2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts

Summary

The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts were held on November 6, 2018, electing the nine U.S. representatives from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, one from each of the state's nine congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other offices, including a gubernatorial election, other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections. The primary election for contested nominations was held on September 4, 2018.

2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts

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All 9 Massachusetts seats to the United States House of Representatives
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Last election 9 0
Seats won 9 0
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 1,943,595 497,953
Percentage 78.21% 20.03%
Swing Decrease 1.52% Increase 4.69%

On the night of the election, all nine races were declared in favor of the Democratic Party candidates.[1] Seven seats went to incumbents seeking re-election: Richard Neal (1st District), Jim McGovern (2nd), Joseph Kennedy III (4th), Katherine Clark (5th), Seth Moulton (6th), Stephen F. Lynch (8th), and Bill Keating (9th). In the 7th District, Ayanna Pressley ran unopposed after defeating the incumbent in the primary election. In the 3rd District, where the incumbent did not seek re-election, Lori Trahan was declared the winner.[2]

Statewide edit

Popular vote
Democratic
78.21%
Republican
20.03%
Other
1.75%
House seats
Democratic
100.00%
Republican
0.00%

By district edit

Results of the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts by district:[3]

District Democratic Republican Others Total Result
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
District 1 211,790 97.64% 0 0.00% 5,110 2.36% 216,900 100.0% Democratic hold
District 2 191,332 67.16% 93,391 32.78% 170 0.06% 284,893 100.0% Democratic hold
District 3 173,175 62.00% 93,445 33.45% 12,707 4.55% 279,327 100.0% Democratic hold
District 4 245,289 97.72% 0 0.00% 5,727 2.28% 251,016 100.0% Democratic hold
District 5 236,243 75.88% 74,856 24.04% 225 0.07% 311,324 100.0% Democratic hold
District 6 217,703 65.19% 104,798 31.38% 11,474 3.44% 333,975 100.0% Democratic hold
District 7 216,557 98.25% 0 0.00% 3,852 1.75% 220,409 100.0% Democratic hold
District 8 259,159 98.42% 0 0.00% 4,148 1.58% 263,307 100.0% Democratic hold
District 9 192,347 59.38% 131,463 40.58% 118 0.04% 323,928 100.0% Democratic hold
Total 1,943,595 78.21% 497,953 20.04% 43,531 1.75% 2,485,079 100.0%

District 1 edit

2018 Massachusetts's 1st congressional district election
 
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Nominee Richard Neal
Party Democratic
Popular vote 211,790
Percentage 97.6%

 
Municipality results
Neal:      >90%

U.S. Representative before election

Richard Neal
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Richard Neal
Democratic

The 1st congressional district is located in western and Central Massachusetts. The largest Massachusetts district in area, it covers about 1/3 of the state and is more rural than the rest. It has the state's highest point, Mount Greylock. The district includes the cities of Springfield, West Springfield, Pittsfield, Holyoke, and Westfield. The district has a PVI of D+12. The incumbent is Democrat Richard Neal, who has represented the district since 2013 and previously represented the 2nd district from 1989 to 2013. He was re-elected with 73% of the vote in 2016. For the 4th election cycle in a row, no Republicans filed to run in this district.

District 1 primary detail

Democratic primary edit

Debate edit

2018 Massachusetts's 1st congressional district democratic primary debate
No. Date Host Moderator Link Democratic Democratic
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Tahirah Amatul-Wadud Richard Neal
1 August 30, 2018 League of Women Voters CD-1
WGBY-TV
Carrie Saldo C-SPAN P P

Primary results edit

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Richard Neal (incumbent) 49,213 70.8
Democratic Tahirah Amatul-Wadud 20,322 29.2
Total votes 69,535 100.0

General election edit

Results edit

Massachusetts' 1st congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Richard Neal (incumbent) 211,790 97.6
Write-in 5,110 2.4
Total votes 216,900 100.0
Democratic hold

District 2 edit

2018 Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district election
 
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Nominee Jim McGovern Tracy Lovvorn
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 191,332 93,391
Percentage 67.1% 32.8%

U.S. Representative before election

Jim McGovern
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Jim McGovern
Democratic

The 2nd congressional district is located in central Massachusetts. It contains the cities of Worcester, which is the second-largest city in New England after Boston, and Northampton in the Pioneer Valley. The district has a PVI of D+13. The incumbent is Democrat Jim McGovern, who has represented the district since 2013 and previously represented the 3rd district from 1997 to 2013. He was re-elected unopposed with 98% of the vote in 2016.

District 2 primary detail

Democratic primary edit

Primary results edit

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jim McGovern (incumbent) 53,848 100.0
Total votes 53,848 100.0

Republican primary edit

Primary results edit

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tracy Lovvorn 15,583 60.8
Republican Kevin Powers 10,042 39.2
Total votes 25,625 100.0

General election edit

Results edit

Massachusetts' 2nd congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jim McGovern (incumbent) 191,332 67.1
Republican Tracy Lovvorn 93,391 32.8
Write-in 170 0.1
Total votes 284,893 100.0
Democratic hold

District 3 edit

2018 Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district election
 
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Nominee Lori Trahan Rick Green
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 173,175 93,445
Percentage 62.0% 33.4%

U.S. Representative before election

Niki Tsongas
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Lori Trahan
Democratic

The 3rd congressional district is located in northeastern and central Massachusetts. It contains the Merrimack valley including Lowell, Lawrence and Haverhill. The district has a PVI of D+9. The incumbent is Democrat Niki Tsongas, who has represented the district since 2013 and previously represented the 5th district from 2007 to 2013. She was re-elected with 69% of the vote in 2016.

Tsongas is retiring, and did not seek re-election in 2018.[4]

District 3 primary detail

Democratic primary edit

Candidates edit

Declared
Withdrawn
  • Steve Kerrigan, former CEO of the DNC and nominee for lieutenant governor in 2014[14]
  • Nadeem Mazen, Cambridge City Councillor[15]
  • Patrick Littlefield, executive director of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Center for Innovation [16]
Declined

Endorsements edit

Dan Koh

Organizations

Politicians

Barbara L'Italien
Juana Matias

Organizations

Politicians

  • Dan Rivera, Mayor of Lawrence[27]
Lori Trahan

Newspapers

Politicians

Polling edit

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Samples
size
Margin
of error
Jeff
Ballinger
Alexandra
Chandler
Beej
Das
Rufus
Gifford
Leonard
Golder
Dan
Koh
Barbara
L'Italien
Bopha
Malone
Juana
Matias
Lori
Trahan
Other Undecided
UMASS Lowell/Boston Globe August 14–21, 2018 553 ± 5.2% 2% 4% 2% 13% 1% 19% 13% 1% 6% 8% 6%[33] 27%
UMASS Lowell/Boston Globe April 11–17, 2018 490 ± 5.5% 3% 0% 11% 4% 7% 2% 4% 5% 6% [34] 58%
EMC Research March 14–19, 2018 500 ± 4.4% 5% 8% 19% 4% 5% 4% 55%

Primary results edit

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lori Trahan 18,527 21.6
Democratic Daniel Koh 18,405 21.5
Democratic Barbara L'Italien 13,029 15.2
Democratic Juana Matias 12,982 15.1
Democratic Rufus Gifford 12,856 15.1
Democratic Alexandra Chandler 4,848 5.7
Democratic Beej Das 1,496 1.7
Democratic Jeffrey Ballinger 1,388 1.6
Democratic Bopha Malone 1,344 1.6
Democratic Leonard Golder 585 0.7
Democratic write-ins 131 0.2
Democratic Blanks 3,227
Total votes 88,818 100.0

Lori Trahan and Daniel Koh were separated by less than one half of one percent of the votes cast. Koh subsequently requested a recount,[35] which confirmed Trahan's victory.[36]

Republican primary edit

Candidates edit

Declared
  • Rick Green, businessman[13]
Declined

Primary results edit

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rick Green 24,047 100.0
Total votes 24,047 100.0

General election edit

Results edit

Massachusetts' 3rd congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lori Trahan 173,175 62.0
Republican Rick Green 93,445 33.4
Independent Mike Mullen 12,572 4.5
Write-in 135 0.1
Total votes 279,327 100.0
Democratic hold

District 4 edit

The 4th congressional district is located mostly in southern Massachusetts. It contains Bristol, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth and Worcester counties. The district has a PVI of D+9. The incumbent is Democrat Joe Kennedy III, who has represented the district since 2013. He was re-elected with 70% of the vote in 2016.

Kennedy is running for re-election.[41] No Republicans filed to run.

District 4 primary detail

Democratic primary edit

Primary results edit

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joe Kennedy III (incumbent) 59,613 93.4
Democratic Gary Rucinski 4,156 6.6
Total votes 63,319 100.0

General election edit

Results edit

Massachusetts' 4th congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joe Kennedy III (incumbent) 245,289 97.7
Write-in 5,727 2.3
Total votes 251,016 100.0
Democratic hold

District 5 edit

2018 Massachusetts's 5th congressional district election
 
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Nominee Katherine Clark John Hugo
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 236,243 74,856
Percentage 75.9% 24.0%

U.S. Representative before election

Katherine Clark
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Katherine Clark
Democratic

The 5th congressional district is located in eastern Massachusetts. It contains Middlesex, Suffolk and Worcester counties. The district has a PVI of D+18. The incumbent is Democrat Katherine Clark, who has represented the district since winning a special election in 2013. She was re-elected unopposed with 99% of the vote in 2016.

District 5 primary detail

Democratic primary edit

Primary results edit

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Katherine Clark (incumbent) 78,156 100.0
Total votes 78,156 100.0

Republican primary edit

John Hugo is a Republican candidate for the Massachusetts' 5th congressional district in Massachusetts who is running against Katherine Clark in the United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, 2018.[42][43][44][45][46] John Hugo was certified to appear on the ballot for the 2018 elections on May 17, 2018, to run against Katherine Clark.[47]

Primary results edit

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Hugo 11,845 63.7
Republican Louis Kuchnir 6,745 36.3
Total votes 18,590 100.0

General election edit

Results edit

Massachusetts' 5th congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Katherine Clark (incumbent) 236,243 75.9
Republican John Hugo 74,856 24.0
Write-in 225 0.1
Total votes 311,324 100.0
Democratic hold

District 6 edit

2018 Massachusetts's 6th congressional district election
 
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Nominee Seth Moulton Joseph Schneider
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 217,703 104,798
Percentage 65.2% 31.4%

U.S. Representative before election

Seth Moulton
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Seth Moulton
Democratic

The 6th congressional district is located in northeastern Massachusetts. It contains most of Essex County, including the North Shore and Cape Ann. The district has a PVI of D+6. The incumbent is Democrat Seth Moulton, who has represented the district since 2015. He was re-elected unopposed with 98% of the vote in 2016.

District 6 primary detail

Democratic primary edit

Primary results edit

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Seth Moulton (incumbent) 59,326 100.0
Total votes 59,326 100.0

Republican primary edit

Joseph Schneider is running for the Republican nomination[48]

Primary results edit

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Joseph Schneider 26,579 99.8
Republican Carlos Armando Gonzalez (write-in) 51 0.2
Total votes 26,630 100.0

General election edit

Results edit

Massachusetts' 6th congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Seth Moulton (incumbent) 217,703 65.2
Republican Joseph Schneider 104,798 31.4
Independent Mary Charbonneau 11,309 3.4
Write-in 165 0.0
Total votes 333,975 100.0
Democratic hold

District 7 edit

2018 Massachusetts's 7th congressional district election
 
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Nominee Ayanna Pressley
Party Democratic
Popular vote 216,557
Percentage 98.2%

U.S. Representative before election

Mike Capuano
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Ayanna Pressley
Democratic

The 7th congressional district is located in eastern Massachusetts. It contains the northern three-quarters of the city of Boston, the city of Somerville and parts of the city of Cambridge. The district has a PVI of D+34. The incumbent was Democrat Mike Capuano, who has represented the district since 2013 and previously represented the 8th district from 1999 to 2013. He was re-elected unopposed with 99% of the vote in 2016.

In his bid for re-nomination by the Democratic Party, Capuano was defeated by Boston city councillor Ayanna Pressley.[49] The primary victory was a surprise,[50] as the last poll before the election showed Capuano with a significant lead, 48% to 35%.[51] Part of the reason the polls may have been inaccurate is a surge in the number of primary voters. 24% of District 7 voters in the 2018 primary had not voted in the five previous primaries, and that percentage was disproportionately of Hispanic and Asian ethnicities.[52]

District 7 primary detail

Democratic primary edit

Candidates edit

Declared
Declined

Endorsements edit

Mike Capuano
Federal politicians
Local and statewide politicians
Organizations
Ayanna Pressley
Statewide and local politicians
Individuals
Labor unions
Organizations
Newspapers and news websites

Polling edit

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Mike
Capuano
Ayanna
Pressley
Other Undecided
WBUR July 27–29, 2018 403 ± 4.9% 48% 35% 2% 15%
Emerson College July 19–21, 2018 400 ± 5.2% 38% 29% 33%
WBUR February 9–11, 2018 402 ± 4.9% 47% 35% 2% 15%

Debate edit

2018 Massachusetts's 7th congressional district democratic primary debate
No. Date Host Moderator Link Democratic Democratic
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Mike Capuano Ayanna Pressley
1 August 15, 2018 WGBH-TV Jim Braude C-SPAN P P

Primary results edit

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ayanna Pressley 59,815 58.6
Democratic Mike Capuano (incumbent) 42,252 41.4
Total votes 102,067 100.0

General election edit

Results edit

Massachusetts' 7th congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ayanna Pressley 216,557 98.2
Write-in 3,852 1.8
Total votes 220,409 100.0
Democratic hold

District 8 edit

The 8th congressional district is located in eastern Massachusetts. It contains the southern quarter of the city of Boston and many of its southern suburbs. The incumbent is Democrat Stephen Lynch, who has represented the district since 2013 and previously represented the 9th district from 2001 to 2013. The district has a PVI of D+10. He was re-elected with 72% of the vote in 2016.

Lynch is running for re-election.[88] No Republicans filed to run.

District 8 primary detail

Democratic primary edit

Two political newcomers ran against Lynch in the primary, video game developer Brianna Wu and pilot Christopher Voehl.[89] No debates have been held in this race.[90]

Primary results edit

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Stephen Lynch (incumbent) 51,882 71.0
Democratic Brianna Wu 16,766 23.0
Democratic Christopher Voehl 4,399 6.0
Total votes 73,047 100.0

General election edit

Results edit

Massachusetts' 8th congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Stephen Lynch (incumbent) 259,159 98.4
Write-in 4,148 1.6
Total votes 263,307 100.0
Democratic hold

District 9 edit

2018 Massachusetts's 9th congressional district election
 
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Nominee Bill Keating Peter Tedeschi
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 192,347 131,463
Percentage 59.4% 40.6%

U.S. Representative before election

Bill Keating
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Bill Keating
Democratic

The 9th congressional district is located in eastern Massachusetts, including Cape Cod and the South Coast. It contains all of Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket counties and parts of Bristol and Plymouth counties. The district has a PVI of D+4. The incumbent is Democrat Bill Keating, who has represented the district since 2013 and previously represented the 10th district from 2011 to 2013. He was re-elected with 56% of the vote in 2016.

District 9 primary detail

Democratic primary edit

Bill Cimbrelo, a businessman and former environmental chemist from Osterville, has announced that he plans to challenge Keating in the September primary.[91] Cimbrelo previously ran for U.S. Senate against former senator Scott Brown in 2012 as an independent candidate.

Primary results edit

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bill Keating (incumbent) 50,084 85.5
Democratic Bill Cimbrelo 8,523 14.5
Total votes 58,607 100.0

Republican primary edit

Peter Tedeschi sought the Republican nomination;[92] he is the former CEO of Tedeschi Food Shops.[93]

Primary results edit

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Peter Tedeschi 35,911 100.0
Total votes 35,911 100.0

General election edit

Results edit

Massachusetts' 9th congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bill Keating (incumbent) 192,347 59.4
Republican Peter Tedeschi 131,463 40.6
Write-in 118 0.0
Total votes 323,928 100.0
Democratic hold

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Further reading edit

  • Seelye, Katharine Q. (September 18, 2018). "Could the 10-person 3rd District primary push Mass. toward ranked choice voting?". Boston.com. New York Times News Service. Retrieved September 18, 2018.

External links edit

Official campaign websites for first district candidates
  • Richard Neal (D) for Congress
Official campaign websites for second district candidates
  • Paul V. Grady (I) for Congress
  • Tracy Lovvorn (R) for Congress
  • Jim McGovern (D) for Congress
Official campaign websites for third district candidates
  • Rick Green (R) for Congress
  • Lori Trahan (D) for Congress
Official campaign websites for fourth district candidates
  • Joe Kennedy (D) for Congress
Official campaign websites for fifth district candidates
  • Katherine Clark (D) for Congress
  • John Hugo (R) for Congress
Official campaign websites for sixth district candidates
  • Joe Schneider (R) for Congress
  • Seth Moulton (D) for Congress
  • Samson Racioppi (L) for Congress
Official campaign websites for seventh district candidates
  • Ayanna Pressley (D) for Congress
Official campaign websites for eighth district candidates
  • Stephen F. Lynch (D) for Congress
Official campaign websites for ninth district candidates
  • Bill Keating (D) for Congress
  • Peter Tedeschi (R) for Congress