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This page provides information on the 2026 elections in Massachusetts, including theoffices on the ballot covered by Ballotpedia,election dates, andfrequently asked questions.

Election dates

See also:Massachusetts election calendar

Statewide election dates in Massachusetts are listed below. For more statewide dates, please see thestatewide elections calendar.

Statewide election dates

September 1, 2026: Primary
November 3, 2026: General election

Offices on the ballot

Noteworthy elections

In 2025, Ballotpedia did not cover any elections in additional detail in this state.

Statewide ballot measures

See also:Massachusetts 2026 ballot measures

What's on your ballot?

See also:Sample Ballot Lookup

List of candidates

The following table displays a list of candidates in Massachusetts. The list does not include presidential candidates, and it may not include all candidates for local offices. Pleaseclick here to learn more about Ballotpedia's coverage scope.

Federal Candidates

candidate	office	party	status
Edward J. Markey Incumbent	U.S. Senate Massachusetts	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Nathan Bech	U.S. Senate Massachusetts	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
John Deaton	U.S. Senate Massachusetts	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Philip Devincentis	U.S. Senate Massachusetts	American Independent Party	Candidacy Declared General
William Gates	U.S. Senate Massachusetts	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Seth Moulton	U.S. Senate Massachusetts	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Alexander Rikleen	U.S. Senate Massachusetts	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Shiva Ayyadurai	U.S. Senate Massachusetts	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Morgan Dawicki	U.S. Senate Massachusetts	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Joseph Tache	U.S. Senate Massachusetts	Party for Socialism and Liberation	Candidacy Declared General
Richard Neal Incumbent	U.S. House Massachusetts District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Anthony Celata	U.S. House Massachusetts District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Nathan Tracy	U.S. House Massachusetts District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jeromie Whalen	U.S. House Massachusetts District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Nadia Milleron	U.S. House Massachusetts District 1	Unenrolled	Candidacy Declared General
Jim McGovern Incumbent	U.S. House Massachusetts District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Lori Trahan Incumbent	U.S. House Massachusetts District 3	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jake Auchincloss Incumbent	U.S. House Massachusetts District 4	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Christopher Boyd	U.S. House Massachusetts District 4	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Steve Chasse	U.S. House Massachusetts District 4	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Ihssane Leckey	U.S. House Massachusetts District 4	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jason Poulos	U.S. House Massachusetts District 4	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Matthew Cook	U.S. House Massachusetts District 4	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Katherine Clark Incumbent	U.S. House Massachusetts District 5	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jonathan Paz	U.S. House Massachusetts District 5	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Tarik Samman	U.S. House Massachusetts District 5	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
John Field	U.S. House Massachusetts District 6	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Micah Jones	U.S. House Massachusetts District 6	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Beth Andres-Beck	U.S. House Massachusetts District 6	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
John Beccia	U.S. House Massachusetts District 6	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Rick Jakious	U.S. House Massachusetts District 6	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Dan Koh	U.S. House Massachusetts District 6	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Mariah Lancaster	U.S. House Massachusetts District 6	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Tram Nguyen	U.S. House Massachusetts District 6	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jamie Zahlaway Belsito	U.S. House Massachusetts District 6	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Ayanna Pressley Incumbent	U.S. House Massachusetts District 7	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Kelechi Linardon	U.S. House Massachusetts District 7	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Stephen Lynch Incumbent	U.S. House Massachusetts District 8	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Walter Grochowski	U.S. House Massachusetts District 8	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Patrick Roath	U.S. House Massachusetts District 8	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Andrew Zylberfink	U.S. House Massachusetts District 8	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Bill Keating Incumbent	U.S. House Massachusetts District 9	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Robert MacAllister	U.S. House Massachusetts District 9	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Craig Swallow	U.S. House Massachusetts District 9	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary

State Candidates

candidate	office	party	status
Maura Healey Incumbent	Governor of Massachusetts	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Mike Kennealy	Governor of Massachusetts	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Michael Minogue	Governor of Massachusetts	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Aaron Packard	Governor of Massachusetts	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Brian Shortsleeve	Governor of Massachusetts	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Matthew Dewar	Governor of Massachusetts	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Andrea James	Governor of Massachusetts	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Muhammed Kokonezis-Hanino	Governor of Massachusetts	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Kim Driscoll Incumbent	Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Anne Brensley	Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Andrea Campbell Incumbent	Attorney General of Massachusetts	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
William Galvin Incumbent	Massachusetts Secretary of State	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Deb Goldberg Incumbent	Massachusetts Treasurer	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Elizabeth Dionne	Massachusetts Treasurer	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Michael Rodrigues Incumbent	Massachusetts State Senate 1st Bristol and Plymouth District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Pavel Payano Incumbent	Massachusetts State Senate 1st Essex District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Bruce Tarr Incumbent	Massachusetts State Senate 1st Essex and Middlesex District	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Sam Meas	Massachusetts State Senate 1st Middlesex District (Special election)	Republican	On the Ballot General
Vanna Howard	Massachusetts State Senate 1st Middlesex District (Special election)	Democratic	On the Ballot General
Joseph Espinola III	Massachusetts State Senate 1st Middlesex District (Special election)	Unenrolled	On the Ballot General
Rodney Elliott	Massachusetts State Senate 1st Middlesex District (Special election)	Democratic	Lost Primary
Patrick O'Connor Incumbent	Massachusetts State Senate 1st Plymouth and Norfolk District	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Nick Collins Incumbent	Massachusetts State Senate 1st Suffolk District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Robyn Kennedy Incumbent	Massachusetts State Senate 1st Worcester District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Mark Montigny Incumbent	Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Bristol and Plymouth District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Joan Lovely Incumbent	Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Essex District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Barry Finegold Incumbent	Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Essex and Middlesex District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Ted Semesnyei	Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Essex and Middlesex District	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Christine Barber	Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Middlesex District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Tom Hopcroft	Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Middlesex District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Michael Brady Incumbent	Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Plymouth and Norfolk District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Liz Miranda Incumbent	Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Suffolk District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Michael Moore Incumbent	Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Worcester District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Kelly Dooner Incumbent	Massachusetts State Senate 3rd Bristol and Plymouth District	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Brendan Crighton Incumbent	Massachusetts State Senate 3rd Essex District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Mike Barrett Incumbent	Massachusetts State Senate 3rd Middlesex District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Lydia Edwards Incumbent	Massachusetts State Senate 3rd Suffolk District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Cindy Friedman Incumbent	Massachusetts State Senate 4th Middlesex District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jason Lewis Incumbent	Massachusetts State Senate 5th Middlesex District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Paul Mark Incumbent	Massachusetts State Senate Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin, and Hampshire District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Julian Andre Cyr Incumbent	Massachusetts State Senate Cape and Islands District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jacob Oliveira Incumbent	Massachusetts State Senate Hampden, Hampshire, and Worcester District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Adam Gomez Incumbent	Massachusetts State Senate Hampden District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
John Velis Incumbent	Massachusetts State Senate Hampden and Hampshire District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jo Comerford Incumbent	Massachusetts State Senate Hampshire, Franklin, and Worcester District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Karen Spilka Incumbent	Massachusetts State Senate Middlesex and Norfolk District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Sal DiDomenico Incumbent	Massachusetts State Senate Middlesex and Suffolk District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Kari MacRae	Massachusetts State Senate Plymouth and Barnstable District	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
William Brownsberger Incumbent	Massachusetts State Senate Suffolk and Middlesex District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Daniel Lander	Massachusetts State Senate Suffolk and Middlesex District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Chris Lambton	Massachusetts House of Representatives 1st Barnstable District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Steven Leibowitz	Massachusetts House of Representatives 1st Barnstable District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
John Barrett III Incumbent	Massachusetts House of Representatives 1st Berkshire District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Andrew Fitch	Massachusetts House of Representatives 1st Berkshire District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Corinne Coryat	Massachusetts House of Representatives 1st Franklin District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Johnathan Creque	Massachusetts House of Representatives 1st Franklin District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Amy Lavallee	Massachusetts House of Representatives 1st Franklin District	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Matt McLaughlin	Massachusetts House of Representatives 2nd Middlesex District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
John Gaskey Incumbent	Massachusetts House of Representatives 2nd Plymouth District	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Mark Townsend	Massachusetts House of Representatives 2nd Plymouth District	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Sarah Hewins	Massachusetts House of Representatives 2nd Plymouth District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Leigh Davis Incumbent	Massachusetts House of Representatives 3rd Berkshire District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Christina Delisio	Massachusetts House of Representatives 5th Essex District (Special election)	Republican	On the Ballot Primary
Ashley Sullivan	Massachusetts House of Representatives 5th Essex District (Special election)	Republican	On the Ballot Primary
Andrew Tarr	Massachusetts House of Representatives 5th Essex District (Special election)	Democratic	On the Ballot Primary
Paul Frost Incumbent	Massachusetts House of Representatives 7th Worcester District	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Nick Lazzaro	Massachusetts House of Representatives 7th Worcester District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Zosia VanMeter	Massachusetts House of Representatives 9th Essex District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Johnnie McKnight	Massachusetts House of Representatives 11th Hampden District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Michael Lachenmeyer	Massachusetts House of Representatives 12th Hampden District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Christopher Shepley	Massachusetts House of Representatives 18th Essex District	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Connor Murray	Massachusetts House of Representatives 18th Essex District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Marjorie Decker Incumbent	Massachusetts House of Representatives 25th Middlesex District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Evan MacKay	Massachusetts House of Representatives 25th Middlesex District	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary

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