2026 Massachusetts House of Representatives election

Not to be confused with 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts.
2026 Massachusetts House of Representatives election
November 3, 2026
All 160 seats in the Massachusetts House of Representatives
81 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Ron Mariano Bradley Jones Jr.
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since December 30, 2020 November 21, 2002
Leader's seat 3rd Norfolk 20th Middlesex
Last election 134 seats, 71.28% 25 seats, 25.60%
Seats before 134 25
Seat change
  Third party
 
Leader Susannah Whipps
Party Independent
Leader's seat 2nd Franklin
Last election 1 seat, 1.69%
Seats before 1
Speaker before election

Ron Mariano
Democratic

Elected Speaker

TBD

The 2026 Massachusetts House of Representatives election will be held on November 3, 2026, alongside the other 2026 United States elections.[1] Voters will elect members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in all 160 of the U.S. state of Massachusetts's legislative districts to serve a two-year term.[2] The election will coincide with United States national elections and Massachusetts state elections, including U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Governor, and Massachusetts Senate.[3]

Retirements

Democrats

  1. 18th Essex district: Tram Nguyen is retiring to run for United States House of Representatives.[4]
  2. 13th Middlesex district: Carmine Gentile is retiring.[5]
  3. 16th Middlesex district: Rodney Elliot is retiring.[6]
  4. 27th Middlesex district: Erika Uyterhoeven is retiring to run for State Senate.[7]
  5. 32nd Middlesex district: Kate Lipper-Garabedian is retiring to run for State Senate.[8]
  6. 34th Middlesex district: Christine Barber is retiring to run for State Senate.[9]
  7. 6th Norfolk district: William C. Galvin is retiring.[10]

Republicans

  1. 20th Middlesex district: Bradley Jones Jr. is retiring.[11]
  2. 1st Worcester district: Kimberly Ferguson is retiring.[12]

Vacancies

Democrats

  1. 6th Essex district: Jerry Parisella resigned January 2025 to become an District Court Judge.[13] A special election was held on May 13, 2025.[14]
  2. 3rd Bristol district: Carol Doherty died February 15, 2025. A special election was held on June 10, 2025.[15]
  3. 5th Essex district: Ann-Margaret Ferrante died January 19, 2026. A special election will be held on March 31, 2026.[16]
  4. 1st Franklin district: Natalie Blais resigned January 19, 2026. No special election will be held to fill the vacancy.[17]
  5. 17th Middlesex district: Vanna Howard resigned March 17, 2026 after winning a special election to the State Senate. No special election will be held to fill the vacancy.[18][19]

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[20] Safe D January 22, 2026

2025–2026 special elections

Sources for special election results:[21][14][15][22]

2025 Special: 6th Essex

Primary Election Results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic Hannah Bowen 2,736 57.12%
Democratic Todd C. Rotondo 2,054 42.88%
Total votes 4,790 100.00%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican Medley Long III 244 100.00%
Total votes 244 100.00%
General Election Results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Hannah Bowen 4,092 73.81%
Republican Medley Long III 1,452 26.19%
Total votes 5,544 100.00%
Democratic hold

2025 Special: 3rd Bristol

Primary Election Results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic Lisa Field 480 100.00%
Total votes 480 100.00%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican Larry Quintal 270 100.00%
Total votes 270 100.00%
General Election Results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lisa Field 2,575 50.15%
Republican Larry Quintal 2,560 49.85%
Total votes 5,135 100.00%
Democratic hold

2026 Special: 5th Essex

Primary Election Results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Party Primary Results
Democratic Andrew Tarr 2,194 71.40%
Democratic Sarah Wilkinson (write-in) 879 28.60%
Total votes 3,073 100.00%
Republican Party Primary Results
Republican Christina Delisio 568 61.47%
Republican Ashley Sullivan 356 38.53%
Total votes 924 100.00%

Summary of results by State House district

State House District Incumbent Party Elected Representative Party
1st Barnstable Chris Flanagan Dem
2nd Barnstable Kip Diggs Dem
3rd Barnstable David Vieira Rep
4th Barnstable Hadley Luddy Dem
5th Barnstable Steven Xiarhos Rep
Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket Thomas Moakley Dem
1st Berkshire John Barrett Dem
2nd Berkshire Tricia Farley-Bouvier Dem
3rd Berkshire Leigh Davis Dem
1st Bristol Michael Chaisson Rep
2nd Bristol James Hawkins Dem
3rd Bristol Lisa Field[a] Dem
4th Bristol Steven Howitt Rep
5th Bristol Justin Thurber Rep
6th Bristol Carole Fiola Dem
7th Bristol Alan Silvia Dem
8th Bristol Steven J. Ouellette Dem
9th Bristol Christopher Markey Dem
10th Bristol Mark Sylvia Dem
11th Bristol Christopher Hendricks Dem
12th Bristol Norman Orrall Rep
13th Bristol Antonio Cabral Dem
14th Bristol Adam Scanlon Dem
1st Essex Dawne Shand Dem
2nd Essex Kristin Kassner Dem
3rd Essex Andy Vargas Dem
4th Essex Estela Reyes Dem
5th Essex Vacant Dem
6th Essex Hannah Bowen[b] Dem
7th Essex Manny Cruz Dem
8th Essex Jenny Armini Dem
9th Essex Donald Wong Rep
10th Essex Dan Cahill Dem
11th Essex Sean Reid Dem
12th Essex Thomas Walsh Dem
13th Essex Sally Kerans Dem
14th Essex Adrianne Ramos Dem
15th Essex Ryan Hamilton Dem
16th Essex Francisco E. Paulino Dem
17th Essex Frank A. Moran Dem
18th Essex Tram Nguyen Dem
1st Franklin Vacant Dem
2nd Franklin Susannah Whipps Ind
1st Hampden Todd Smola Rep
2nd Hampden Brian Ashe Dem
3rd Hampden Nicholas Boldyga Rep
4th Hampden Kelly Pease Rep
5th Hampden Patricia Duffy Dem
6th Hampden Michael Finn Dem
7th Hampden Aaron Saunders Dem
8th Hampden Shirley Arriaga Dem
9th Hampden Orlando Ramos Dem
10th Hampden Carlos González Dem
11th Hampden Bud Williams Dem
12th Hampden Angelo Puppolo Dem
1st Hampshire Lindsay Sabadosa Dem
2nd Hampshire Homar Gomez Dem
3rd Hampshire Mindy Domb Dem
1st Middlesex Margaret Scarsdale Dem
2nd Middlesex James Arciero Dem
3rd Middlesex Kate Hogan Dem
4th Middlesex Danielle Gregoire Dem
5th Middlesex David Linsky Dem
6th Middlesex Priscila Sousa Dem
7th Middlesex Jack Patrick Lewis Dem
8th Middlesex James Arena-DeRosa Dem
9th Middlesex Thomas Stanley Dem
10th Middlesex John J. Lawn Dem
11th Middlesex Mah Sangiolo Dem
12th Middlesex Greg Schwartz Dem
13th Middlesex Carmine Gentile Dem
14th Middlesex Simon Cataldo Dem
15th Middlesex Michelle Ciccolo Dem
16th Middlesex Rodney Elliott Dem
17th Middlesex Vacant Dem
18th Middlesex Tara Hong Dem
19th Middlesex Dave Robertson Dem
20th Middlesex Bradley Jones Rep
21st Middlesex Kenneth Gordon Dem
22nd Middlesex Marc Lombardo Rep
23rd Middlesex Sean Garballey Dem
24th Middlesex David Rogers Dem
25th Middlesex Marjorie Decker Dem
26th Middlesex Mike Connolly Dem
27th Middlesex Erika Uyterhoeven Dem
28th Middlesex Joseph McGonagle Dem
29th Middlesex Steven Owens Dem
30th Middlesex Richard Haggerty Dem
31st Middlesex Michael Seamus Day Dem
32nd Middlesex Kate Lipper-Garabedian Dem
33rd Middlesex Steven Ultrino Dem
34th Middlesex Christine Barber Dem
35th Middlesex Paul Donato Dem
36th Middlesex Colleen Garry Dem
37th Middlesex Danillo Sena Dem
1st Norfolk Bruce Ayers Dem
2nd Norfolk Tackey Chan Dem
3rd Norfolk Ronald Mariano Dem
4th Norfolk James Murphy Dem
5th Norfolk Mark Cusack Dem
6th Norfolk William C. Galvin Dem
7th Norfolk Richard Wells Dem
8th Norfolk Ted Philips Dem
9th Norfolk Marcus Vaughn Rep
10th Norfolk Jeffrey Roy Dem
11th Norfolk Paul McMurtry Dem
12th Norfolk John Rogers Dem
13th Norfolk Joshua Tarsky Dem
14th Norfolk Alice Peisch Dem
15th Norfolk Tommy Vitolo Dem
1st Plymouth Michelle Badger Dem
2nd Plymouth John Gaskey Rep
3rd Plymouth Joan Meschino Dem
4th Plymouth Patrick Kearney Dem
5th Plymouth David DeCoste Rep
6th Plymouth Kenneth Sweezey Rep
7th Plymouth Alyson Sullivan-Almeida Rep
8th Plymouth Dennis Gallagher Dem
9th Plymouth Bridget Plouffe Dem
10th Plymouth Michelle DuBois Dem
11th Plymouth Rita Mendes Dem
12th Plymouth Kathleen LaNatra Dem
1st Suffolk Adrian Madaro Dem
2nd Suffolk Daniel Ryan Dem
3rd Suffolk Aaron Michlewitz Dem
4th Suffolk David Biele Dem
5th Suffolk Christopher Worrell Dem
6th Suffolk Russell Holmes Dem
7th Suffolk Chynah Tyler Dem
8th Suffolk Jay Livingstone Dem
9th Suffolk John Moran Dem
10th Suffolk William MacGregor Dem
11th Suffolk Judith García Dem
12th Suffolk Brandy Fluker Oakley Dem
13th Suffolk Daniel Hunt Dem
14th Suffolk Rob Consalvo Dem
15th Suffolk Samantha Montano Dem
16th Suffolk Jessica Ann Giannino Dem
17th Suffolk Kevin Honan Dem
18th Suffolk Michael Moran Dem
19th Suffolk Jeffrey Turco Dem
1st Worcester Kimberly Ferguson Rep
2nd Worcester Jonathan Zlotnik Dem
3rd Worcester Michael Kushmerek Dem
4th Worcester Natalie Higgins Dem
5th Worcester Donald Berthiaume Rep
6th Worcester John Marsi Rep
7th Worcester Paul Frost Rep
8th Worcester Michael Soter Rep
9th Worcester David Muradian Rep
10th Worcester Brian Murray Dem
11th Worcester Hannah Kane Rep
12th Worcester Meghan Kilcoyne Dem
13th Worcester John Mahoney Dem
14th Worcester James O'Day Dem
15th Worcester Mary Keefe Dem
16th Worcester Daniel Donahue Dem
17th Worcester David LeBoeuf Dem
18th Worcester Joseph McKenna Rep
19th Worcester Kate Donaghue Dem

Detailed results

Sources for election results: [25]

1st Barnstable • 2nd Barnstable • 3rd Barnstable • 4th Barnstable • 5th Barnstable • Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket • 1st Berkshire • 2nd Berkshire • 3rd Berkshire • 1st Bristol • 2nd Bristol • 3rd Bristol • 4th Bristol • 5th Bristol • 6th Bristol • 7th Bristol • 8th Bristol • 9th Bristol • 10th Bristol • 11th Bristol • 12th Bristol • 13th Bristol • 14th Bristol • 1st Essex • 2nd Essex • 3rd Essex • 4th Essex • 5th Essex • 6th Essex • 7th Essex • 8th Essex • 9th Essex • 10th Essex • 11th Essex • 12th Essex • 13th Essex • 14th Essex • 15th Essex • 16th Essex • 17th Essex • 18th Essex • 1st Franklin • 2nd Franklin • 1st Hampden • 2nd Hampden • 3rd Hampden • 4th Hampden • 5th Hampden • 6th Hampden • 7th Hampden • 8th Hampden • 9th Hampden • 10th Hampden • 11th Hampden • 12th Hampden • 1st Hampshire • 2nd Hampshire • 3rd Hampshire • 1st Middlesex • 2nd Middlesex • 3rd Middlesex • 4th Middlesex • 5th Middlesex • 6th Middlesex • 7th Middlesex • 8th Middlesex • 9th Middlesex • 10th Middlesex • 11th Middlesex • 12th Middlesex • 13th Middlesex • 14th Middlesex • 15th Middlesex • 16th Middlesex • 17th Middlesex • 18th Middlesex • 19th Middlesex • 20th Middlesex • 21st Middlesex • 22nd Middlesex • 23rd Middlesex • 24th Middlesex • 25th Middlesex • 26th Middlesex • 27th Middlesex • 28th Middlesex • 29th Middlesex • 30th Middlesex • 31st Middlesex • 32nd Middlesex • 33rd Middlesex • 34th Middlesex • 35th Middlesex • 36th Middlesex • 37th Middlesex • 1st Norfolk • 2nd Norfolk • 3rd Norfolk • 4th Norfolk • 5th Norfolk • 6th Norfolk • 7th Norfolk • 8th Norfolk • 9th Norfolk • 10th Norfolk • 11th Norfolk • 12th Norfolk • 13th Norfolk • 14th Norfolk • 15th Norfolk • 1st Plymouth • 2nd Plymouth • 3rd Plymouth • 4th Plymouth • 5th Plymouth • 6th Plymouth • 7th Plymouth • 8th Plymouth • 9th Plymouth • 10th Plymouth • 11th Plymouth • 12th Plymouth • 1st Suffolk • 2nd Suffolk • 3rd Suffolk • 4th Suffolk • 5th Suffolk • 6th Suffolk • 7th Suffolk • 8th Suffolk • 9th Suffolk • 10th Suffolk • 11th Suffolk • 12th Suffolk • 13th Suffolk • 14th Suffolk • 15th Suffolk • 16th Suffolk • 17th Suffolk • 18th Suffolk • 19th Suffolk • 1st Worcester • 2nd Worcester • 3rd Worcester • 4th Worcester • 5th Worcester • 6th Worcester • 7th Worcester • 8th Worcester • 9th Worcester • 10th Worcester • 11th Worcester • 12th Worcester • 13th Worcester • 14th Worcester • 15th Worcester • 16th Worcester • 17th Worcester • 18th Worcester • 19th Worcester

1st Barnstable

2nd Barnstable

3rd Barnstable

4th Barnstable

5th Barnstable

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket

1st Berkshire

2nd Berkshire

3rd Berkshire

1st Bristol

2nd Bristol

3rd Bristol

4th Bristol

5th Bristol

6th Bristol

7th Bristol

8th Bristol

9th Bristol

10th Bristol

11th Bristol

12th Bristol

13th Bristol

14th Bristol

1st Essex

2nd Essex

3rd Essex

4th Essex

5th Essex

6th Essex

7th Essex

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9th Essex

10th Essex

11th Essex

12th Essex

13th Essex

14th Essex

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16th Essex

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18th Essex

1st Franklin

2nd Franklin

1st Hampden

2nd Hampden

3rd Hampden

4th Hampden

5th Hampden

6th Hampden

7th Hampden

8th Hampden

9th Hampden

10th Hampden

11th Hampden

12th Hampden

1st Hampshire

2nd Hampshire

3rd Hampshire

1st Middlesex

2nd Middlesex

3rd Middlesex

4th Middlesex

5th Middlesex

6th Middlesex

7th Middlesex

8th Middlesex

9th Middlesex

10th Middlesex

11th Middlesex

12th Middlesex

13th Middlesex

14th Middlesex

15th Middlesex

16th Middlesex

17th Middlesex

18th Middlesex

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20th Middlesex

21st Middlesex

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23rd Middlesex

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25th Middlesex

26th Middlesex

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29th Middlesex

30th Middlesex

31st Middlesex

32nd Middlesex

33rd Middlesex

34th Middlesex

35th Middlesex

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37th Middlesex

1st Norfolk

2nd Norfolk

3rd Norfolk

4th Norfolk

5th Norfolk

6th Norfolk

7th Norfolk

8th Norfolk

9th Norfolk

10th Norfolk

11th Norfolk

12th Norfolk

13th Norfolk

14th Norfolk

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1st Plymouth

2nd Plymouth

3rd Plymouth

4th Plymouth

5th Plymouth

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7th Plymouth

8th Plymouth

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10th Plymouth

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12th Plymouth

1st Suffolk

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3rd Suffolk

4th Suffolk

5th Suffolk

6th Suffolk

7th Suffolk

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10th Suffolk

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1st Worcester

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6th Worcester

7th Worcester

8th Worcester

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10th Worcester

11th Worcester

12th Worcester

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See also

Notes

  1. ^ Representative Carol Doherty died on February 15, 2025. Lisa Field won the subsequent special election and assumed office on July 16, 2025. [23]
  2. ^ Representative Jerry Parisella resigned on January 01, 2025. Hannah Bowen won the subsequent special election and assumed office on May 21, 2025.[24]

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