The Green Papers: Massachusetts 2021 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
Governor:1 
2020 Census:7,033,469 (2.27% of 309,785,186)
2024, 2028 Electoral Votes:11(2.04% of 538)
2022-2030 Representatives:9(2.07% of 435)
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


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

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 117th 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 (2)
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Elizabeth A. Warren
FEC S2MA00170
  Candidate Republican     Shiva Ayyadurai
Senate Class 3 or Governor?

FEC S8MA00268

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, 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Edward John "Ed" Markey
FEC S4MA00028

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
Open Chair - 1 December 2021: "After several months of discussion with our families, we have decided not to seek re-election in 2022."
 Candidate list (8, 1 write-in)
  Candidate Democratic     Danielle Allen
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator Sonia Chang-Díaz
  Candidate Democratic     Scott M. Khourie
  Candidate Democratic     Orlando Silva
  Candidate Republican     Shiva Ayyadurai
  Candidate Republican     former state Representative Geoff Diehl
  Candidate Republican     Darius Mitchell
  Candidate Libertarian     Carlos Perez
  Candidate Write-in     Philip Mitza
Register Republican; was considering running as a Libertarian.

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
Open Chair-- 1 December 2021: announced she will not be a candidate for re-election, nor a candidate for Governor
 Candidate list (5)
  Candidate Democratic     Bret Bero
  Candidate Democratic     Scott Donahue
  Candidate Democratic     state Representative Tami L. Gouveia
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator Adam G. Hinds
  Candidate Republican     Rayla Campbell

117th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2020, 2024. No Term Limit. 117th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
9 Democratic (9 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 1 Democratic Member of Congress Richard E. Neal
First elected: 1988
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (2) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress Richard E. Neal
FEC H8MA02041; 30 Sep 21; Tot $886,932; Dsb $682,205
  Candidate None     Frederick "Fritz" Mayock
FEC H4MA01059

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 2 Democratic Member of Congress James P. "Jim" McGovern
First elected: 1996
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (4) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress James P. "Jim" McGovern
FEC H4MA03022; 30 Sep 21; Tot $405,049; Dsb $254,104
  Candidate Republican     Nicholas "Nick" Barassi
FEC H2MA02093
  Candidate Republican     Louis G. Marino
FEC H2MA02077
  Candidate Republican     Jeffrey "Jeff" Sossa-Paquette
FEC H2MA02085; 30 Sep 21; Tot $75,750; Dsb $36,255

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 3 Democratic Member of Congress Lori Loureiro Trahan
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (4) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Miranda L. Tozier-Robbins
FEC H2MA03158
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress Lori Loureiro Trahan
FEC H8MA03106; 30 Sep 21; Tot $1,053,585; Dsb $229,868
  Candidate Republican     Rebecca Connors
  Candidate Republican     former state Senator Dean Tran
FEC H2MA03141

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 4 Democratic Member of Congress Jacob D. "Jake" Auchincloss
First elected: 2020
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (3) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress Jacob D. "Jake" Auchincloss
FEC H0MA04192; 30 Sep 21; Tot $1,641,702; Dsb $238,502
  Candidate Republican     Emily Burns
FEC H2MA04115
  Candidate Republican     former Attleboro Councilor Julie Hall
FEC H0MA04259; 30 Sep 21; Tot $6,081; Dsb $3,421

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 5 Democratic Member of Congress 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 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (4) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress Katherine M. Clark
FEC H4MA05084; 30 Sep 21; Tot $970,308; Dsb $782,142
  Candidate Democratic     Raffaele Santino DePalma
FEC H0MA05116
  Candidate Republican     Norman E. Shwartz
FEC H2MA05146
  Candidate Independent     Washington Gavin Blask
FEC H2MA05138

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 6 Democratic Member of Congress Seth W. Moulton
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (1) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress Seth W. Moulton
FEC H4MA06090; 30 Sep 21; Tot $809,158; Dsb $577,380

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 7 Democratic Member of Congress Ayanna S. Pressley
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (2) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress Ayanna S. Pressley
FEC H8MA07032; 30 Sep 21; Tot $571,373; Dsb $535,499
  Candidate Republican     Dionicio "Donnie" Palmer
FEC H2MA07100

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 8 Democratic Member of Congress 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 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (1) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress Stephen F. Lynch
FEC H2MA09072; 30 Sep 21; Tot $211,173; Dsb $241,309

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 9 Democratic Member of Congress William Richard "Bill" Keating
First elected: 2010
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (5) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Grant Smith Ellis
FEC H2MA09247
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress William Richard "Bill" Keating
FEC H0MA10082; 30 Sep 21; Tot $234,656; Dsb $189,306
  Candidate Democratic     Grant Ellis Smith
  Candidate Republican     Jesse Brown
FEC H2MA09239; 30 Sep 21; Tot $313,319; Dsb $178,174
  Candidate Republican     Mark Littles
FEC H2MA09221; 30 Sep 21; Tot $58,491; Dsb $58,768

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
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Republican     former Barnstable County Commissioner Ron Beaty

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
Open Seat - Retiring in 2022.
 Candidate list (2)
  Candidate Democratic     Chris Dempsey
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator Diana DiZoglio
 

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, 25 candidates
  Republican: 2 incumbents, 17 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)
  Libertarian: 1 candidate
Other Third Parties
  America First
  Justice Party
  Pirate
  Right to Life
  Socialist Party USA
Independents
  Independent: 1 candidate
  None: 1 candidate
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  Write-in: 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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