Massachusetts 2024 Election Overview

This overview covers U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress, State Senate, State Represenative, and Governor’s Council races. It divides the races into incumbents with contested primaries, open seats where the current seat holder is not pursuing their seat in 2024, and then races with non-primary competition for the incumbent.

Primary challenges

Governor’s Council incumbent primaries

Governor’s Council - Third Dolan is getting grassroots and mainstream party support in her aggressive campaign to unseat 25-year incumbent Devaney
Marilyn M. Petitto Devaney (D-Watertown)	Current Governor's Councillor; Candidate for Re-nomination
Mara Dolan (D-Concord)
Governor’s Council - Fourth 30-year Brockton incumbent Iannella faces two challengers but has a sizeable fundraising advantage
Christopher A. Iannella, Jr. (D-Boston)	Present Governor's Councillor
Stacey K. Borden (D-Boston)
Ronald Primo Iacobucci (D-Quincy)

State Senate incumbent primaries

State Senate - Second Bristol and Plymouth Montigny has a campaign account with over $700K while challenger Kivi has not raised or spent campaign money
Mark C. Montigny (D-New Bedford)	Candidate for Re-nomination; Current State Senator
Molly Kivi (D-New Bedford)
State Senate - Hampden Two-term incumbent Gomez is being challenged by city councilor and Rep. Bud Williams aide Malo Brown
Adam Gomez (D-Springfield)	Candidate for Re-nomination; State Senator
Malo L. Brown (D-Springfield)	Current City Councilor
State Senate - First Suffolk Community Organizer Skeens has raised a little over $1,000 in his bid to oust Collins
Nicholas P. Collins (D-Boston)	Current State Senator
Juwan Khiry Skeens (D-Boston)

State Representative incumbent primaries

State Representative - Sixteenth Essex Former State Rep Devers lost to incumbent Paulino by 161 votes in the 2022 primary after 2021 redistricting
Francisco E. Paulino (D-Methuen)	Current State Representative
Marcos A. Devers (D-Lawrence)	Former State Representative, Mayor, Council President
State Representative - Eleventh Hampden McKnight ran for Springfield mayor in 2015 and draws distinctions with Wiilliams on women’s reproductive rights
Bud L. Williams (D-Springfield)
Johnnie Rs Mcknight (D-Springfield)
State Representative - Fifth Middlesex Jaymin Patel ran and lost against incumbent Linsky in the 2020 primary
David Paul Linsky (D-Natick)	Candidate for Re-nomination; Former Assistant District Attorney
Jaymin A. Patel (D-Natick)
State Representative - Seventh Middlesex First-time candidate Phelps hopes to unseat 4-term incumbent Lewis
Jack Patrick Lewis (D-Framingham)	Candidate for Re-nomination; Current State Representative
Carlton I. Phelps, Jr. (D-Ashland)
State Representative - Ninth Middlesex May, Chair of the Waltham Dem. City Committee, hopes to unseat 12-term incumbent Stanley
Thomas M. Stanley (D-Waltham)	Candidate for Re-nomination
Heather A. May (D-Waltham)
State Representative - Eighteenth Middlesex Hong lost to Mom by only 56 votes in 2022 Democratic primary
Rady Mom (D-Lowell)	Current State Representative
Tara Hong (D-Lowell)
Andrew W. Kollar (D-Lowell)
State Representative - Twenty-Fifth Middlesex One of two progressive Cambridge lawmakers facing a challenge from the left
Marjorie C. Decker (D-Cambridge)	Current State Representative
Evan Mackay (D-Cambridge)
State Representative - Twenty-Seventh Middlesex One of two progressive Cambridge lawmakers facing a challenge from the left
Erika Uyterhoeven (D-Somerville)	Candidate for Re-nomination
Kathleen M. Hornby (D-Somerville)
State Representative - Twenty-Eighth Middlesex City Councilor Marchese lost in a similar challenge in 2022, also 1998 and 1990
Joseph W. Mcgonagle (D-Everett)	Current State Representative
Michael K. Marchese (D-Everett)
State Representative - Thirty-Fifth Middlesex Mossalam lost to incumbent Donato by only 50 votes in 2022
Paul J. Donato (D-Medford)	Candidate for Re-nomination
Nichole Dawn Mossalam (D-Malden)
Zayda Ortiz (D-Malden)
State Representative - Second Plymouth Gaskey campaigning against social teachings in public schools
Susan Williams-Gifford (R-Wareham)	Candidate for Re-nomination
John Robert Gaskey (R-Carver)
State Representative - Eleventh Plymouth Fontaine ran as an Unenrolled candidate in the last 2022 general election won by Mendes, now challenging in the Dem. Primary
Rita A. Mendes (D-Brockton)	Current State Representative; Former Councilor at-Large
Fred Fontaine (D-Brockton)
State Representative - Sixth Suffolk Previous challenger Hardaway is joined by Adams and previous Nick Collins challenger Pierce
Russell E. Holmes (D-Boston)	Current State Representative
Haris H. Hardaway (D-Boston)
Samuel Pierce (D-Boston)
State Representative - Eighth Suffolk Graf is running an issue candidacy on a disability bil sent to study by a committee Livingstone chairs;, Linardin has run for State Rep and City Council before
Jay D. Livingstone (D-Boston)	Current State Representative
Lisa Jeanne Graf (D-Boston)
Kelechi Linardon (D-Boston)
State Representative - Seventh Worcester Frigon is know for advocacy against vaccine mandates
Paul K. Frost (R-Auburn)	Candidate for Re-nomination
Michelle L. Frigon (R-Millbury)

Open Seats

There are 21 seats where the sitting incumbent is not running. There is a section in the header listing the incumbent with other details—at least eight of the incumbents are running for a different office or have been appointed to another governmental role.

Open Governor’s Council

Governor’s Council - Second Incumbent Robert L. Jubinville (D-Milton) was appointed as Clerk Magistrate of Framingham District Court
Tamisha L. Civil (D-Stoughton)	Current Town Meeting Member
Muriel Elaine Kramer (D-Hopkinton)	Former Hopkinton Selectboard Member; Veteran
Sean Murphy (D-Bridgewater)	Veteran
David S. Reservitz (D-Needham)
Francis T. Crimmins, Jr. (R-Stoughton)	Former Trial Court Justice, Selectman, Moderator
Governor’s Council - Fifth Incumbent Eileen R. Duff (D-Gloucester) is running for Essex South Register of Deeds
Eunice Delice Zeigler (D-Methuen)	Former Methuen City Councilor
Anne M. Manning-Martin (R-Peabody)	City Councilor; Former School Committee Member
Jody A. Elliott (U-Salem)	Independent

Open State Senate

State Senate - Third Bristol and Plymouth Incumbent Marc R. Pacheco (D-Taunton) is working on the new Transatlantic Climate Alliance
Joseph Richard Pacheco (D-Raynham)
Barry Christopher Sanders (D-Taunton)	Taunton City Councilor
Kelly A. Dooner (R-Taunton)	Current Taunton City Councilor
James B. Dupont (U-Raynham)	Unenrolled
State Senate - Norfolk, Plymouth and Bristol Incumbent Walter F. Timilty, Jr. (D-Milton) is running for Norfolk County Clerk of Courts
Erin G. Bradley (D-Milton)	Current Select Board Member, Milton
Kathleen Crogan-Camara (D-Randolph)
William J. Driscoll, Jr. (D-Milton)	Current State Representative
State Senate - Plymouth and Barnstable Incumbent Susan Lynn Moran (D-Falmouth) is running for Barnstable County Clerk of Courts
Dylan Fernandes (D-Falmouth)	Current State Representative
Kari Macrae (R-Bourne)	Current School Committee Member
Mathew J. Muratore (R-Plymouth)

Open State Representative

State Representative - Fourth Barnstable Incumbent Sarah K. Peake (D-Provincetown) is retiring
Hadley Luddy (D-Orleans)
State Representative - Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket Incumbent Dylan A. Fernandes (D-Falmouth) is running for the Plymouth and Barnstable State Senate seat
Arielle Reid Faria (D-West Tisbury)
Thomas W. Moakley (D-Falmouth)	Former Cape and Islands Assistant District Attorney
State Representative - Third Berkshire Incumbent William “Smitty” Pignatelli (D-Lenox) is retiring
Leigh Susan Davis (D-Great Barrington)	Great Barrington Selectboard Member
Jamie M. Minacci (D-Stockbridge)	Current Select Board Member
Patrick Thomas White (D-Stockbridge)	Select Board Member
Marybeth F. Mitts (U-Lenox)	Independent
State Representative - First Bristol Incumbent Fred Jay Barrows (R-Mansfield) is retiring
Kostas Loukos (D-Mansfield)	Former Town Moderator
David R. Martin (D-Mansfield)
Michael E. Toole (D-Norton)	Board of Assessors Member; Former Select Board Member
Michael Chaisson (R-Foxborough)
State Representative - Eighth Bristol Incumbent Paul Schmid, III (D-Westport) is not running
Steven J. Ouellette (D-Westport)	Westport Selectman
Jesse W. St. Gelais (U-Acushnet)	Independent
Laura A. Hadley (U-Westport)	Independent
Manuel Soares, Jr. (U-Westport)	Independent
State Representative - Tenth Bristol Incumbent William M. Straus (D-Mattapoisett) is not running
Mark David Sylvia (D-Fairhaven)	Current Fairhaven Town Moderator
Robert S. Mcconnell (R-Fairhaven)	Fairhaven Town Meeting Member
Joseph M. Pires (R-Rochester)	Current School Committee Member
State Representative - Eleventh Essex Incumbent Peter L. Capano (D-Lynn) is not running
Hong L. Net (D-Lynn)	Current City Councilor
Sean Reid (D-Lynn)	Current School Committee Member
State Representative - Second Hampshire Incumbent Daniel R. Carey (D-Easthampton) is running for Hampshire County Clerk of Courts
Homar Gomez (D-Easthampton)
State Representative - Eleventh Middlesex Incumbent Kay S. Khan (D-Newton) is retiring
Alexander Jablon (D-Newton)
Amy Mah Sangiolo (D-Newton)	Former City Councilor
Vladislav S. Yanovsky (R-Newton)	Veteran
State Representative - Twelfth Middlesex Incumbent Ruth B. Balser (D-Newton) is retiring
Bill Humphrey (D-Newton)	City Councilor
Rick Lipof (D-Newton)	Current Newton City Councilor at-Large
Greg Schwartz (D-Newton)	Former Newton City Councilor at-Large
State Representative - Seventh Norfolk Incumbent William J. Driscoll, Jr (D-Milton) is running for the Norfolk, Plymouth and Bristol State Senate seat
Christos Alexopoulos (D-Randolph)	Randolph Town Councilor
Tony King (D-Milton)
Richard Gerard Wells, Jr. (D-Milton)	Current Member, Milton Select Board
Clinton Graham (U-Milton)	Independent
State Representative - Thirteenth Norfolk Incumbent Denise C. Garlick (D-Needham) is retiring
Patrick A. Gatto (D-Needham)
Kenneth J. Ruetenik (D-Needham)
Joshua Tarsky (D-Needham)	Veteran
William R. Dermody (U-Needham)	Unenrolled
State Representative - First Plymouth Incumbent Mathew J. Muratore (R-Plymouth) is not running
Michelle L. Badger (D-Plymouth)
Arthur Thomas Desloges (D-Plymouth)	Town Meeting Member
Scott Francis Hokanson, Sr. (D-Plymouth)
Stephen Michael Palmer (D-Plymouth)	Plymouth Redevelopment Authority Commissioner
Jesse G. Brown (R-Plymouth)	Veteran
Dee Wallace Spencer (R-Plymouth)	Former Town Meeting Member
State Representative - Sixth Plymouth Incumbent Josh S. Cutler (D-Duxbury) has been named Undersecretary of Apprenticeship, Work-Based Learning, and Policy by Governor Healey
Rebecca W. Coletta (D-Pembroke)
Jane L. Cournan (R-Pembroke)
Kenneth Peter Sweezey (R-Pembroke)
State Representative - Eighth Plymouth Incumbent Angelo L. D’Emilia (R-Bridgewater) is retiring
Dennis C. Gallagher (D-Bridgewater)	Former Town Councilor, Selectman; Veteran
Sandra M. Wright (R-Bridgewater)	Plymouth County Commissioner; Former Town Councilor, Bridgewater
State Representative - Ninth Plymouth Incumbent Gerard J. Cassidy (D-Brockton) is retiring
Bridget M. Plouffe (D-Brockton)
Lawrence Peter Novak (R-Brockton)	Former School Committee Member, Trustee, Massasoit Community College
Jonathan Wilshire Gill (U-Easton)	Independent, Unenrolled

Contested

There are 38 seat where the incumbent does not have a primary challenges, but faces one or more candidates who are unenrolled or from a different party. Senator Elizabeth Warren will face off against the winner of a three-way Republican primary. There are also three Republicans vying to replace U.S. Representative Stephen Lynch, while U.S. Representative Bill Keating will face Republican Dan Sullivan who lost the 2022 GOP primary to Jesse Brown.

There are 2 Governor’s Council challenges, 8 State Senate challenges, and 25 State Rep. challenges in addition to the 20 incumbents with primaries mentioned earlier.

U.S. Senate contested

Senator in Congress - Statewide
Elizabeth Ann Warren (D-Cambridge)	United States Senator
Robert J. Antonellis (R-Medford)
Ian Cain (R-Quincy)	Current Quincy City Councilor
John Deaton (R-Swansea)	Veteran; Former Special Assistant United States Attorney

U.S. Congress contested

Representative in Congress - Eighth
Stephen F. Lynch (D-Boston)	Candidate for Re-nomination
Robert G. Burke (R-Dedham)
James M. Govatsos (R-Walpole)
Daniel Kelly (R-Boston)
Representative in Congress - Ninth
Bill Keating (D-Bourne)	Present U.S. Representative; Former Norfolk District Attorney
Dan Sullivan (R-Plymouth)

Governor’s Councile contested

Governor’s Council - First
Joseph C. Ferreira (D-Swansea)
Krysten Condon (U-Wareham)	Independent
Governor’s Council - Seventh
Paul M. Depalo (D-Worcester)	Current Governor's Councillor; Former Worcester Planning Board Member
Andrew J. Couture (R-Fitchburg)	Current Fitchburg City Councilor

State Senate contested

State Senate - Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin and Hampshire
Paul W. Mark (D-Becket)	Candidate for Re-nomination
David Rosa (R-Dighton)	Former Parks and Recreation Commissioner; Veteran
State Senate - Bristol and Norfolk
Paul R. Feeney (D-Foxborough)	Candidate for Re-nomination
Laura L. Saylor (U-Mansfield)	Workers Party
State Senate - Cape and Islands
Julian Andre Cyr (D-Provincetown)	Current State Senator
Christopher Robert Lauzon (R-Barnstable)
Joe Van Nes (U-West Tisbury)	Unenrolled
State Senate - Second Essex
Joan B. Lovely (D-Salem)
Damian Mitchell Anketell (R-Peabody)
State Senate - First Middlesex
Edward J. Kennedy, Jr. (D-Lowell)	Current State Senator; Candidate for Re-nomination
Karla J. Miller (R-Lowell)
State Senate - Third Suffolk
Lydia Marie Edwards (D-Boston)	Current State Senator
Jeanna Marie A. Tamas (R-Winthrop)
State Senate - Worcester and Middlesex
John J. Cronin (D-Fitchburg)	Current State Senator; Veteran
Nicholas A. Pirro, Iii (R-Lunenburg)
State Senate - Worcester and Hampden
Ryan C. Fattman (R-Sutton)
Anthony Jm Allard (D-Monson)

State Representative contested

State Representative - Second Barnstable
Kip A. Diggs (D-Barnstable)	Current State Representative
Susanne H. Conley (R-Barnstable)
State Representative - Second Bristol
James K. Hawkins (D-Attleboro)	Current State Representative
Patricia Bellfield (U-Attleboro)	Unenrolled
Andrew Nelson (U-Attleboro)	Workers Party
State Representative - Fifth Bristol
Patricia A. Haddad (D-Somerset)	Candidate for Re-nomination
Justin Thurber (R-Somerset)	Veteran
State Representative - Fourteenth Bristol
Adam J. Scanlon (D-North Attleborough)	Candidate for Re-nomination
David Cannata, Jr. (R-North Attleborough)
State Representative - Fifth Essex
Ann-Margaret Ferrante (D-Gloucester)	Current State Representative
Steven G. Leblanc, Jr. (U-Gloucester)	Independent
State Representative - Sixth Essex
Jerald A. Parisella (D-Beverly)	Veteran
Ty Vitale (R-Beverly)
Euplio R. Marciano (U-Beverly)	All American
State Representative - First Middlesex
Margaret R. Scarsdale (D-Pepperell)	Current State Representative
Lynne E. Archambault (R-Pepperell)
State Representative - Seventeenth Middlesex
Vanna Howard (D-Lowell)	Current State Representative
Joseph Paul Onoroski (U-Lowell)	Pirate
State Representative - Nineteenth Middlesex
David Allen Robertson (D-Wilmington)
Paul Sarnowski (R-Wilmington)
George Hugh Ferdinand (U-Tewksbury)	Independent
State Representative - Second Norfolk
Tackey Chan (D-Quincy)	Candidate for Re-nomination; Current State Representative
Sharon Marie Cintolo (R-Quincy)
State Representative - Tenth Norfolk
Jeffrey N. Roy (D-Franklin)
Charles F. Bailey, Iii (R-Franklin)	Veteran
State Representative - Eleventh Norfolk
Paul Mcmurtry (D-Dedham)	Current State Representative
Andrew M. Pepoli (U-Dedham)	Independent
State Representative - Twelfth Plymouth
Kathleen R. Lanatra (D-Kingston)
Eric J. Meschino (R-Plymouth)
State Representative - Ninth Suffolk
John Francis Moran (D-Boston)	Current State Representative
Roy A. Owens, Sr. (R-Boston)
State Representative - Second Worcester
Jonathan D. Zlotnik (D-Gardner)	Current State Representative
Bruce K. Chester (R-Gardner)	Veteran
State Representative - Fourth Worcester
Natalie Higgins (D-Leominster)	Candidate for Re-nomination
Salvatore Perla (R-Leominster)	Current School Committee Member
State Representative - Nineteenth Worcester
Kate Donaghue (D-Westborough)	Candidate for Re-nomination
Boyd Stewart Conklin (U-Westborough)	Massachusetts Great Again
State Representative - Third Barnstable
David T. Vieira (R-Falmouth)
Kathleen Fox Alfano (D-Bourne)
State Representative - Fifth Barnstable
Steven G. Xiarhos (R-Barnstable)	Current State Representative
Owen G. Fletcher (D-Barnstable)
State Representative - Fourth Hampden
Kelly W. Pease (R-Westfield)	Candidate for Re-nomination; Veteran
Bridget Matthews-Kane (D-Westfield)	Current Westfield City Councilor
State Representative - Twenty-Second Middlesex
Marc T. Lombardo (R-Billerica)	Current State Representative
George John Simolaris, Jr. (U-Billerica)	Independent
State Representative - Ninth Norfolk
Marcus S. Vaughn (R-Wrentham)	Candidate for Re-nomination
Kevin C. Kalkut (D-Norfolk)	Advisory Board on County Expenditures Member; Former Selectman
State Representative - First Worcester
Kimberly N. Ferguson (R-Holden)	Candidate for Re-nomination; Former Selectboard Member
Anthony L. Ferrante (U-Holden)	Combat Veteran
State Representative - Sixth Worcester
John J. Marsi, Jr. (R-Dudley)	Candidate for Re-nomination; Former Dudley Selectman
Jeanne Renaud Costello (D-Charlton)
State Representative - Second Franklin
Susannah M. Whipps (U-Athol)	Independent
Jeffrey L. Raymond (R-Athol)	School Committee Member; Veteran