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The2024 Massachusetts elections were held inMassachusetts on November 5, 2024. At the federal level, elections were held to choose 11 electors to represent the state at theElectoral College, which elects thePresident. In addition, elections for a seat on theU.S. Senate and for all ofMassachusetts's nine seats in theU.S. House of Representatives were held. At the state level, all 40Massachusetts Senate seats and all 160Massachusetts House of Representatives seats were up for election. All eight members of theGovernor's Council were also elected.Five ballot measures were also put up to a vote. In some counties, there were county-level races for register of deeds, clerk of courts, county commissioner, or register of probate.[1]
Presidential primaries were held on March 5, while primaries for other races were held on September 3.[2][3] The deadline toregister to vote was October 26, and the deadline to request amail-in ballot was October 29. Early in-person voting was open from October 19 to November 1.[1] Candidate registration closed on June 4.[4]
Massachusetts had 11 electors in 2024 in accordance with the 2020 census. Massachusetts is considered a safe state for theDemocratic Party, with the party expected to win in the state by a large margin. Democratic nomineeJoe Biden won 66% of the vote in the state in2020.[5] In Massachusetts, six candidates appeared on the ballot, including Democratic nomineeKamala Harris andRepublican nomineeDonald Trump.
Primaries were held on March 5, 2024. Massachusetts uses semi-closed primaries, meaning independent voters can vote in a party's primary of their choice. Joe Biden and Donald Trump both won the state by large margins in the primaries. However, Joe Biden laterwithdrew from the race, and the Democratic convention nominated his Vice President, Kamala Harris. Harris won the general election with around 61% of the vote to Trump's 36%. However, Trump waselected president nationwide.[6]
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
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| Pledged | Unpledged | Total | |||
| Joe Biden (incumbent) | 533,096 | 80.5% | 91 | 91 | |
| No Preference | 60,236 | 9.1% | 1 | 1 | |
| Dean Phillips | 29,728 | 4.5% | |||
| Marianne Williamson | 20,402 | 3.1% | |||
| Other candidates | 10,135 | 1.5% | |||
| Cenk Uygur (write-in) | 82 | <0.1% | |||
| Blank ballots | 8,930 | 1.3% | |||
| Total: | 662,609 | 100% | 92 | 92 | |
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
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| Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
| Donald Trump | 343,189 | 59.56% | 40 | 0 | 40 |
| Nikki Haley | 211,440 | 36.69% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No Preference | 5,717 | 0.99% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Christie (withdrawn) | 5,217 | 0.91% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron DeSantis (withdrawn) | 3,981 | 0.69% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vivek Ramaswamy (withdrawn) | 1,738 | 0.30% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other candidates | 1,674 | 0.29% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Binkley (withdrawn) | 619 | 0.11% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Asa Hutchinson (withdrawn) | 527 | 0.09% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blank ballots | 2,148 | 0.37% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total: | 576,250 | 100.00% | 40 | 0 | 40 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 2,126,518 | 61.22% |  4.38 | ||
| Republican | 1,251,303 | 36.02% |  3.88 | ||
| Green-Rainbow |
| 26,545 | 0.76% | 0.25 | |
| Independent |
| 18,418 | 0.53% | N/A | |
| Libertarian | 17,735 | 0.51% | 0.78 | ||
| Socialism and Liberation | 12,889 | 0.37% | N/A | ||
| Write-in | 20,260 | 0.58% | 0.13 | ||
| Total votes | 3,473,668 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
Elections for Massachusetts's Class 1 Senate seat were held on November 5, 2024. The incumbent was DemocratElizabeth Warren, who ran for the third term. Warren defeated Republican attorney John Deaton in the general election. Primaries were held on September 3.[3] Warren won theDemocratic primary unopposed, while Deaton won theRepublican primary with 65% of the vote against two other candidates.[10]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Elizabeth Warren (incumbent) | 2,041,668 | 59.81% | −0.53 | |
| Republican | John Deaton | 1,365,440 | 40.00% | +3.83 | |
| Write-in | 6,221 | 0.18% | +0.08 | ||
| Total votes | 3,413,329 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
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Elections forMassachusetts's nine seats in theHouse of Representatives elections were held on November 5, 2024. Democrats won all nine seats, with all incumbents being re-elected. Only two seats were contested by theRepublican Party. Two other seats were contested byindependent candidates. Primaries were held on September 3.[1][12]
| District | Incumbent | Candidates[13] | ||||
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| Location | 2022 PVI[14] | Member | Party | First elected | Status | |
| Massachusetts 1 | D+9 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 1988 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Massachusetts 2 | D+13 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 1996 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Massachusetts 3 | D+11 | Lori Trahan | Democratic | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. |  YLori Trahan (Democratic) 100% |
| Massachusetts 4 | D+12 | Jake Auchincloss | Democratic | 2020 | Incumbent re-elected. | YJake Auchincloss (Democratic) 100% |
| Massachusetts 5 | D+23 | Katherine Clark | Democratic | 2013(special) | Incumbent re-elected. | YKatherine Clark (Democratic) 100% |
| Massachusetts 6 | D+11 | Seth Moulton | Democratic | 2014 | Incumbent re-elected. | YSeth Moulton (Democratic) 100% |
| Massachusetts 7 | D+35 | Ayanna Pressley | Democratic | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. | YAyanna Pressley (Democratic) 100% |
| Massachusetts 8 | D+15 | Stephen Lynch | Democratic | 2001(special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Massachusetts 9 | D+6 | Bill Keating | Democratic | 2010 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Elections for the upper house of theMassachusetts General Court were held on November 5, 2024. All 40 Senate seats were up for election. Democrats lost one seat but held their supermajority in the chamber, while Republicans gained one seat. Republicans also gained an additional seat in a 2023 special election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Peter J. Durant | 12,646 | 54.53% | |
| Democratic | Jonathan D. Zlotnik | 10,546 | 45.47% | |
| Total votes | 23,192 | 100.00% | ||
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| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | ||
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| Democratic | Republican | Vacant | ||
| Last election (2022) | 37 | 3 | 40 | 0 |
| This election (2024) | 35 | 5 | 40 | 0 |
| Percentage of seats | 87.5% | 12.5% | ||
| Change from last election | 2 | 2 | ||
Elections for the lower house of theMassachusetts General Court were held on November 5, 2024. All 160 House seats were up for election. Both parties flipped two seats from the other party, leaving the partisan makeup of the chamber the same. Democrats won 134 seats, keeping their supermajority, while the Republicans won 25 seats and thesole independent won re-election.[17]
Three special elections were held before the election. Two seats were held by the Democratic Party and one seat was held by the Republican Party. No seats changed hands in the special elections.[18][19]
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |||
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| Democratic | Unenrolled | Republican | Vacant | ||
| Last election (2022) | 134 | 1 | 25 | 160 | 0 |
| This election (2024) | 134 | 1 | 25 | 160 | 0 |
| Percentage of seats | 83.8% | 0.6% | 15.6% | ||
| Change from last election |  | | | ||
Elections for the Massachusetts Governor's Council were held on November 5, 2024. The Governor's Council is tasked with confirming gubernatorial judicial nominations and nominations for various boards. The Democratic Party won all eight seats on the Council, as they had in 2022.[21][22][23]
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority) | Total | ||
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| Democratic | Republican | Vacant | ||
| Last election (2022) | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| This election (2024) | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Percentage of seats | 100% | 0% | ||
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Five ballot measures were put forward to voters on November 5, 2024. Question one was a measure to specifically allow theState Auditor to audit thelegislature, which passed. Question two was a proposal to eliminateMCAS as a high school graduation requirement, which passed. Question three was a proposed change to allowrideshare drivers to form unions, which also passed. Question four would have legalizedpsychedelic drugs under certain circumstances. However, this measure failed. Question five would have raised theminimum wage for tipped workers to match the minimum wage for all other workers. This measure also failed.[24][25]
In addition to the five statewide questions, county and local questions were on the ballot in certain areas. Two non-binding public policy questions were asked in certainState House districts. One, put forward in 11 districts, asked voters whether or not they supportedsingle-payer healthcare. It passed in all 11 districts, meaning the State Representatives in those districts were instructed to vote in favor of hypothetical future legislation. Another, asked only in the4th Barnstable district, would have instructed the State Representative to support the proposedSouthCoast offshore wind farm. This measure failed.[26][25]
| No. | Question | Status | |
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| 1 | Initiative Petition for a Law Expressly Authorizing the Auditor to Audit the Legislature | Approved | |
| 2 | Initiative Petition for a Law to Remove MCAS Performance as a Condition for H.S. Graduation | Approved | |
| 3 | Initiative Petition for An Act Giving Transportation Network Drivers the Option to Form a Union and Bargain Collectively | Approved | |
| 4 | Initiative Petition for a Law Relative to the Regulation and Tax of Natural Psychedelics | Rejected | |
| 5 | Initiative Petition for a Law Requiring the Full Minimum Wage for Tipped Workers with Tips on Top | Rejected | |
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