2020 Massachusetts House of Representatives election
The 2020 Massachusetts House of Representatives election took place on November 3, 2020. It elected members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.[3] Democrats achieved a net gain of 1 seat. One independent Susannah Whipps was also elected.[4] Incumbent Speaker Robert DeLeo won re-election but resigned before the new session to take a position at Northeastern University; Ronald Mariano replaced him as Speaker.[5]
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All 160 seats in the Massachusetts House of Representatives 81 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 4,812,909 [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 76.00% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Predictions
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| The Cook Political Report[6] | Safe D | October 21, 2020 |
Overview
Election
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| Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |||||
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| Democratic | 2,239,316 | 74.27 | 129 |  2 | |||||
| Republican | 686,101 | 22.76 | 30 |  1 | |||||
| Green-Rainbow | 1,100 | 0.04 | 0 |  | |||||
| Independents | 56,261 | 1.87 | 1 | | |||||
| All Others | 30,628 | 1.02 | 0 | | |||||
| Write-In | 1,613 | 0.05 | 0 | | |||||
| Valid votes | 3,015,019 | 82.42 | — | — | |||||
| Invalid votes | 642,986 | 17.58 | — | — | |||||
| Totals | 3,658,005 | 100 | 160 | — | |||||
| Registered voter/turnout | 4,812,909 | 76.00 | |||||||
Closest races
Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
- 2nd Barnstable District, 8.3% (gain)
- 5th Barnstable District, 4.3%
- 14th Bristol District, 8.9% (gain)
- 1st Essex District, 3.3%
- 2nd Essex District, 2.6%
- 13th Essex District, 9.2%
- 4th Hampden District, 8% (gain)
- 7th Hampden District, 0.8%
- 1st Middlesex District, 3.1%
- 5th Plymouth District, 1.4%
- 12th Plymouth District, 9.5%
See also
References
- Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. "Massachusetts Election Statistics". sec.state.ma.us. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
- "Registered Voters and Party Enrollment as of October 24, 2020" (PDF). Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
- "Massachusetts House of Representatives elections, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
- "The Republican Minority in the Mass. Legislature Shed 5 Seats in 2020".
- "Robert DeLeo resigning as Speaker of Massachusetts House". December 28, 2020.
- "October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
- Galvin, William Francis. "PD43+ » Search Elections". Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
- "Registered Voters and Party Enrollment as of October 24, 2020" (PDF). Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
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