Massachusetts House of Representatives 6th Middlesex District
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Massachusetts House of Representatives 6th Middlesex District is represented byPriscila Sousa (D).
As of the 2020 Census, Massachusetts state representatives represented an average of43,959 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented40,998 residents.
About the office
Members of theMassachusetts House of Representatives servetwo-year terms and are not subject toterm limits. Massachusetts legislators assume office the first Wednesday in January after the election.[1]
Qualifications
Article CI, Section 1 of theMassachusetts Constitution states: "Every representative, for one year at least immediately preceding his election, shall have been an inhabitant of the district for which he is chosen and shall cease to represent such district when he shall cease to be an inhabitant of the Commonwealth."[2]
According to theMassachusetts Secretary of State's office, an individual must be a registered voter to run for office.[3]
Salaries
| State legislative salaries, 2025[4] | |
|---|---|
| Salary | Per diem |
| $82,044.31/year | No per diem is paid. |
Vacancies
If there is a vacancy in theMassachusetts General Court, a special election must be conducted to fill the vacant seat. The election must be held on the next regularly scheduled date on the election calendar.[5] Local governments that conduct special elections can receive reimbursement from the state treasurer's office for costs incurred.[6][7]
See sources:Massachusetts Gen. Laws Ann. ch. 54, § 141 andMassachusetts Const. Amend. Art. 24
District map
Redistricting
2020 redistricting cycle
Gov.Charlie Baker (R) signed the state's new legislative maps into law on November 4, 2021.[8] Thestate House passed the maps by a vote of 158-1 on October 21, 2021. Thestate Senate approved the legislative plans on October 27, 2021 by a vote of 36-3. Thelegislature began consideration of the state's redistricting plans on October 19, 2021.[9] These maps took effect for Massachusetts' 2022 legislative elections.
After the redistricting plans were enacted, Massachusetts Secretary of StateWilliam Galvin (D) issued a statement expressing concern regarding how the maps would be implemented: "I am extremely disappointed that these bills were signed into law in their current form and I think it is a devastating blow to the voters of Massachusetts. With local precincts divided multiple ways, it will inevitably lead to chaos at the polls and make it impossible for voters to understand who their elected representatives are."[10] After the legislature approved the maps, State Sen.William Brownsberger (D) said, "It’s a quality final product. We have used every minute we’ve had to keep vetting, to keep adjusting . . . and to respond to input that we’ve received."[11]
How does redistricting in Massachusetts work? In Massachusetts, congressional and state legislative district lines are drawn by thestate legislature. The lines drawn by the state legislature are subject to veto by thegovernor.[12]
State statutes require that state legislative district boundaries be contiguous and "reasonably preserve counties, towns, and cities intact, where otherwise possible." There are no such requirements in place for congressional districts.[12]
Massachusetts House of Representatives 6th Middlesex District
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Massachusetts House of Representatives 6th Middlesex District
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Elections
2026
See also: Massachusetts House of Representatives elections, 2026
There are noofficial candidates yet for this election.
2024
See also: Massachusetts House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 6th Middlesex District
IncumbentPriscila Sousa won election in the general election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 6th Middlesex District on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Priscila Sousa (D) | 96.8 | 9,374 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 3.2 | 306 | ||
| Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 9,680 | ||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 6th Middlesex District
IncumbentPriscila Sousa advanced from the Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 6th Middlesex District on September 3, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Priscila Sousa | 98.8 | 2,219 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.2 | 28 | ||
| Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 2,247 | ||
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2022
General election
General election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 6th Middlesex District
Priscila Sousa won election in the general election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 6th Middlesex District on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Priscila Sousa (D) | 97.1 | 6,839 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.9 | 202 | ||
| There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 7,041 | ||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 6th Middlesex District
Priscila Sousa defeatedMargareth Shepard andDhruba Sen in the Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 6th Middlesex District on September 6, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Priscila Sousa | 52.0 | 1,689 |
 | Margareth Shepard | 43.9 | 1,428 | |
| Dhruba Sen | 4.1 | 133 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 1 | ||
| There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 3,251 | ||
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2020
General election
General election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 6th Middlesex District
IncumbentMaria Robinson won election in the general election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 6th Middlesex District on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Maria Robinson (D) | 98.0 | 17,397 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.0 | 353 | ||
| Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 17,750 | ||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 6th Middlesex District
IncumbentMaria Robinson advanced from the Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 6th Middlesex District on September 1, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Maria Robinson | 99.6 | 8,637 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 38 | ||
| Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 8,675 | ||
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2018
Elections for theMassachusetts House of Representatives took place in 2018. Thesemi-closed primary election took place on September 4, 2018, and the general election was held on November 6, 2018. The candidate filing deadline wasJune 5, 2018.
No candidates filed for the Democratic or Republican primary ballots. Write-in candidatesMary Kate Feeney,Michael Gatlin,Maria Robinson, andMark Tilden competed in the Democratic primary.Thomas Blandford was the only write-in candidate in the Republican primary. To appear on the general election ballot, candidates had to receive 150 votes and more votes than other candidates in the race. Robinson was the only candidate to meet both requirements, so her name was the only one to appear on the general election ballot.[13]
General election
General election
General election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 6th Middlesex District
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Maria Robinson (D) | 77.7 | 13,670 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 22.3 | 3,927 | ||
| There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 17,597 | ||
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Democratic primary election
Maria Robinson received the most write-in votes and advanced to the general election as a regular candidate.
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 6th Middlesex District
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Maria Robinson (Write-in) | 55.6 | 1,911 | |
| Michael Gatlin (Write-in) | 23.0 | 792 | ||
| Mary Kate Feeney (Write-in) | 15.6 | 535 | ||
| Mark Tilden (Write-in) | 0.9 | 30 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 5.0 | 171 | ||
| There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 3,439 | ||
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Republican primary election
Thomas Blandford did not receive the number of votes required to make the general election ballot.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 6th Middlesex District
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| Thomas Blandford (Write-in) | 31.4 | 99 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 68.6 | 216 | ||
Vote totals may be incomplete for this race. | ||||
| There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 315 | ||
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2016
Elections for theMassachusetts House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on September 8, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 7, 2016.
IncumbentChris Walsh ran unopposed in the Massachusetts House of Representatives Sixth Middlesex District general election.[14][15]
| Massachusetts House of Representatives, Sixth Middlesex District General Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic |  Chris WalshIncumbent (unopposed) | |
| Source:Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth | ||
IncumbentChris Walsh ran unopposed in the Massachusetts House of Representatives Sixth Middlesex District Democratic Primary.[16][17]
| Massachusetts House of Representatives, Sixth Middlesex District Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Chris WalshIncumbent (unopposed) | |
2014
Elections for theMassachusetts House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election was held on September 9, 2014, and a general election was held onNovember 4, 2014. Thesignature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 3, 2014. IncumbentChris Walsh was unopposed in the Democratic primary and defeatedMichael J. Coombes (L) in the general election.[18]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Chris WalshIncumbent | 83.6% | 9,763 | |
| Libertarian | Michael Coombes | 16.4% | 1,909 | |
| Total Votes | 11,672 | |||
2012
Elections for the office of Massachusetts House of Representatives consisted of a primary election on September 6, 2012 and a general election onNovember 6, 2012. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was May 29, 2012.[19]Chris Walsh (D) was unopposed in the general election and the Democratic primary.[20][21]
Campaign contributions
From 2012 to 2024, candidates for Massachusetts House of Representatives 6th Middlesex District raised a total of $287,389. Candidates who raised money in contributions earned $31,932 on average. All figures come fromFollow the Money
| Campaign contributions, Massachusetts House of Representatives 6th Middlesex District | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Amount | Candidates | Average |
| 2024 | $14,928 | 1 | $14,928 |
| 2022 | $138,804 | 3 | $46,268 |
| 2020 | $49,455 | 1 | $49,455 |
| 2016 | $26,025 | 1 | $26,025 |
| 2014 | $19,488 | 2 | $9,744 |
| 2012 | $38,689 | 1 | $38,689 |
| Total | $287,389 | 9 | $31,932 |
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑Massachusetts Constitution, "Article LXXXII," accessed February 12, 2021
- ↑The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, "Massachusetts Constitution," accessed May 21, 2025
- ↑Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, "How to Run for Office in Massachusetts," accessed May 27, 2025 (page 5)
- ↑National Conference of State Legislatures, "2025 Legislator Compensation," December 2, 2025
- ↑Massachusetts General Court, "General Laws," accessed February 12, 2021(Section Chapter 50, Section 6A)
- ↑Massachusetts General Court, "General Laws," accessed February 12, 2021(Section Chapter 3: Section 10A)
- ↑Massachusetts General Court, "General Laws," accessed February 12, 2021(Section Chapter 54: Section 141)
- ↑MassLive, "As Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker OKs new districts, Secretary of State William Galvin warns of chaos," November 4, 2021
- ↑Boston Globe, "Lawmakers poised to send new political maps, increasing number of majority-minority districts, to Baker," October 27, 2021
- ↑Boston Globe, "Lawmakers poised to send new political maps, increasing number of majority-minority districts, to Baker," October 27, 2021
- ↑Boston Globe, "Lawmakers poised to send new political maps, increasing number of majority-minority districts, to Baker," October 27, 2021
- ↑12.012.1All About Redistricting, "Massachusetts," accessed May 4, 2015
- ↑Massachusetts Secretary of State, "How to Run for Office as a Write-in Candidate," accessed December 19, 2018
- ↑Massachusetts Secretary of State, "2016 State election candidates," accessed October 3, 2016
- ↑Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, "Election data lookup," accessed December 20, 2016
- ↑Massachusetts Secretary of State, "2016 Primary Candidates (Democratic)," accessed June 20, 2016
- ↑Secretary of the Commonweath of Massachusetts, "Massachusetts Election Statistics," accessed October 14, 2016
- ↑Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, "2014 State Primary Candidates," accessed September 9, 2014
- ↑Massachusetts Secretary of State, “A Candidate’s Guide to the 2012 State Election.” Retrieved November 2, 2013
- ↑Massachusetts Secretary of State, 2012 primary election results. Retrieved November 2, 2013
- ↑Massachusetts Secretary of State, 2012 general election results. Retrieved November 2, 2013
