The Green Papers: Massachusetts 2019 General Election
 
This page is for offices up for election in 2019. Find 2020 elections here.

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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
Governor:1 
2010 Census:6,559,644 (2.12% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:11(2.04% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:9(2.07% of 435)
Capital:Boston
 

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Massachusetts State and Local Government

Massachusetts 2020 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats   Republicans


The primary is for the Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican Parties.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 116th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Democratic Senator Elizabeth A. Warren
First elected: 2012; re-elected: 2018.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Elizabeth A. Warren
FEC S2MA00170

Class 2 Democratic Senator Edward John "Ed" Markey
First elected in a Special Election: 25 June 2013 (re: resignation of Senator John Forbes Kerry (Democratic) to become Secretary of State); re-elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (8)
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Joseph Patrick "Joe" Kennedy, III
Congressional District 4.
26 August 2019: Filed with the FEC to run for the U.S. Senate in 2020.
21 September 2019: "I'm running for US Senate."

FEC S0MA00208; 30 Sep 19; Tot $1,530,513; Dsb $1,418,664
  Candidate Democratic     Shannon Liss-Riordan
FEC S0MA00166; 30 Sep 19; Tot $3,222,212; Dsb $385,120
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Edward John "Ed" Markey
FEC S4MA00028; 30 Sep 19; Tot $3,127,890; Dsb $1,521,548
  Candidate Republican     Shiva Ayyadurai
FEC S8MA00268; 30 Sep 19; Tot $35,395; Dsb $32,657
  Candidate Republican     Allen Waters
FEC S0MA00216
  Candidate Republican     Tiffany Williams
  Candidate Green-Rainbow     Andre "Maha Visnu" Gray
FEC S0MA00190
  Candidate None     Frederick "Fritz" Mayock
8 April 2019: Filed to run for the U.S. House CD 1.
14 June 2019: Filed to run for the U.S. Senate Class 2.

FEC S0MA00174

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: None, All Governors

  Republican Governor Charles D. "Charlie" Baker, Jr.
First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2018.
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Elected on a ticket with (but nominated separately from) the Governor

  Republican Lieutenant Governor Karyn E. Polito
First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2018.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

116th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2020, 2021. No Term Limit. 116th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
9 Democratic (7 Undetermined, 2 Open)

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 1 Democratic Congressman Richard E. Neal
First elected: 1988
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (3) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Holyoke Mayor Alex B. Morse
FEC H0MA01081; 30 Sep 19; Tot $217,058; Dsb $94,119
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Richard E. Neal
FEC H8MA02041; 30 Sep 19; Tot $2,071,783; Dsb $1,070,299
  Candidate Republican     John Cain
FEC H0MA01073; 30 Sep 19; Tot $9,401; Dsb $7,797

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 2 Democratic Congressman James P. "Jim" McGovern
First elected: 1996
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (2) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman James P. "Jim" McGovern
FEC H4MA03022; 30 Sep 19; Tot $377,368; Dsb $333,880
  Candidate Democratic     Summer Rae Miller
FEC H0MA02113; 30 Sep 19; Tot $140; Dsb $0

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 3 Democratic Congressman Lori Loureiro Trahan
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (1) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Lori Loureiro Trahan
FEC H8MA03106; 30 Sep 19; Tot $1,133,589; Dsb $284,833

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 4 Democratic Congressman Joseph Patrick "Joe" Kennedy, III
First elected: 2012
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Open Seat - 26 August 2019: Filed with the FEC to run for the U.S. Senate in 2020.
21 September 2019: "I'm running for US Senate."
 Candidate list (7) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Newton City Councilor Jacob D. "Jake" Auchincloss
FEC H0MA04192
  Candidate Democratic     former Massachusetts assistant Attorney General David F. "Dave" Cavell
FEC H0MA04200
  Candidate Democratic     Newton City Councilor Rebecca Walker "Becky" Grossman
FEC H0MA04168; 30 Sep 19; Tot $150,222; Dsb $4,674
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Joseph Patrick "Joe" Kennedy, III
FEC H2MA04073; 30 Sep 19; Tot $1,530,513; Dsb $1,418,664
  Candidate Democratic     Alan Khazei
FEC H0MA04176; 30 Sep 19; Tot $366,818; Dsb $13,600
  Candidate Democratic     Ihssane Leckey
FEC H0MA04143; 30 Sep 19; Tot $125,397; Dsb $44,019
  Candidate Democratic     former Brookline Select Board Member Jesse Mermell
FEC H0MA04184

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 5 Democratic Congressman Katherine M. Clark
First elected 10 December 2013 in a special election, re: resignation of Edward John "Ed" Markey (Democratic)
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (2) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Katherine M. Clark
FEC H4MA05084; 30 Sep 19; Tot $730,573; Dsb $519,554
  Candidate Democratic     Raffaele Santino DePalma
FEC H0MA05116

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 6 Democratic Congressman Seth W. Moulton
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Open Seat - 22 April 2019: Running for President in 2020- "I'm running for President to build ...."
22 April 2019: Filed FEC MISCELLANEOUS TEXT (FEC Form 99): "As of April 22, 2019, Seth Moulton is no longer a candidate in the election identified in the FEC Form 2, Statement of Candidacy, that he filed with the Commission on December 10, 2018 [Candidate for MA House CD 6 -Ed]. He is no longer actively seeking nomination or election to such office, and has ceased to conduct campaign activities with respect to the aforementioned election."
26 April 2019: We have reports that the Congressman will run for re-election if he does not win the Democratic Presidential nomination.
23 August 2019: "Today, I want to use this opportunity, with all of you here, to announce that I am ending my campaign for president...." He will run for re-election to the U.S. House.
 Candidate list (5) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Salem State University Trustee Jamie Marie Zahlaway Belsito
FEC H0MA06098; 30 Sep 19; Tot $26,560; Dsb $9,870
  Candidate Democratic     Angus McQuilken
FEC H0MA06130
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Seth W. Moulton
FEC H4MA06090; 30 Sep 19; Tot $662,868; Dsb $1,054,018
  Candidate Democratic     D. Nathaniel Mulcahy
FEC H0MA06106; 30 Sep 19; Tot $7,070; Dsb $706
  Candidate No Party Affiliation     Matthew Mixon
FEC H0MA06122

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 7 Democratic Congressman Ayanna S. Pressley
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (1) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Ayanna S. Pressley
FEC H8MA07032; 30 Sep 19; Tot $784,744; Dsb $593,935

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 8 Democratic Congressman Stephen F. Lynch
First elected 16 October 2001 in a special election, re: the death of J. Joseph Moakley 28 May 2001.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (4) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Mohammad Dar
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FEC H0MA08037; 30 Sep 19; Tot $192,106; Dsb $189,018
  Candidate Democratic     Robbie Goldstein
FEC H0MA08045
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Stephen F. Lynch
FEC H2MA09072; 30 Sep 19; Tot $354,366; Dsb $211,769
  Candidate Democratic     Brianna Wu
FEC H8MA08170; 30 Sep 19; Tot $177,153; Dsb $166,984

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 9 Democratic Congressman William Richard "Bill" Keating
First elected: 2010
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (2) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman William Richard "Bill" Keating
FEC H0MA10082; 30 Sep 19; Tot $249,409; Dsb $204,834
  Candidate Democratic     Provincetown Selectwoman Lise King

Secretary of the Commonwealth  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022

  Democratic Secretary of the Commonwealth William Francis "Bill" Galvin
First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022

  Democratic Attorney General Maura Healey
First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2018.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

Treasurer and Receiver-General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022

  Democratic Treasurer and Receiver-General Deborah B. "Deb" Goldberg
First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2018.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
16 September 2019: Filed with the FEC to run for U.S. House Seat 4.
2 October 2019: Will not run for the U.S.House.

Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022

  Democratic Auditor Suzanne M. Bump
First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2014, 2018.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 

Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties   Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Democratic (affiliates): 15 incumbents, 29 candidates
  Republican: 2 incumbents, 4 candidates
Major Third Parties   Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Constitution (affiliates)
  Green-Rainbow (affiliate of Green): 1 candidate
  Libertarian
Other Third Parties
  America First
  Justice Party
  Pirate
  Right to Life
  Socialist Party USA
Independents
  Independent
  No Party Affiliation: 1 candidate
  None: 1 candidate
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.


Links Links to other web sites

Constitution   Links to State Constitutions
  Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Election Authority
  Massachusetts Elections Division
Democratic
  Massachusetts Democratic Party
Republican
  Massachusetts Republican Party
Third Party
  America First Party of Massachusetts
  Constitution Party of Massachusetts
  Green-Rainbow Party of Massachusetts
  Justice Party of Massachusetts
  Libertarian Association of Massachusetts
  Massachusetts Citizens For Life
  Massachusetts Pirate Party
  Socialist Party of Massachusetts
  Workers Party Program
Media & others
  Blue Mass Group
  Boston Herald
  Daily Hampshire Gazette - Northampton
  Dorchester Reporter
  Everett Independent
  Gloucester Daily Times
  Lowell Sun
  MassINC - The Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth
  MassLive.com - The Republican - Springfield
  Mayor James J. "Jim" Fiorentini, City of Haverhill
  New Boston Post
  New England Cable News - Newton
  Politics1.com - Massachusetts
  Progressive Massachusetts
  Sentinel & Enterprise - Fitchburg
  South Boston Online
  State House News Service
  The Berkshire Eagle - Pittsfield
  The Boston Broadside
  The Daily News - Newburyport
  The Eagle-Tribune - Lawrence
  The Haverhill Gazette
  The Landmark - Holden
  The Salem News
  WBZ TV - CBS - Boston
  WBZ TV - CBS - Boston
  WHDH TV - NBC - Boston

 


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