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Massachusetts House of Representatives elections, 2012

Majority control • Campaign contributions

Qualifications • Term limits • Impact of Redistricting

State Legislative Election Results

List of candidates First Barnstable District • Second Barnstable District • Third Barnstable District • Fourth Barnstable District • Fifth Barnstable District • Barnstable, Dukes & Nantucket District • First Berkshire District • Second Berkshire District • Third Berkshire District • Fourth Berkshire District • First Bristol District • Second Bristol District • Third Bristol District • Fourth Bristol District • Fifth Bristol District • Sixth Bristol District • Seventh Bristol District • Eighth Bristol District • Ninth Bristol District • Tenth Bristol District • Eleventh Bristol District • Twelfth Bristol District• Thirteenth Bristol District • Fourteenth Bristol District • First Essex District • Second Essex District • Third Essex District • Fourth Essex District • Fifth Essex District • Sixth Essex District • Seventh Essex District • Eighth Essex District • Ninth Essex District • Tenth Essex District • Eleventh Essex District • Twelfth Essex District • Thirteenth Essex District • Fourteenth Essex District • Fifteenth Essex District • Sixteenth Essex District • Seventeenth Essex District • Eighteenth Essex District • First Franklin District • Second Franklin District • First Hampden District • Second Hampden District • Third Hampden District • Fourth Hampden District • Fifth Hampden District • Sixth Hampden District • Seventh Hampden District • Eighth Hampden District • Ninth Hampden District • Tenth Hampden District • Eleventh Hampden District • Twelfth Hampden District • First Hampshire District • Second Hampshire District • Third Hampshire District • First Middlesex District • Second Middlesex District • Third Middlesex District • Fourth Middlesex District • Fifth Middlesex District • Sixth Middlesex District • Seventh Middlesex District • Eighth Middlesex District • Ninth Middlesex District • Tenth Middlesex District • Eleventh Middlesex District • Twelfth Middlesex District • Thirteenth Middlesex District • Fourteenth Middlesex District • Fifteenth Middlesex District • Sixteenth Middlesex District • Seventeenth Middlesex District • Eighteenth Middlesex District • Nineteenth Middlesex District • Twentieth Middlesex District • Twenty-first Middlesex District • Twenty-second Middlesex District • Twenty-third Middlesex District • Twenty-fourth Middlesex District • Twenty-fifth Middlesex District • Twenty-sixth Middlesex District • Twenty-seventh Middlesex District • Twenty-eighth Middlesex District • Twenty-ninth Middlesex District • Thirtieth Middlesex District • Thirty-first Middlesex District • Thirty-second Middlesex District • Thirty-third Middlesex District • Thirty-fourth Middlesex District • Thirty-fifth Middlesex District • Thirty-sixth Middlesex District • Thirty-seventh Middlesex District • First Norfolk District • Second Norfolk District • Third Norfolk District • Fourth Norfolk District • Fifth Norfolk District • Sixth Norfolk District • Seventh Norfolk District • Eighth Norfolk District • Ninth Norfolk District • Tenth Norfolk District • Eleventh Norfolk District • Twelfth Norfolk District • Thirteenth Norfolk District • Fourteenth Norfolk District • Fifteenth Norfolk District • First Plymouth District • Second Plymouth District • Third Plymouth District • Fourth Plymouth District • Fifth Plymouth District • Sixth Plymouth District • Seventh Plymouth District • Eighth Plymouth District • Ninth Plymouth District • Tenth Plymouth District • Eleventh Plymouth District • Twelfth Plymouth District • First Suffolk District • Second Suffolk District • Third Suffolk District • Fourth Suffolk District • Fifth Suffolk District • Sixth Suffolk District • Seventh Suffolk District • Eighth Suffolk District • Ninth Suffolk District • Tenth Suffolk District • Eleventh Suffolk District • Twelfth Suffolk District • Thirteenth Suffolk District • Fourteenth Suffolk District • Fifteenth Suffolk District • Sixteenth Suffolk District • Seventeenth Suffolk District • Eighteenth Suffolk District • Nineteenth Suffolk District • First Worcester District • Second Worcester District • Third Worcester District • Fourth Worcester District • Fifth Worcester District • Sixth Worcester District • Seventh Worcester District • Eighth Worcester District • Ninth Worcester District • Tenth Worcester District • Eleventh Worcester District • Twelfth Worcester District • Thirteenth Worcester District • Fourteenth Worcester District • Fifteenth Worcester District • Sixteenth Worcester District • Seventeenth Worcester District • Eighteenth Worcester District

Massachusetts House of Representatives • 2012 Massachusetts Senate Elections

The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in these elections was June 5, 2012. The primary Election Day was September 6, 2012.

See also: Massachusetts State Senate elections, 2012 and State legislative elections, 2012

Majority control[edit]

See also: Partisan composition of state houses

Heading into the November 6 election, the Democratic Party held the majority in the Massachusetts House of Representatives:

Incumbents retiring[edit]

A total of four incumbents did not run for re-election in 2012. Those incumbents were:

Name	Party	Current Office
Harriett Stanley	Democratic	Second Essex District
William Brownsberger	Democratic	Twenty-Fourth Middlesex
Alice Wolf	Democratic	Twenty-Fifth Middlesex
Geraldine Creedon	Democratic	Eleventh Plymouth District

Campaign contributions[edit]

This 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. All figures come from Follow The Money.^[1]

In 2010, the candidates running for state house raised a total of $13,713,787 in campaign contributions. The top 10 donors were:^[2]

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.

Impact of redistricting[edit]

See also: Redistricting in Massachusetts

In Massachusetts, the state legislature has jurisdiction over state and Congressional redistricting.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Massachusetts' population increased from 6.35 million to 6.55 million between 2000 and 2010. The highest population densities were near Boston and in the eastern portion of the state.^[3] The population increase amounted to 3.1 percent over the past decade, which was well below the national population increase of 9.7 percent.^[4] As a result of this slower rate of growth, Massachusetts lost one seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, falling from 10 to 9 seats.^[5]

Various interested parties across the state pushed for legislative and Congressional districts to divide towns as little as possible and follow local political and community boundaries.^[6] Other groups pushed for more majority-minority districts.^[7][8][9] The new maps would increase the number of minority-majority districts in the State House from 10 to 20.^[10] Two freshmen Democrats and two freshmen Republicans would be put into districts that would have created likely primaries between incumbents, but some incumbents declared that they would move.^[11] The town of Lexington was consolidated into one House district for the 2012 elections.^[12]

List of candidates[edit]

First Barnstable District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Cleon Turner - a Incumbent Turner first assumed office in 2005.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republican candidates filed for this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Cleon Turner: 19,389

Second Barnstable District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Demetrius Atsalis: 1,624 - Incumbent Atsalis first assumed office in 1999.
• Brian Mannal: 2,058 a

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republican candidates filed for this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Brian Mannal: 15,568

Third Barnstable District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• No Democratic candidates filed for this district.

September 6 GOP primary:

• David Vieira - a Incumbent Vieira first assumed office in 2011.

November 6 General election candidates:

David Vieira: 17,724

Fourth Barnstable District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Sarah Peake - a Incumbent Peake first assumed office in 2007.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republican candidates filed for this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Sarah Peake: 22,502

Fifth Barnstable District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• R. Patrick Ellis a

September 6 GOP primary:

• Randy Hunt - a Incumbent Hunt first assumed office in 2011.

November 6 General election candidates:

R. Patrick Ellis: 9,747

Randy Hunt: 12,483

Barnstable, Dukes & Nantucket District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Timothy Madden - a Incumbent Madden first assumed office in 2009.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republican candidates filed for this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Timothy Madden: 20,070

First Berkshire District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Gailanne Cariddi - a Incumbent Cariddi first assumed office in 2011.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republican candidates filed for this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Gailanne Cariddi: 15,705

Second Berkshire District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Paul Mark - a Incumbent Mark first assumed office in 2011.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republican candidates filed for this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Paul Mark: 16,917

Third Berkshire District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Patricia Farley-Bouvier - a Incumbent Farley-Bouvier first assumed office in 2011.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republican candidates filed for this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Patricia Farley-Bouvier: 14,419

Fourth Berkshire District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• William Pignatelli - a Incumbent Pignatelli first assumed office in 2003.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republican candidates filed for this district.

September 6 Green-Rainbow primary:

• Lee Scott Laugenour a

November 6 General election candidates:

William Pignatelli: 16,670

Lee Scott Laugenour: 3,624

First Bristol District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• No Democratic candidates filed for this district.

September 6 GOP primary:

• Fred Barrows - a Incumbent Barrows first assumed office in 2007.

November 6 General election candidates:

Fred Barrows: 15,747

Second Bristol District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Paul Heroux: 1,127 a
• Stephen Vincent Kane: 319

September 6 GOP primary:

• George Ross - a Incumbent Ross first assumed office in 2011.

November 6 General election candidates:

Paul Heroux: 9,738

George Ross: 6,992

Third Bristol District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Sherry Costa-Hanlon a

September 6 GOP primary:

• Shaunna O'Connell - a Incumbent O'Connell first assumed office in 2011.

November 6 General election candidates:

Sherry Costa-Hanlon: 7,274

Shaunna O'Connell: 9,434

Fourth Bristol District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• A. Keith Carreiro a

September 6 GOP primary:

• Steven Howitt - a Incumbent Howitt first assumed office in 2011.

November 6 General election candidates:

A. Keith Carreiro: 7,515

Steven Howitt: 11,961

Fifth Bristol District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Patricia Haddad - a Incumbent Haddad first assumed office in 2001.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republican candidates filed for this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Patricia Haddad: 16,120

Sixth Bristol District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• David Sullivan - a Incumbent Sullivan first assumed office in 1997.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republican candidates filed for this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

David Sullivan: 12,288

Seventh Bristol District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Kevin Aguiar: 2,127 - Incumbent Aguiar first assumed office in 2009.
• Alan Silvia: 2,153 - Unofficial results put Silvia up by 7 votes. A recount was conducted.^[13][14]a

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republican candidates filed for this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Alan Silvia: 9,449

Eighth Bristol District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Paul Schmid III - a Incumbent Schmid first assumed office in 2011.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republican candidates filed for this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Paul Schmid III: 14,576

Ninth Bristol District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Christopher Markey - a Incumbent Markey first assumed office in 2011.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republican candidates filed for this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Christopher Markey: 15,175

Tenth Bristol District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• William Straus: 2,918 - a Incumbent Straus first assumed office in 1993.
• Abilio Soares: 791

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republican candidates filed for this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

William Straus: 15,991

Eleventh Bristol District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Robert Koczera - a Incumbent Koczera first assumed office in 1989.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Robert Koczera: 12,001

Twelfth Bristol District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Adam Bond: 806
• Roger Brunelle, Jr.: 818^[15]a

September 6 GOP primary:

• Keiko Orrall - a Incumbent Orrall first assumed office in 2011.

November 6 General election candidates:

Roger Brunelle, Jr.: 7,532

Keiko Orrall: 10,251

Thirteenth Bristol District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Antonio Cabral - a Incumbent Cabral first assumed office in 1991.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Antonio Cabral: 12,620

Fourteenth Bristol District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• No Democrats filed to run in this district.

September 6 GOP primary:

• Elizabeth Poirier - a Incumbent Poirier first assumed office in 1999.

November 6 General election candidates:

Elizabeth Poirier: 16,136

First Essex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Michael Costello - a Incumbent Costello first assumed office in 2003.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Michael Costello: 18,398

Second Essex District[edit]

Note: Incumbent Harriett Stanley (D) did not seek re-election.

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Barry Fogel a

September 6 GOP primary:

• Robert Cronin: 1,172
• Gary Fowler: 502
• Leonard Mirra: 1,331 a

November 6 General election candidates:

Barry Fogel: 11,583

Leonard Mirra: 12,663

Third Essex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Brian Dempsey - a Incumbent Dempsey first assumed office in 1991.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Brian Dempsey: 14,394

Fourth Essex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• No Democrats filed to run in this district.

September 6 GOP primary:

• Bradford Hill - a Incumbent Hill first assumed office in 1999.

November 6 General election candidates:

Bradford Hill: 21,129

Fifth Essex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Ann-Margaret Ferrante - a Incumbent Ferrante first assumed office in 2009.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run for office in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Ann-Margaret Ferrante: 17,997

Sixth Essex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Jerry Parisella - a Incumbent Parisella first assumed office in 2011.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Jerry Parisella: 16,355

Seventh Essex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• John Keenan, Jr. - a Incumbent Keenan first assumed office in 2005.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

John Keenan, Jr.: 16,344

Eighth Essex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Lori Ehrlich - a Incumbent Ehrlich first assumed office in 2009.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Lori Ehrlich: 17,186

Ninth Essex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• No Democrats filed to run in this district.

September 6 GOP primary:

• Donald Wong - a Incumbent Wong first assumed office in 2011.

November 6 General election candidates:

Donald Wong: 16,034

Tenth Essex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Robert Fennell - a Incumbent Fennell first assumed office in 1995.
• Gardy Jean-Francois: Jean-Francois appeared on the candidate list, but not the primary ballot.

September 6 GOP primary:

• Dwight Caufield a

November 6 General election candidates:

Robert Fennell: 10,739

Dwight Caufield: 2,201

Eleventh Essex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Steven Walsh - a Incumbent Walsh first assumed office in 2003.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Steven Walsh: 11,607

Twelfth Essex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Joyce Spiliotis - a Incumbent Spiliotis first assumed office in 2003.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Joyce Spiliotis: 15,884

Thirteenth Essex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Theodore Speliotis - a Incumbent Speliotis first assumed office in 1997.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in the primary.

November 6 General election candidates:

Theodore Speliotis: 14,019

Daniel Bennett (Massachusetts): 8,304

Fourteenth Essex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• David Torrisi: 1,438 - Incumbent Torrisi first assumed office in 1999.
• Diana DiZoglio: 1,602 a

September 6 GOP primary:

• Karin Rhoton a

November 6 General election candidates:

Diana DiZoglio: 11,191

Karin Rhoton: 6,595

Fifteenth Essex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Linda Campbell - a Incumbent Campbell first assumed office in 2007.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Linda Campbell: 15,154

Sixteenth Essex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Marcos Devers: 1,484 - a Incumbent Devers first assumed office in 2010.
• Chally Ramos: 278

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Marcos Devers: 9,270

Jose L. Santiago: 1,710

Seventeenth Essex District[edit]

Note: Incumbent Paul Adams ran for the State Senate.

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Frank Moran a

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Frank Moran: 8,419

Kevin M. Cuff: 4,838

Eighteenth Essex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Barbara L'Italien a

September 6 GOP primary:

• James Lyons, Jr. - a Incumbent Lyons first assumed office in 2011.

November 6 General election candidates:

Barbara L'Italien: 11,301

James Lyons, Jr.: 11,810

First Franklin District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Stephen Kulik - a Incumbent Kulik first assumed office in 1993.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Stephen Kulik: 20,002

Second Franklin District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Denise Andrews: 1,657 - a Incumbent Andrews first assumed office in 2011.
• Rebecca Bialecki: 1,174
• Genevieve Fraser: 156
• Jim White: 471

September 6 GOP primary:

• Susannah Lee a

November 6 General election candidates:

Denise Andrews: 8,296

Susannah Lee: 8,099

Richard F. Schober, Jr.: 1,916

First Hampden District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• No Democrats filed to run in this district.

September 6 GOP primary:

• Todd Smola - a Incumbent Smola first assumed office in 2005.

November 6 General election candidates:

Todd Smola: 15,962

Second Hampden District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Brian Michael Ashe - a Incumbent Ashe first assumed office in 2009.

September 6 GOP primary:

• Marie Angelides: 1,342 a
• Enrico John Villamaino, III: 177

November 6 General election candidates:

Brian Michael Ashe: 12,609

Marie Angelides: 9,470

Third Hampden District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Samuel Salvatore DiSanti, Jr. a

September 6 GOP primary:

• Nicholas Boldyga - a Incumbent Boldyga first assumed office in 2011.

November 6 General election candidates:

Samuel Salvatore DiSanti, Jr.: 7,403

Nicholas Boldyga: 11,674

Fourth Hampden District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• No Democrats filed to run in this district.

September 6 GOP primary:

• Donald Humason, Jr. - a Incumbent Humason first assumed office in 2003.

November 6 General election candidates:

Donald Humason, Jr.: 14,732

Fifth Hampden District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Michael Kane: 999 - Incumbent Kane first assumed office in 2001.
• Aaron Vega: 1,947 a

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in the primary.

November 6 General election candidates:

Aaron Vega: 9,545

Linda Vacon: 3,211

Jerome T. Hobert: 2,939

Sixth Hampden District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Michael Finn - a Incumbent Finn first assumed office in 2011.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Michael Finn: 9,477

Lincoln A. Blackie: 5,402

Seventh Hampden District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Thomas Petrolati - a Incumbent Petrolati first assumed office in 1987.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Thomas Petrolati: 15,013

Eighth Hampden District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Joseph Wagner - a Incumbent Wagner first assumed office in 1993.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Joseph Wagner: 13,860

Ninth Hampden District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Sean Curran: 2,500 - a Incumbent Curran first assumed office in 2005.
• Joseph Fountain: 868

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Sean Curran: 12,134

Robert Underwood: 2,180

Tenth Hampden District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Cheryl Coakley-Rivera - a Incumbent Rivera first assumed office in 1999.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Cheryl Coakley-Rivera: 10,136

Eleventh Hampden District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Benjamin Swan, Sr. - a Incumbent Swan first assumed office in 1995.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Benjamin Swan, Sr.: 10,084

Norman W. Oliver: 3,020

Twelfth Hampden District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Angelo Puppolo, Jr. - a Incumbent Puppolo first assumed office in 2007.

September 6 GOP primary:

• Dennis John McCarthy a

November 6 General election candidates:

Angelo Puppolo, Jr.: 13,271

Dennis John McCarthy: 5,615

First Hampshire District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Peter Kocot - a Incumbent Kocot first assumed office in 2003.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Peter Kocot: 19,090

Second Hampshire District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• John Scibak - a Incumbent Scibak first assumed office in 2003.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

John Scibak: 17,881

Third Hampshire District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Ellen Story - a Incumbent Story first assumed office in 1993.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Ellen Story: 15,365

First Middlesex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• No Democrats filed to run in this district.

September 6 GOP primary:

• Sheila Harrington - a Incumbent Harrington first assumed office in 2011.

November 6 General election candidates:

Sheila Harrington: 17,592

Second Middlesex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• James Arciero - a Incumbent Arciero first assumed office in 2009.

September 6 GOP primary:

• Valerie Wormell a

November 6 General election candidates:

James Arciero: 15,043

Valerie Wormell: 8,065

Third Middlesex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Kate Hogan - a Incumbent Hogan first assumed office in 2009.

September 6 GOP primary:

• Chuck Kuniewich a

November 6 General election candidates:

Kate Hogan: 14,074

Chuck Kuniewich: 7,865

Fourth Middlesex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Joseph Paul Richard Collins, Sr.: 364
• Danielle Gregoire: 1,113 a

September 6 GOP primary:

• Steven Levy - a Incumbent Levy first assumed office in 2011.

November 6 General election candidates:

Danielle Gregoire: 9,135

Steven Levy: 8,921

Fifth Middlesex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• David Linsky - a Incumbent Linksy first assumed office in 1999.

September 6 GOP primary:

• William J. Callahan a

November 6 General election candidates:

David Linsky: 14,818

William J. Callahan: 8,103

Sixth Middlesex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Chris Walsh - a Incumbent Walsh first assumed office in 2011.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Chris Walsh: 14,931

Seventh Middlesex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Tom Sannicandro - a Incumbent Sannicandro first assumed office in 2005.

September 6 GOP primary:

• Jon Andrew Fetherston a

November 6 General election candidates:

Tom Sannicandro: 10,054

Jon Andrew Fetherston: 4,083

Eighth Middlesex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Carolyn Dykema - a Incumbent Dykema first assumed office in 2009.

September 6 GOP primary:

• Martin Lamb a

November 6 General election candidates:

Carolyn Dykema: 14,141

Martin Lamb: 8,903

Ninth Middlesex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Thomas Stanley - a Incumbent Stanley first assumed office in 2001.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Thomas Stanley: 15,821

Tenth Middlesex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• John Lawn - a Incumbent Lawn first assumed office in 2011.

September 6 GOP primary:

• Francis Xavier Stanton, III a

November 6 General election candidates:

John Lawn: 10,479

Francis Xavier Stanton, III: 3,310

Eleventh Middlesex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Kay Khan - a Incumbent Khan first assumed office in 1995.

September 6 GOP primary:

• Greer Tan Swiston a

November 6 General election candidates:

Kay Khan: 14,329

Greer Tan Swiston: 4,935

Twelfth Middlesex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Ruth Balser - a Incumbent Balser first assumed office in 1999.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Ruth Balser: 15,923

Thirteenth Middlesex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Thomas Conroy: 1,951 - a Incumbent Conroy first assumed office in 2007.
• Steven Hakar: 247

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Thomas Conroy: 16,734

Fourteenth Middlesex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Cory Atkins - a Incumbent Atkins first assumed office in 1999.

September 6 GOP primary:

• Michael Benn a

November 6 General election candidates:

Cory Atkins: 14,869

Michael Benn: 7,866

Fifteenth Middlesex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Jay Kaufman - a Incumbent Kaufman first assumed office in 1995.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Jay Kaufman: 18,138

Sixteenth Middlesex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Thomas Golden, Jr. - a Incumbent Golden first assumed office in 1995.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Thomas Golden, Jr.: 13,382

Seventeenth Middlesex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• David Nangle - a Incumbent Nangle first assumed office in 1999.

September 6 GOP primary:

• Martin Burke a

November 6 General election candidates:

David Nangle: 10,246

Martin Burke: 3,096

Eighteenth Middlesex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Kevin Murphy - a Incumbent Murphy first assumed office in 1997.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Kevin Murphy: 8,595

Nineteenth Middlesex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• James Miceli - a Incumbent Miceli first assumed office in 1977.

September 6 GOP primary:

• Douglas Sears a

November 6 General election candidates:

James Miceli: 15,755

Douglas Sears: 5,676

Twentieth Middlesex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• No Democrats filed to run in this district.

September 6 GOP primary:

• Bradley Jones, Jr. - a Incumbent Jones first assumed office in 1995.

November 6 General election candidates:

Bradley Jones, Jr.: 19,539

Twenty-First Middlesex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Charles Murphy - Incumbent Murphy filed to run for re-election, but announced in June 2012 his intention to resign at the conclusion of the House's formal session in July. This will temporarily leave the Twenty-First District vacant.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Kenneth I. Gordon: 11,802

Walter Zenkin: 9,549

Twenty-Second Middlesex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• No Democrats filed to run in this district.

September 6 GOP primary:

• Marc Lombardo - a Incumbent Lombardo first assumed office in 2011.

November 6 General election candidates:

Marc Lombardo: 11,368

James F. O'Donnell, Jr.: 7,328

Twenty-Third Middlesex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Sean Garballey - a Incumbent Garballey first assumed office in 2009.

September 6 GOP primary:

• Joseph Monju a

November 6 General election candidates:

Sean Garballey: 19,077

Joseph Monju: 4,374

Twenty-Fourth Middlesex District[edit]

Note: Incumbent William Brownsberger did not seek re-election.

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Margaret Hegarty: 2,103
• Robert Paul Reardon, Jr.: 916
• David M. Rogers: 2,295 a

September 6 GOP primary:

• Tommasina Anne Olson a

November 6 General election candidates:

David M. Rogers: 12,633

Tommasina Anne Olson: 4,448

James F. Gammill (Open Innovative Government): 4,898

Twenty-Fifth Middlesex District[edit]

Note: Incumbent Alice Wolf (D) did not seek re-election.

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Marjorie Decker: 2,762 a
• Gayle Johnson: 298
• Lesley Rebecca Phillips: 216

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

• Hasson J. Rashid (write-in)

November 6 General election candidates:

Marjorie Decker: 15,453

Twenty-Sixth Middlesex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Timothy Toomey, Jr. - a Incumbent Toomey first assumed office in 1993.

September 6 GOP primary:

• Thomas Michael Vasconcelos a

November 6 General election candidates:

Timothy Toomey, Jr.: 10,898

Thomas Michael Vasconcelos: 1,021

Mike Connolly (Progressive Independent): 4,010

Twenty-Seventh Middlesex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Denise Provost: 3,651 - a Incumbent Provost first assumed office in 2006.
• Harry Kortikere: 545

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Denise Provost: 16,843

Twenty-Eighth Middlesex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Stephen Smith - a Incumbent Smith first assumed office in 2007.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Stephen Smith: 9,597

Twenty-Ninth Middlesex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Jonathan Hecht - a Incumbent Hecht first assumed office in 2011.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Jonathan Hecht: 17,742

Thirtieth Middlesex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• James Dwyer - a Incumbent Dwyer first assumed office in 2009.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

James Dwyer: 15,567

Thirty-First Middlesex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Jason Lewis: 2,856 - a Incumbent Lewis first assumed office in 2009.
• John DePinto: 1,156

September 6 GOP primary:

• George Georgountzos a

November 6 General election candidates:

Jason Lewis: 13,389

George Georgountzos: 9,388

Thirty-Second Middlesex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Paul Brodeur - a Incumbent Brodeur first assumed office in 2011.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Paul Brodeur: 16,427

Thirty-Third Middlesex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Christopher Fallon - a Incumbent Fallon first assumed office in 1997.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Christopher Fallon: 10,730

Thirty-Fourth Middlesex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Carl Sciortino, Jr. - a Incumbent Sciortino first assumed office in 2005.

September 6 GOP primary:

• David Rajczewski a

November 6 General election candidates:

Carl Sciortino, Jr.: 13,842

David Rajczewski: 2,595

Thirty-Fifth Middlesex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Paul Donato, Sr. - a Incumbent Donato first assumed office in 2001.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Paul Donato, Sr.: 14,305

Thirty-Sixth Middlesex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Colleen Garry - a Incumbent Garry first assumed office in 1995.

September 6 GOP primary:

• George Derek Boag: 517
• Cathy Richardson: 1,397 a

November 6 General election candidates:

Colleen Garry: 12,076

Cathy Richardson: 8,543

Thirty-Seventh Middlesex District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Jennifer Benson - a Incumbent Benson first assumed office in 2009.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Jennifer Benson: 16,701

First Norfolk District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Bruce Ayers - a Incumbent Ayers first assumed office in 1999.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Bruce Ayers: 14,722

Second Norfolk District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Tackey Chan - a Incumbent Chan first assumed office in 2011.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Tackey Chan: 13,980

Third Norfolk District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Ronald Mariano - a Incumbent Mariano first assumed office in 1993.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Ronald Mariano: 14,871

Fourth Norfolk District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• James Murphy - a Incumbent Murphy first assumed office in 2001.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

James Murphy: 15,822

Robert Montgomery Thomas: 3,728

Fifth Norfolk District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Mark Cusack - a Incumbent Cusack first assumed office in 2011.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Mark Cusack: 15,422

Sixth Norfolk District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• William Galvin - a Incumbent Galvin first assumed office in 1991.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

William Galvin: 16,540

Seventh Norfolk District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Walter Timilty - a Incumbent Timilty first assumed office in 1999.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Walter Timilty: 16,844

Eighth Norfolk District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Louis Kafka - a Incumbent Kafka first assumed office in 1991.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Louis Kafka: 17,576

Ninth Norfolk District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• No Democrats filed to run in this district.

September 6 GOP primary:

• Daniel Winslow - a Incumbent Winslow first assumed office in 1991.

November 6 General election candidates:

Daniel Winslow: 18,091

Tenth Norfolk District[edit]

Note: Incumbent James Vallee resigned from the House in June 2012.

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Peter Padula: 1,463
• Jeffrey Roy: 1,935 a

September 6 GOP primary:

• Richard Eustis: 1,260 a
• John Jewell: 503
• C. Stolle Singleton: 776

November 6 General election candidates:

Jeffrey Roy: 11,850

Richard Eustis: 9,997

Eleventh Norfolk District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Paul McMurtry - a Incumbent McMurtry first assumed office in 2007.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Paul McMurtry: 17,318

Twelfth Norfolk District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• John Rogers - a Incumbent Rogers first assumed office in 1993.

September 6 GOP primary:

• James Stanton a

November 6 General election candidates:

John Rogers: 12,579

James Stanton: 8,136

Thirteenth Norfolk District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Denise Garlick - a Incumbent Garlick first assumed office in 2011.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Denise Garlick: 17,531

Fourteenth Norfolk District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Alice Peisch: 2,619 - a Incumbent Peisch first assumed office in 2003.
• Jerome Carr: 208

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Alice Peisch: 17,129

Fifteenth Norfolk District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Frank Smizik - a Incumbent Smizik first assumed office in 2001.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Frank Smizik: 15,033

First Plymouth District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• No Democrats filed to run in this district.

September 6 GOP primary:

• Viriato deMacedo - a Incumbent DeMacedo first assumed office in 1989.

November 6 General election candidates:

Viriato deMacedo: 17,926

Second Plymouth District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• No Democrats filed to run in this district.

September 6 GOP primary:

• Susan Gifford - a Incumbent Gifford first assumed office in 2003.

November 6 General election candidates:

Susan Gifford: 15,996

Third Plymouth District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Garrett Bradley - a Incumbent Bradley first assumed office in 2001.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Garrett Bradley: 18,942

Fourth Plymouth District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• James Cantwell - a Incumbent Cantwell first assumed office in 2009.

September 6 GOP primary:

• Stephen Coulter a

November 6 General election candidates:

James Cantwell: 16,128

Stephen Coulter: 7,450

Fifth Plymouth District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Rhonda Nyman - a Incumbent Nyman first assumed office in 2011.

September 6 GOP primary:

• Korey Welch a

November 6 General election candidates:

Rhonda Nyman: 12,965

Korey Welch: 9,438

Sixth Plymouth District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Josh Cutler a

September 6 GOP primary:

• Daniel Webster - a Incumbent Webster first assumed office in 2003.

Note: After winning the primary election, incumbent Daniel Webster withdrew his nomination. Webster's campaign manager Karen E. Barry will take his place on the ballot.^[16]

November 6 General election candidates:

Josh Cutler: 12,433

Karen E. Barry: 10,144

Seventh Plymouth District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Robert Toomey, Jr. a

September 6 GOP primary:

• Geoff Diehl - a Incumbent Diehl first assumed office in 2011.

November 6 General election candidates:

Robert Toomey, Jr.: 9,232

Geoff Diehl: 10,942

Eighth Plymouth District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Marilee Kenney Hunt a

September 6 GOP primary:

• Angelo D'Emilia - a Incumbent D'Emilia first assumed office in 2011.

November 6 General election candidates:

Marilee Kenney Hunt: 8,463

Angelo D'Emilia: 9,287

Ninth Plymouth District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Michael Brady - a Incumbent Brady first assumed office in 2009.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Michael Brady: 10,474

Tenth Plymouth District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Christine Canavan - a Incumbent Canavan first assumed office in 1993.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Christine Canavan: 13,687

Eleventh Plymouth District[edit]

Note: Incumbent Geraldine Creedon (D) did not seek re-election.

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Claire Cronin: 1,524 a
• Mark Linde: 113
• Jass Stewart: 1,009
• Robert Sullivan: 1,217

September 6 GOP primary:

• Daniel Murphy a

November 6 General election candidates:

Claire Cronin: 11,422

Daniel Murphy: 6,630

Twelfth Plymouth District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Thomas Calter, III - a Incumbent Calter first assumed office in 2007.

September 6 GOP primary:

• Debra Betz a

November 6 General election candidates:

Thomas Calter, III: 13,436

Debra Betz: 8,053

First Suffolk District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Carlo Basile - a Incumbent Basile first assumed office in 2007.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Carlo Basile: 8,137

Second Suffolk District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Eugene O'Flaherty - a Incumbent O'Flaherty first assumed office in 1997.

September 6 GOP primary:

• Charles Klauder a

November 6 General election candidates:

Eugene O'Flaherty: 10,282

Charles Klauder: 2,253

Third Suffolk District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Aaron Michlewitz - a Incumbent Michlewitz first assumed office in 2009.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Aaron Michlewitz: 13,031

Fourth Suffolk District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Nicholas Collins, Sr. - a Incumbent Collins first assumed office in 2011.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Nicholas Collins, Sr.: 14,927

Fifth Suffolk District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Carlos Henriquez - a Incumbent Henriquez first assumed office in 2011.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Carlos Henriquez: 9,179

Althea Garrison (Independent People's Party): 2,564

Sixth Suffolk District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Russell Holmes - a Incumbent Holmes first assumed office in 2011.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Russell Holmes: 12,357

Seventh Suffolk District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Gloria Fox: 1,374 - a Incumbent Fox first assumed office in 1985.
• Rufus Jackson Faulk: 494
• Jed Hresko: 199

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Gloria Fox: 9,561

Eighth Suffolk District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Martha Walz - a Incumbent Walz first assumed office in 2005.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Martha Walz: 14,844

Ninth Suffolk District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Byron Rushing - a Incumbent Rushing first assumed office in 1983.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Byron Rushing: 11,517

Tenth Suffolk District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Edward Coppinger - a Incumbent Coppinger first assumed office in 2011.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Edward Coppinger: 15,926

Eleventh Suffolk District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Elizabeth Malia - a Incumbent Malia first assumed office in 1999.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Elizabeth Malia: 14,632

Twelfth Suffolk District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Linda Forry - a Incumbent Forry first assumed office in 2005.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Linda Forry: 15,443

Thirteenth Suffolk District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Martin Walsh - a Incumbent Walsh first assumed office in 1997.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Martin Walsh: 13,744

Fourteenth Suffolk District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Angelo Scaccia: 1,986 - a Incumbent Scaccia first assumed office in 1981.
• Anthony Joseph Solimine: 594

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Angelo Scaccia: 14,183

Fifteenth Suffolk District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Jeffrey Sanchez - a Incumbent Sanchez first assumed office in 2003.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Jeffrey Sanchez: 14,417

Sixteenth Suffolk District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Kathi-Anne Reinstein - a Incumbent Reinstein first assumed office in 1999.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Kathi-Anne Reinstein: 11,761

Seventeenth Suffolk District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Kevin Honan - a Incumbent Honan first assumed office in 1987.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Kevin Honan: 11,267

Eighteenth Suffolk District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Michael Moran (Massachusetts) - a Incumbent Moran first assumed office in 2005.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Michael Moran (Massachusetts): 9,557

Nineteenth Suffolk District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Robert DeLeo - a Speaker DeLeo first assumed office in 1991.

September 6 GOP primary:

• Paul Caruccio a

November 6 General election candidates:

Robert DeLeo: 11,455

Paul Caruccio: 3,301

First Worcester District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• No Democrats filed to run in this district.

September 6 GOP primary:

• Kimberly Ferguson - a Incumbent Ferguson first assumed office in 2011.

November 6 General election candidates:

Kimberly Ferguson: 18,218

Second Worcester District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Jonathan Zlotnik a

September 6 GOP primary:

• Richard Bastien: 969 - a Incumbent Bastien first assumed office in 2011.
• Scott Graves: 462

November 6 General election candidates:

Jonathan Zlotnik: 8,518

Richard Bastien: 8,194

Third Worcester District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Stephen DiNatale - a Incumbent DiNatale first assumed office in 2007.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Stephen DiNatale: 12,835

Fourth Worcester District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Dennis Rosa - a Incumbent Rosa first assumed office in 2009.

September 6 GOP primary:

• Justin Brooks a

November 6 General election candidates:

Dennis Rosa: 10,346

Justin Brooks: 7,743

Fifth Worcester District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Anne Gobi - a Incumbent Gobi first assumed office in 2001.

September 6 GOP primary:

• Jason Petraitis a

November 6 General election candidates:

Anne Gobi: 14,063

Jason Petraitis: 6,113

Sixth Worcester District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Kathleen Walker a

September 6 GOP primary:

• Peter Durant - a Incumbent Durant first assumed office in 2011.

November 6 General election candidates:

Kathleen Walker: 7,761

Peter Durant: 9,676

Seventh Worcester District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• No Democrats filed to run in this district.

September 6 GOP primary:

• Paul Frost - a Incumbent Frost first assumed office in 1997.

November 6 General election candidates:

Paul Frost: 15,489

Eighth Worcester District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Robert DuBois a

September 6 GOP primary:

• Kevin Kuros - a Incumbent Kuros first assumed office in 2011.

November 6 General election candidates:

Robert DuBois: 9,976

Kevin Kuros: 10,487

Ninth Worcester District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• No Democrats filed to run in this district.

September 6 GOP primary:

• George Peterson, Jr. - a Incumbent Peterson first assumed office in 1995.

November 6 General election candidates:

George Peterson, Jr.: 16,543

Tenth Worcester District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• John Fernandes - a Incumbent Fernandes first assumed office in 2007.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

John Fernandes: 16,234

Eleventh Worcester District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• No Democrats filed to run in this district.

September 6 GOP primary:

• Matthew Beaton - a Incumbent Beaton first assumed office in 2011.

November 6 General election candidates:

Matthew Beaton: 16,572

Twelfth Worcester District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Harold Naughton, Jr. - a Incumbent Naughton first assumed office in 1995.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Harold Naughton, Jr.: 15,859

Thirteenth Worcester District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• John Mahoney - a Incumbent Mahoney first assumed office in 2011.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

John Mahoney: 12,019

Fourteenth Worcester District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• James O'Day - a Incumbent O'Day first assumed office in 2007.

September 6 GOP primary:

• William McCarthy a

November 6 General election candidates:

James O'Day: 9,914

William McCarthy: 4,863

Winthrop E. Handy: 1,420

Fifteenth Worcester District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Frank Beshai: 129
• Dianna Biancheria: 755
• Mary S. Keefe: 970 a
• Ralph Perez: 78
• Kate Toomey: 581

September 6 GOP primary:

• Brian O'Malley a

November 6 General election candidates:

Mary S. Keefe: 7,654

Brian O'Malley: 2,489

Sixteenth Worcester District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• John Fresolo - a Incumbent Fresolo first assumed office in 1999.

September 6 GOP primary:

• No Republicans filed to run in this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

John Fresolo: 9,287

Seventeenth Worcester District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• John Binienda, Sr. - a Incumbent Binienda first assumed office in 1987.

September 6 GOP primary:

• William LeBeau a

November 6 General election candidates:

John Binienda, Sr.: 10,595

William LeBeau: 3,230

Eighteenth Worcester District[edit]

September 6 Democratic primary:

• Donald Bourque a

September 6 GOP primary:

• Ryan Fattman - a Incumbent Fattman first assumed office in 2011.

November 6 General election candidates:

Donald Bourque: 5,732

Ryan Fattman: 13,411

See also[edit]

• Massachusetts House of Representatives
• Massachusetts State Legislature
• State legislative elections, 2012

External links[edit]

• Massachusetts Secretary of State - Democratic Primary Candidate List
• Massachusetts Secretary of State - Republican Primary Candidate List
• 2012 Massachusetts Secretary of State - Official 2012 Primary Results
• Massachusetts Secretary of State - 2012 General Election Candidates
• Massachusetts Secretary of State - Official 2012 General Election Results

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