Burke Dotson: 6,951  | Paul Frost: 13,691 (I) a |
Eighth Worcester | No candidate | Kevin Kuros (I) a |
Ninth Worcester | No candidate | David Muradian, Jr. (I) a |
Tenth Worcester | Brian W. Murray: 11,869 a | Sandra Biagetti: 9,708  |
Eleventh Worcester | No candidate | Hannah Kane (I) a |
Twelfth Worcester | Harold Naughton, Jr.: 15,976 (I) a | No candidate | Charlene R. DiCalogero: 3,916 (Green-Rainbow)
Thirteenth Worcester | John Mahoney (I) a | No candidate |
Fourteenth Worcester | James O'Day (I) a | No candidate |
Fifteenth Worcester | Mary S. Keefe: 8,039 (I) a | No candidate | Ralph Perez: 2,184 (Unenrolled)
Sixteenth Worcester | Daniel Donahue: 7,783 (I) a | No candidate | John Fresolo: 3,804 (United Independent)
Seventeenth Worcester |  Moses S. Dixon: 6,671  | Kate Campanale: 8,011 (I) a |
Eighteenth Worcester | No candidate | Joseph McKenna (I) a |
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Notes |  • An (I) denotes an incumbent.
|  • Candidate lists can change frequently throughout an election season. Ballotpedia staff update this list monthly. To suggest changes, click here to email our State Legislature Project.

# Primary election[edit]

2016 Massachusetts House primary candidates

District |  Democrat |  Republican | Other
First Barnstable | No candidate | Timothy Whelan (I) a |
Second Barnstable | Aaron S. Kanzer: 1,753 a
Margaret M. Weber: 1,147 | William L. Crocker, Jr. a |
Third Barnstable | Michael A. Blanton: 974
Matthew C. Patrick: 2,291 a | David Vieira (I) a |
Fourth Barnstable | Sarah Peake (I) a | No candidate |
Fifth Barnstable | No candidate | Randy Hunt (I) a |
Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket | Dylan A. Fernandes: 3,385 a
Michael G. Heylin: 500
T. Ewell Hopkins, Jr.: 2,454
Jessica G. Lambert: 296
Timothy M. Soverino: 359 | No candidate |
First Berkshire | Gailanne Cariddi (I) a | No candidate |
Second Berkshire | Paul Mark (I) a | No candidate |
Third Berkshire | Tricia Farley-Bouvier (I): 2,692 a
Michael E. Bloomberg: 2,309 | No candidate |
Fourth Berkshire | William Pignatelli (I) a | No candidate |
First Bristol | Michael E. Toole a | F. Jay Barrows (I) a |
Second Bristol | Paul Heroux (I) a | No candidate |
Third Bristol | No candidate | Shaunna O'Connell (I) a |
Fourth Bristol | Paul W. Jacques a | Steven Howitt (I) a |
Fifth Bristol | Patricia Haddad (I) a | No candidate |
Sixth Bristol | Carole Fiola (I) a | No candidate |
Seventh Bristol | Alan Silvia (I) a | No candidate |
Eighth Bristol | Paul Schmid III (I) a | No candidate |
Ninth Bristol | Christopher Markey (I) a | No candidate |
Tenth Bristol | William Straus (I) a | No candidate |
Eleventh Bristol | Robert Koczera (I) a | No candidate |
Twelfth Bristol | No candidate | Keiko Orrall (I) a |
Thirteenth Bristol | Antonio Cabral (I) a | No candidate |
Fourteenth Bristol | No candidate | Elizabeth Poirier (I) a |
First Essex | Brianna Sullivan a | James Kelcourse (I) a |
Second Essex | No candidate | Leonard Mirra (I) a |
Third Essex | Brian Dempsey (I) a | No candidate |
Fourth Essex | No candidate | Bradford Hill (I) a |
Fifth Essex | Ann-Margaret Ferrante (I) a | No candidate |
Sixth Essex | Jerry Parisella (I) a | No candidate | Daniel Fishman (United Independent Party) a
Seventh Essex | Paul Tucker (I) a | No candidate |
Eighth Essex | Lori Ehrlich (I) a | No candidate |
Ninth Essex | Jen Migliore: 2,478 a
Saritin E. Rizzuto: 1,006 | Donald Wong (I) a |
Tenth Essex | Dan Cahill (I) a | No candidate |
Eleventh Essex | Brendan Crighton (I) a | No candidate |
Twelfth Essex | Thomas Walsh (I) a | No candidate |
Thirteenth Essex | Theodore Speliotis (I): 1,903 a
Robert A. Croce, Jr.: 1,088 | No candidate |
Fourteenth Essex | Diana DiZoglio (I): 2,214 a
Phyllis Ann Jones: 251 | No candidate |
Fifteenth Essex | Linda Dean Campbell (I): 1,517 a
Christopher James Katsoulis: 318 | No candidate |
Sixteenth Essex | Marcos Devers (I): 1,457
Juana B. Matias: 1,772 a
Juan Pascual: 391 | No candidate |
Seventeenth Essex | Frank Moran (I) a | No candidate |
Eighteenth Essex | Oscar Camargo a | James Lyons, Jr. (I) a |
First Franklin | Stephen Kulik (I) a | No candidate |
Second Franklin | Denise Andrews a | Susannah Whipps Lee (I) a |
First Hampden | No candidate | Todd Smola (I) a |
Second Hampden | Brian Ashe (I) a | No candidate |
Third Hampden | No candidate | Nicholas Boldyga (I) a |
Fourth Hampden | John Velis (I) a | No candidate |
Fifth Hampden | Aaron Vega (I) a | No candidate |
Sixth Hampden | Michael Finn (I) a | No candidate |
Seventh Hampden | Thomas Petrolati (I) a | No candidate |
Eighth Hampden | Joseph Wagner (I) a | No candidate |
Ninth Hampden | Jose Tosado (I) a | No candidate |
Tenth Hampden | Carlos Gonzalez (I) a | No candidate |
Eleventh Hampden | Ken Barnett: 286
Larry Lawson: 237
Benjamin Swan Jr.: 1,164
Bud L. Williams: 1,580 a | No candidate |
Twelfth Hampden | Angelo Puppolo, Jr. (I) a | No candidate |
First Hampshire | Peter Kocot (I) a | No candidate |
Second Hampshire | John Scibak (I) a | No candidate |
Third Hampshire | Viraphanh Douangmany Cage: 693
Solomon Israel Goldstein-Rose: 1,788 a
Sarah C. LaCour: 973
Bonnie MacCracken: 371
Eric T. Nakajima: 1,209
Lawrence E. O'Brien: 192 | No candidate |
First Middlesex | Matthew T. Meneghini a | Sheila Harrington (I) a |
Second Middlesex | James Arciero (I) a | No candidate |
Third Middlesex | Kate Hogan (I) a | No candidate |
Fourth Middlesex | Danielle Gregoire (I): 887 a
Michael H. Ossing: 768 | Paul R. Ferro a |
Fifth Middlesex | David Linsky (I) a | No candidate |
Sixth Middlesex | Chris Walsh (I) a | No candidate |
Seventh Middlesex | Philip C. Jack: 642
Jack Patrick Lewis: 825 a
Brett D. Walker: 761 | Yolanda Greaves a |
Eighth Middlesex | Carolyn Dykema (I) a | No candidate |
Ninth Middlesex | Thomas Stanley (I) a | No candidate |
Tenth Middlesex | John Lawn (I) a | No candidate |
Eleventh Middlesex | Kay Khan (I) a | No candidate |
Twelfth Middlesex | Ruth Balser (I) a | No candidate |
Thirteenth Middlesex | Carmine Gentile (I) a | No candidate |
Fourteenth Middlesex | Cory Atkins (I) a | Helen Brady a | Danny Factor (Green-Rainbow) a
Fifteenth Middlesex | Jay Kaufman (I) a | No candidate |
Sixteenth Middlesex | Thomas Golden, Jr. (I) a | No candidate |
Seventeenth Middlesex | David Nangle (I) a | No candidate |
Eighteenth Middlesex | Rady Mom (I): 1,074 a
Cheth Khim: 402
David M. Ouellette: 615 | Kamara Kay a |
Nineteenth Middlesex | James Miceli (I) a | No candidate |
Twentieth Middlesex | No candidate | Bradley Jones, Jr. (I) a |
Twenty-first Middlesex | Kenneth I. Gordon (I) a | Paul Girouard, Jr. a |
Twenty-second Middlesex | George J. Simolaris, Jr. a | Marc Lombardo (I) a |
Twenty-third Middlesex | Sean Garballey (I) a | No candidate |
Twenty-fourth Middlesex | David Rogers (I) a | No candidate |
Twenty-fifth Middlesex | Marjorie Decker (I): 2,797 a
Lesley Rebecca Phillips: 492 | No candidate |
Twenty-sixth Middlesex | Timothy Toomey, Jr. (I): 2,539
Mike Connolly: 2,938 a | No candidate |
Twenty-seventh Middlesex | Denise Provost (I) a | No candidate |
Twenty-eighth Middlesex | Joseph McGonagle, Jr. (I): 1,773 a
Gerly Adrien: 1,150 | No candidate |
Twenty-ninth Middlesex | Jonathan Hecht (I) a | No candidate |
Thirtieth Middlesex | James Dwyer (I): 1,414 a
John Patrick Devine: 227 | No candidate |
Thirty-first Middlesex | Michael Day (I) a | Caroline Colarusso a |
Thirty-second Middlesex | Paul Brodeur (I) a | No candidate |
Thirty-third Middlesex | Steven Ultrino (I) a | No candidate |
Thirty-fourth Middlesex | Christine Barber (I) a | No candidate |
Thirty-fifth Middlesex | Paul Donato, Sr. (I) a | No candidate |
Thirty-sixth Middlesex | Colleen Garry (I) a | No candidate |
Thirty-seventh Middlesex | Jennifer Benson (I) a | No candidate |
First Norfolk | Bruce Ayers (I) a | No candidate |
Second Norfolk | Tackey Chan (I) a | No candidate |
Third Norfolk | Ronald Mariano (I) a | No candidate |
Fourth Norfolk | James Murphy (I) a | No candidate |
Fifth Norfolk | Mark Cusack (I) a | No candidate |
Sixth Norfolk | William Galvin (I) a | No candidate |
Seventh Norfolk | Jason R. Adams: 555
James F. Burgess, Jr.: 1,016
William J. Driscoll, Jr.: 1,472 a
Tony Farrington: 1,125
Kerby Roberson: 720
Denise R. Swenson: 806
Michael F. Zullas: 1,195 | No candidate |
Eighth Norfolk | Louis Kafka (I) a | No candidate |
Ninth Norfolk | No candidate | Shawn C. Dooley (I) a |
Tenth Norfolk | Jeffrey Roy (I) a | No candidate |
Eleventh Norfolk | Paul McMurtry (I) a | No candidate |
Twelfth Norfolk | John Rogers (I) a | Tim Hempton a |
Thirteenth Norfolk | Denise Garlick (I) a | No candidate |
Fourteenth Norfolk | Alice Peisch (I) a | No candidate |
Fifteenth Norfolk | Frank Smizik (I) a | No candidate |
First Plymouth | John T. Mahoney Jr.: 1,075 a
Stephen Michael Palmer: 414 | Mathew Muratore (I) a |
Second Plymouth | Sarah G. Hewins a | Susan Gifford (I) a |
Third Plymouth | No candidate[2] | No candidate |
Fourth Plymouth | James Cantwell (I) a | Michael White a |
Fifth Plymouth | Paul F. Moody, Jr.: 1,327
Kara L. Nyman: 1,520 a | David DeCoste (I) a |
Sixth Plymouth | Josh Cutler (I) a | Vince Cogliano a |
Seventh Plymouth | No candidate | Geoff Diehl (I) a |
Eighth Plymouth | No candidate | Angelo D'Emilia (I) a |
Ninth Plymouth | Gerry Cassidy (I) a | Danny J. Yoon a |
Tenth Plymouth | Michelle DuBois (I) a | No candidate |
Eleventh Plymouth | Claire Cronin (I) a | No candidate |
Twelfth Plymouth | Thomas Calter, III (I) a | Peter J. Boncek: 678 a
Michael E. Cowett: 670
Ian F. Murphy: 147 |
First Suffolk | Adrian Madaro (I) a | No candidate |
Second Suffolk | Daniel Joseph Ryan (I) a | No candidate |
Third Suffolk | Aaron Michlewitz (I) a | No candidate |
Fourth Suffolk | Nick Collins (I) a | No candidate |
Fifth Suffolk | Evandro C. Carvalho (I): 1,255 a
Melinda Stewart: 379 | Althea Garrison a |
Sixth Suffolk | Russell Holmes (I) a | No candidate |
Seventh Suffolk | Monica Cannon: 801
Marydith E. Tuitt: 369
Chynah Tyler: 905 a | No candidate |
Eighth Suffolk | Jay Livingstone (I) a | No candidate |
Ninth Suffolk | Byron Rushing (I) a | No candidate |
Tenth Suffolk | Edward Coppinger (I) a | No candidate |
Eleventh Suffolk | Elizabeth Malia (I): 2,186 a
Charles L. Clemons, Jr.: 892 | No candidate |
Twelfth Suffolk | Dan Cullinane (I): 2,278 a
Jovan J. Lacet: 1,469
Carlotta M. Williams: 456 | No candidate |
Thirteenth Suffolk | Daniel J. Hunt (I) a | No candidate |
Fourteenth Suffolk | Angelo Scaccia (I): 2,070 a
Anthony J. Solimine: 232
Virak Uy: 972 | No candidate |
Fifteenth Suffolk | Jeffrey Sanchez (I) a | No candidate |
Sixteenth Suffolk | RoseLee Vincent (I) a | No candidate |
Seventeenth Suffolk | Kevin Honan (I) a | No candidate |
Eighteenth Suffolk | Michael Moran (I) a | No candidate |
Nineteenth Suffolk | Robert DeLeo (I) a | No candidate |
First Worcester | No candidate | Kimberly Ferguson (I) a |
Second Worcester | Jonathan Zlotnik (I) a | No candidate |
Third Worcester | Stephan Hay (I): 1,409 a
Kimatra Maxwell: 659 | No candidate |
Fourth Worcester | Natalie Higgins: 1,475 a
Richard M. Marchand: 1,438 | Thomas F. Ardinger a |
Fifth Worcester | No candidate | Donald Berthiaume, Jr. (I) a |
Sixth Worcester | No candidate | Peter Durant (I) a |
Seventh Worcester | Terry Burke Dotson a | Paul Frost (I) a |
Eighth Worcester | No candidate | Kevin Kuros (I) a |
Ninth Worcester | No candidate | David Muradian, Jr. (I) a |
Tenth Worcester | Brian W. Murray a | Susan Edmondson a |
Eleventh Worcester | No candidate | Hannah Kane (I) a |
Twelfth Worcester | Harold Naughton, Jr. (I) a | No candidate | Charlene R. DiCalogero (Green-Rainbow) a
Thirteenth Worcester | John Mahoney (I) a | No candidate |
Fourteenth Worcester | James O'Day (I) a | No candidate |
Fifteenth Worcester | Mary S. Keefe (I) a | No candidate |
Sixteenth Worcester | Daniel Donahue (I) a | No candidate |
Seventeenth Worcester | Douglas A. Belanger: 913
Moses S. Dixon: 1,623 a | Kate Campanale (I) a |
Eighteenth Worcester | No candidate | Joseph McKenna (I) a |
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Notes |  • An (I) denotes an incumbent.
|  • Candidate lists can change frequently throughout an election season. Ballotpedia staff update this list monthly. To suggest changes, click here to email our State Legislature Project.

## Margins of victory[edit]

The average margin of victory for contested races in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 2016 was lower than the national average. Out of 160 races in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 2016, 44 were contested, meaning at least two candidates competed for that seat in the general election. The average margin of victory across these races was 28.7 percent. Across contested single-winner state legislative elections in 2016, the average margin of victory was 29.01 percent.[3]

Democratic candidates in the Massachusetts House of Representatives saw larger margins of victory than Republican candidates in 2016. Democrats won 125 races. In the 26 races where a winning Democrat faced a challenger, the average margin of victory was 36.8 percent. Republicans won 35 races in 2016. In the 18 races where a winning Republican faced a challenger, the average margin of victory was 17.1 percent.

More Republican candidates than Democratic candidates saw margins of victory that were less than 10 percentage points. Eight of the 44 contested races in 2016—18.2 percent—saw margins of victory that were 10 percent or less. Two races saw margins of victory that were 5 percent or less. Republicans won seven races with margins of victory of 10 percent or less.

Massachusetts House of Representatives: 2016 Margins of Victory Less than 10 Percent

District | Winning Party | Margin of Victory
Second Barnstable District | R | 9.6 percent
Third Barnstable District | R | 5.9 percent
First Essex District | R | 8.1 percent
Ninth Essex District | R | 9.9 percent
First Plymouth District | R | 1.7 percent
Third Plymouth District | D | 8.0 percent
Fifth Plymouth District | R | 2.1 percent
Seventeenth Worcester District | R | 9.1 percent
The average margin of victory for incumbents in the Massachusetts House of Representatives who ran for re-election and won in 2016 was lower than the national average. One hundred forty-seven incumbents who ran for re-election in 2016 won. The average margin of victory for the 37 winning Massachusetts House of Representatives incumbents who faced a challenger in 2016 was 31.4 percent. The average margin of victory for all winning incumbents in contested single-winner state legislative elections in 2016 was 31.8 percent.

Democratic incumbents in the Massachusetts House of Representatives saw larger margins of victory than Republican incumbents. 114 Democratic incumbents won re-election. In the 21 races where a winning Democratic incumbent faced a challenger, the average margin of victory was 42.2 percent. 33 Republican incumbents won re-election. In the 16 races where a winning Republican incumbent faced a challenger, the average margin of victory was 17.3 percent.

Massachusetts House of Representatives: 2016 Margin of Victory Analysis

Party | Elections won | Average margin of victory[4] | Races with incumbent victories | Average margin of victory for incumbents[4] | Unopposed incumbents | Unopposed races | Percent unopposed
Democratic | 125 | 36.8 percent | 114 | 42.2 percent | 93 | 99 | 79.2 percent
Republican | 35 | 17.1 percent | 33 | 17.3 percent | 17 | 17 | 48.6 percent
Total | 160 | 28.7 percent | 147 | 31.4 percent | 110 | 116 | 72.5 percent

Click [show] on the tables below to see the margin of victory in Massachusetts House of Representatives districts in 2016.

Massachusetts House of Representatives: 2016 Margin of Victory by District

District | Winning Party | Margin of Victory
First Barnstable District | R | Unopposed
Second Barnstable District | R | 9.6 percent
Third Barnstable District | R | 5.9 percent
Fourth Barnstable District | D | Unopposed
Fifth Barnstable District | R | Unopposed
Barnstable, Dukes & Nantucket District | D | 13.6 percent
First Berkshire District | D | Unopposed
Second Berkshire District | D | Unopposed
Third Berkshire District | D | 32.8 percent
Fourth Berkshire District | D | Unopposed
First Bristol District | R | 20.1 percent
Second Bristol District | D | Unopposed
Third Bristol District | R | 17.3 percent
Fourth Bristol District | R | 24.5 percent
Fifth Bristol District | D | Unopposed
Sixth Bristol District | D | Unopposed
Seventh Bristol District | D | Unopposed
Eighth Bristol District | D | Unopposed
Ninth Bristol District | D | Unopposed
Tenth Bristol District | D | Unopposed
Eleventh Bristol District | D | Unopposed
Twelfth Bristol District | R | Unopposed
Thirteenth Bristol District | D | Unopposed
Fourteenth Bristol District | R | 41.0 percent
First Essex District | R | 8.1 percent
Second Essex District | R | Unopposed
Third Essex District | D | Unopposed
Fourth Essex District | R | Unopposed
Fifth Essex District | D | Unopposed
Sixth Essex District | D | 49.7 percent
Seventh Essex District | D | Unopposed
Eighth Essex District | D | Unopposed
Ninth Essex District | R | 9.9 percent
Tenth Essex District | D | Unopposed
Eleventh Essex District | D | Unopposed
Twelfth Essex District | D | Unopposed
Thirteenth Essex District | D | Unopposed
Fourteenth Essex District | D | Unopposed
Fifteenth Essex District | D | 27.0 percent
Sixteenth Essex District | D | Unopposed
Seventeenth Essex District | D | Unopposed
Eighteenth Essex District | R | 19.3 percent
First Franklin District | D | Unopposed
Second Franklin District | R | Unopposed
First Hampden District | R | Unopposed
Second Hampden District | D | Unopposed
Third Hampden District | R | 20.0 percent
Fourth Hampden District | D | Unopposed
Fifth Hampden District | D | Unopposed
Sixth Hampden District | D | Unopposed
Seventh Hampden District | D | Unopposed
Eighth Hampden District | D | Unopposed
Ninth Hampden District | D | 61.3 percent
Tenth Hampden District | D | Unopposed
Eleventh Hampden District | D | Unopposed
Twelfth Hampden District | D | Unopposed
First Hampshire District | D | Unopposed
Second Hampshire District | D | Unopposed
Third Hampshire District | D | Unopposed
First Middlesex District | R | 30.4 percent
Second Middlesex District | D | Unopposed
Third Middlesex District | D | Unopposed
Fourth Middlesex District | D | 19.3 percent
Fifth Middlesex District | D | Unopposed
Sixth Middlesex District | D | Unopposed
Seventh Middlesex District | D | 28.7 percent
Eighth Middlesex District | D | Unopposed
Ninth Middlesex District | D | 27.7 percent
Tenth Middlesex District | D | Unopposed
Eleventh Middlesex District | D | Unopposed
Twelfth Middlesex District | D | Unopposed
Thirteenth Middlesex District | D | Unopposed
Fourteenth Middlesex District | D | 23.9 percent
Fifteenth Middlesex District | D | Unopposed
Sixteenth Middlesex District | D | Unopposed
Seventeenth Middlesex District | D | Unopposed
Eighteenth Middlesex District | D | 44.5 percent
Nineteenth Middlesex District | D | Unopposed
Twentieth Middlesex District | R | Unopposed
Twenty-first Middlesex District | D | 17.2 percent
Twenty-second Middlesex District | R | 18.4 percent
Twenty-third Middlesex District | D | Unopposed
Twenty-fourth Middlesex District | D | Unopposed
Twenty-fifth Middlesex District | D | Unopposed
Twenty-sixth Middlesex District | D | Unopposed
Twenty-seventh Middlesex District | D | 74.6 percent
Twenty-eighth Middlesex District | D | Unopposed
Twenty-ninth Middlesex District | D | Unopposed
Thirtieth Middlesex District | D | Unopposed
Thirty-first Middlesex District | D | 17.7 percent
Thirty-second Middlesex District | D | Unopposed
Thirty-third Middlesex District | D | Unopposed
Thirty-fourth Middlesex District | D | Unopposed
Thirty-fifth Middlesex District | D | Unopposed
Thirty-sixth Middlesex District | D | Unopposed
Thirty-seventh Middlesex District | D | Unopposed
First Norfolk District | D | Unopposed
Second Norfolk District | D | Unopposed
Third Norfolk District | D | Unopposed
Fourth Norfolk District | D | Unopposed
Fifth Norfolk District | D | Unopposed
Sixth Norfolk District | D | Unopposed
Seventh Norfolk District | D | Unopposed
Eighth Norfolk District | D | Unopposed
Ninth Norfolk District | R | 21.8 percent
Tenth Norfolk District | D | Unopposed
Eleventh Norfolk District | D | Unopposed
Twelfth Norfolk District | D | 32.0 percent
Thirteenth Norfolk District | D | Unopposed
Fourteenth Norfolk District | D | Unopposed
Fifteenth Norfolk District | D | Unopposed
First Plymouth District | R | 1.7 percent
Second Plymouth District | R | 15.6 percent
Third Plymouth District | D | 8.0 percent
Fourth Plymouth District | D | 39.2 percent
Fifth Plymouth District | R | 2.1 percent
Sixth Plymouth District | D | 28.1 percent
Seventh Plymouth District | R | Unopposed
Eighth Plymouth District | R | Unopposed
Ninth Plymouth District | D | 71.1 percent
Tenth Plymouth District | D | Unopposed
Eleventh Plymouth District | D | Unopposed
Twelfth Plymouth District | D | 19.9 percent
First Suffolk District | D | Unopposed
Second Suffolk District | D | Unopposed
Third Suffolk District | D | Unopposed
Fourth Suffolk District | D | Unopposed
Fifth Suffolk District | D | 68.7 percent
Sixth Suffolk District | D | Unopposed
Seventh Suffolk District | D | Unopposed
Eighth Suffolk District | D | Unopposed
Ninth Suffolk District | D | Unopposed
Tenth Suffolk District | D | Unopposed
Eleventh Suffolk District | D | 78.5 percent
Twelfth Suffolk District | D | Unopposed
Thirteenth Suffolk District | D | Unopposed
Fourteenth Suffolk District | D | Unopposed
Fifteenth Suffolk District | D | Unopposed
Sixteenth Suffolk District | D | Unopposed
Seventeenth Suffolk District | D | Unopposed
Eighteenth Suffolk District | D | Unopposed
Nineteenth Suffolk District | D | Unopposed
First Worcester District | R | Unopposed
Second Worcester District | D | Unopposed
Third Worcester District | D | Unopposed
Fourth Worcester District | D | 10.4 percent
Fifth Worcester District | R | Unopposed
Sixth Worcester District | R | Unopposed
Seventh Worcester District | R | 32.7 percent
Eighth Worcester District | R | Unopposed
Ninth Worcester District | R | Unopposed
Tenth Worcester District | D | 10.0 percent
Eleventh Worcester District | R | Unopposed
Twelfth Worcester District | D | 60.6 percent
Thirteenth Worcester District | D | Unopposed
Fourteenth Worcester District | D | Unopposed
Fifteenth Worcester District | D | 57.3 percent
Sixteenth Worcester District | D | 34.3 percent
Seventeenth Worcester District | R | 9.1 percent
Eighteenth Worcester District | R | Unopposed

## Important dates and deadlines[edit]

See also: Massachusetts elections, 2016

The calendar below lists important dates for political candidates in Massachusetts in 2016.

Dates and requirements for candidates in 2016

Deadline  |  Event type  |  Event description
May 3, 2016 | Ballot access  |  Last day for party and non-party candidates for district and county offices to submit nomination papers to registrars of voters for signature certification
May 10, 2016 | Ballot access  |  Last day for party candidates for federal and statewide offices candidates to submit nomination papers to registrars of voters for signature certification
May 31, 2016 | Ballot access  |  Last day for party and non-party candidates for district and county offices to file nomination papers with the secretary of the commonwealth
June 7, 2016 | Ballot access  |  Last day for party candidates for federal and statewide offices to file nomination papers with the secretary of the commonwealth
August 2, 2016 | Ballot access  |  Last day for non-party candidates for federal and statewide offices candidates to submit nomination papers to registrars of voters for signature certification
August 30, 2016 | Ballot access  |  Last day for non-party candidates for federal and statewide offices to file nomination papers with the secretary of the commonwealth
September 8, 2016 | Election date  |  Primary election
September 12, 2016 | Campaign finance  |  Pre-primary report due (covering January 1, 2016–September 2, 2016)
October 31, 2016 | Campaign finance  |  Pre-election report due (covering September 3, 2016–October 21, 2016)
November 8, 2016 | Election date  |  General election
January 20, 2017 | Campaign finance  |  Year-end report due (covering October 22, 2016–December 31, 2016)
Sources: Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance, "Filing Schedules," accessed June 30, 2015
Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, "2016 Massachusetts State Primary and State Election Schedule," accessed June 30, 2015

## Competitiveness[edit]

### Candidates unopposed by a major party[edit]

In 131 (81.9%) of the 160 seats up for election in 2016, there was only one major party candidate running for election. A total of 111 Democrats and 20 Republicans were guaranteed election barring unforeseen circumstances.

Two major party candidates faced off in the general election in 29 (18.1%) of the 160 seats up for election.

### Primary challenges[edit]

Seventeen incumbents faced primary competition on September 8. Nine seats were open, leaving 134 incumbents who advanced past the primary without opposition.

### Retired incumbents[edit]

Nine incumbent representatives did not run for re-election, while 151 ran for re-election. A list of those incumbents, nine Democrats, can be found above.

### Results from 2014[edit]

See also: 2014 state legislative elections analyzed using a Competitiveness Index

There were 6,057 seats in 87 chambers with elections in 2014. All three aspects of Ballotpedia's Competitiveness Index—the number of open seats, incumbents facing primary opposition, and general elections between partisan candidates—showed poor results compared to the prior election cycle. States with elections in 2014 held fewer general elections between partisan candidates. Additionally, fewer incumbents faced primary opposition and more incumbents ran for re-election than in recent years.

Since 2010, when the Competitiveness Index was established, there had not been an even-year election cycle to do statistically worse in any of the three categories. See the following chart for a breakdown of those scores between each year.

Overall Competitiveness

|  2010  |  2012  |  2014
Competitiveness Index  | 36.2  | 35.8  | 31.4
% Open Seats  | 18.6%  | 21.2%  | 17.0%
% Incumbent with primary challenge  | 22.7%  | 24.6%  | 20.1%
% Candidates with major party opposition  | 67.3%  | 61.7%  | 57.0%

The following table details Massachusetts' rates for open seats, incumbents that faced primary challenges and major party competition in the 2014 general election.

Massachusetts General Court 2014 Competitiveness

% Open Seats  |  % Incumbent with primary challenge  |  % Candidates with major party opposition  |  Competitiveness Index  |  Overall rank
10.5%  |  8.4%  |  39.0%  |  19.3  |  42

### Historical context[edit]

See also: Competitiveness in State Legislative Elections: 1972-2014

Uncontested elections: In 2014, 32.8 percent of Americans lived in states with an uncontested state senate election. Similarly, 40.4 percent of Americans lived in states with uncontested house elections. Primary elections were uncontested even more frequently, with 61 percent of people living in states with no contested primaries. Uncontested elections often occur in locations that are so politically one-sided that the result of an election would be a foregone conclusion regardless of whether it was contested or not.

Open seats: In most cases, an incumbent will run for re-election, which decreases the number of open seats available. In 2014, 83 percent of the 6,057 seats up for election saw the incumbent running for re-election. The states that impose term limits on their legislatures typically see a higher percentage of open seats in a given year because a portion of incumbents in each election are forced to leave office. Overall, the number of open seats decreased from 2012 to 2014, dropping from 21.2 percent in 2012 to 17.0 percent in 2014.

Incumbent win rates: Ballotpedia's competitiveness analysis of elections between 1972 and 2014 documented the high propensity for incumbents to win re-election in state legislative elections. In fact, since 1972, the win rate for incumbents had not dropped below 90 percent—with the exception of 1974, when 88 percent of incumbents were re-elected to their seats. Perhaps most importantly, the win rate for incumbents generally increased over time. In 2014, 96.5 percent of incumbents were able to retain their seats. Common convention holds that incumbents are able to leverage their office to maintain their seat. However, the high incumbent win rate may actually be a result of incumbents being more likely to hold seats in districts that are considered safe for their party.

Marginal primaries: Often, competitiveness is measured by examining the rate of elections that have been won by amounts that are considered marginal (5 percent or less). During the 2014 election, 90.1 percent of primary and general election races were won by margins higher than 5 percent. Interestingly, it is usually the case that only one of the two races—primary or general—will be competitive at a time. This means that if a district's general election is competitive, typically one or more of the district's primaries were won by more than 5 percent. The reverse is also true: If a district sees a competitive primary, it is unlikely that the general election for that district will be won by less than 5 percent. Primaries often see very low voter turnout in comparison to general elections. In 2014, there were only 27 million voters for state legislative primaries, but approximately 107 million voters for the state legislative general elections.

## Campaign contributions[edit]

The following chart shows how many candidates ran for State House in Massachusetts in past years and the cumulative amount of campaign contributions in State House races, including contributions in both primary and general election contests.[5]

Massachusetts House of Representatives Donations

Year  | Candidates  | Amount
2014  |  315  |  $13,382,742
2012  |  269  |  $13,082,644
2010  |  336  |  $13,653,096
2008  |  251  |  $13,458,858
2006  |  365  |  $12,680,948

### State comparison[edit]

The map below shows the average contributions to 2014 candidates for state houses. The average contributions raised by state house candidates in 2014 was $59,983. Massachusetts, at $42,485 per candidate, is ranked 24 of 45 for state house chambers with the highest average contributions. Hover your mouse over a state to see the average campaign contributions for that state’s house candidates in 2014.[5][6]

## Qualifications[edit]

Article LXXI of the Massachusetts Constitution states: "Every representative, for one year at least immediately preceding his election, shall have been an inhabitant of the district for which he is chosen and shall cease to represent such district when he shall cease to be an inhabitant of the commonwealth."[7]

## See also[edit]

* Massachusetts House of Representatives
* Massachusetts State Legislature
* State legislative elections, 2016

## External links[edit]

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* Candidate list

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Under Ballotpedia's competitiveness criteria, districts that have a margin of victory of less than 5 percent are considered highly competitive. Districts that have a margin of victory from 5 to 10 percent are considered mildly competitive.
2. ↑ Incumbent Garrett Bradley (D) unexpectedly resigned, leaving the seat vacant and without any primary candidates on the ballot.
3. ↑ This calculation excludes chambers that had elections where two or more members were elected in a race. These chambers are the Arizona House, the New Hampshire House, the North Dakota House, the South Dakota House, the Vermont House, the Vermont Senate, and the West Virginia House.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Excludes unopposed elections
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 followthemoney.org, "Contributions to candidates and committees in elections in Massachusetts," accessed July 28, 2015
6. ↑ This map relies on data collected in July 2015.
7. ↑ Massachusetts State Legislature, "Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts," accessed March 28, 2014

[show]

Current members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Leadership

Speaker of the House:Ronald Mariano

Representatives

Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket District

Dylan Fernandes (D)

1st Barnstable District

Timothy Whelan (R)

1st Berkshire District

John Barrett (D)

1st Bristol District

F. Barrows (R)

1st Essex District

James Kelcourse (R)

1st Franklin District

Natalie Blais (D)

1st Hampden District

Todd Smola (R)

1st Hampshire District

Lindsay Sabadosa (D)

1st Middlesex District

Sheila Harrington (R)

1st Norfolk District

Bruce Ayers (D)

1st Plymouth District

Mathew Muratore (R)

1st Suffolk District

Adrian Madaro (D)

1st Worcester District

Kimberly Ferguson (R)

2nd Barnstable District

Kip Diggs (D)

2nd Berkshire District

Paul Mark (D)

2nd Bristol District

James Hawkins (D)

2nd Essex District

Leonard Mirra (R)

2nd Franklin District

Susannah Whipps (I)

2nd Hampden District

Brian Ashe (D)

2nd Hampshire District

Daniel Carey (D)

2nd Middlesex District

James Arciero (D)

2nd Norfolk District

Tackey Chan (D)

2nd Plymouth District

Susan Gifford (R)

2nd Suffolk District

Daniel Ryan (D)

2nd Worcester District

Jonathan Zlotnik (D)

3rd Barnstable District

David Vieira (R)

3rd Berkshire District

Tricia Farley-Bouvier (D)

3rd Bristol District

Carol Doherty (D)

3rd Essex District

Andy Vargas (D)

3rd Hampden District

Nicholas Boldyga (R)

3rd Hampshire District

Mindy Domb (D)

3rd Middlesex District

Kate Hogan (D)

3rd Norfolk District

Ronald Mariano (D)

3rd Plymouth District

Joan Meschino (D)

3rd Suffolk District

Aaron Michlewitz (D)

3rd Worcester District

Michael Kushmerek (D)

4th Barnstable District

Sarah Peake (D)

4th Berkshire District

William Pignatelli (D)

4th Bristol District

Steven Howitt (R)

4th Essex District

Vacant

4th Hampden District

Kelly Pease (R)

4th Middlesex District

Danielle Gregoire (D)

4th Norfolk District

James Murphy (D)

4th Plymouth District

Patrick Joseph Kearney (D)

4th Suffolk District

David Biele (D)

4th Worcester District

Natalie Higgins (D)

5th Barnstable District

Steven Xiarhos (R)

5th Bristol District

Patricia Haddad (D)

5th Essex District

Ann-Margaret Ferrante (D)

5th Hampden District

Patricia Duffy (D)

5th Middlesex District

David Linsky (D)

5th Norfolk District

Mark Cusack (D)

5th Plymouth District

David DeCoste (R)

5th Suffolk District

Liz Miranda (D)

5th Worcester District

Donald Berthiaume (R)

6th Bristol District

Carole Fiola (D)

6th Essex District

Jerry Parisella (D)

6th Hampden District

Michael Finn (D)

6th Middlesex District

Maria Robinson (D)

6th Norfolk District

William Galvin (D)

6th Plymouth District

Josh Cutler (D)

6th Suffolk District

Russell Holmes (D)

6th Worcester District

Peter Durant (R)

7th Bristol District

Alan Silvia (D)

7th Essex District

Paul Tucker (D)

7th Hampden District

Jacob Oliveira (D)

7th Middlesex District

Jack Lewis (D)

7th Norfolk District

William Driscoll (D)

7th Plymouth District

Alyson Sullivan (R)

7th Suffolk District

Chynah Tyler (D)

7th Worcester District

Paul Frost (R)

8th Bristol District

Paul Schmid (D)

8th Essex District

Lori Ehrlich (D)

8th Hampden District

Joseph Wagner (D)

8th Middlesex District

Carolyn Dykema (D)

8th Norfolk District

Ted Philips (D)

8th Plymouth District

Angelo D'Emilia (R)

8th Suffolk District

Jay Livingstone (D)

8th Worcester District

Michael Soter (R)

9th Bristol District

Christopher Markey (D)

9th Essex District

Donald Wong (R)

9th Hampden District

Orlando Ramos (D)

9th Middlesex District

Thomas Stanley (D)

9th Norfolk District

Shawn Dooley (R)

9th Plymouth District

Gerry Cassidy (D)

9th Suffolk District

Jon Santiago (D)

9th Worcester District

David Muradian (R)

10th Bristol District

William Straus (D)

10th Essex District

Dan Cahill (D)

10th Hampden District

Carlos Gonzalez (D)

10th Middlesex District

John Lawn (D)

10th Norfolk District

Jeffrey Roy (D)

10th Plymouth District

Michelle DuBois (D)

10th Suffolk District

Edward Coppinger (D)

10th Worcester District

Brian Murray (D)

11th Bristol District

Christopher Hendricks (D)

11th Essex District

Peter Capano (D)

11th Hampden District

Bud Williams (D)

11th Middlesex District

Kay Khan (D)

11th Norfolk District

Paul McMurtry (D)

11th Plymouth District

Claire Cronin (D)

11th Suffolk District

Elizabeth Malia (D)

11th Worcester District

Hannah Kane (R)

12th Bristol District

Norman Orrall (R)

12th Essex District

Thomas Walsh (D)

12th Hampden District

Angelo Puppolo (D)

12th Middlesex District

Ruth Balser (D)

12th Norfolk District

John Rogers (D)

12th Plymouth District

Kathleen LaNatra (D)

12th Suffolk District

Brandy Oakley (D)

12th Worcester District

Meghan Kilcoyne (D)

13th Bristol District

Antonio Cabral (D)

13th Essex District

Sally Kerans (D)

13th Middlesex District

Carmine Gentile (D)

13th Norfolk District

Denise Garlick (D)

13th Suffolk District

Daniel Hunt (D)

13th Worcester District

John Mahoney (D)

14th Bristol District

Adam Scanlon (D)

14th Essex District

Christina Minicucci (D)

14th Middlesex District

Tami Gouveia (D)

14th Norfolk District

Alice Peisch (D)

14th Suffolk District

Rob Consalvo (D)

14th Worcester District

James O'Day (D)

15th Essex District

Linda Campbell (D)

15th Middlesex District

Michelle Ciccolo (D)

15th Norfolk District

Tommy Vitolo (D)

15th Suffolk District

Nika Elugardo (D)

15th Worcester District

Mary Keefe (D)

16th Essex District

Marcos Devers (D)

16th Middlesex District

Thomas Golden (D)

16th Suffolk District

Jessica Giannino (D)

16th Worcester District

Daniel Donahue (D)

17th Essex District

Frank Moran (D)

17th Middlesex District

Vanna Howard (D)

17th Suffolk District

Kevin Honan (D)

17th Worcester District

David LeBoeuf (D)

18th Essex District

Tram Nguyen (D)

18th Middlesex District

Rady Mom (D)

18th Suffolk District

Michael Moran (D)

18th Worcester District

Joseph McKenna (R)

19th Middlesex District

David Allen Robertson (D)

19th Suffolk District

Jeffrey Turco (D)

20th Middlesex District

Bradley Jones (R)

21st Middlesex District

Kenneth Gordon (D)

22nd Middlesex District

Marc Lombardo (R)

23rd Middlesex District

Sean Garballey (D)

24th Middlesex District

David Rogers (D)

25th Middlesex District

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26th Middlesex District

Mike Connolly (D)

27th Middlesex District

Erika Uyterhoeven (D)

28th Middlesex District

Joseph McGonagle (D)

29th Middlesex District

Steven Owens (D)

30th Middlesex District

Richard Haggerty (D)

31st Middlesex District

Michael Day (D)

32nd Middlesex District

Kate Lipper-Garabedian (D)

33rd Middlesex District

Steven Ultrino (D)

34th Middlesex District

Christine Barber (D)

35th Middlesex District

Paul Donato (D)

36th Middlesex District

Colleen Garry (D)

37th Middlesex District

Danillo Sena (D)

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