An overview of the 2022 State Representative Primaries

A look at the MA State Representative contested primaries

Figure 1: MA State Representative Districts (2022)

State Represenative Primary Overview

There are 34 State Representative districts with contested primaries with the State Primary occurring on Sept 6, 2022. There are 19 open seats with 13 having a Democratic primary, 1 have a GOP primary, 4 with only a general election matchup, and 1 seat—the 15th Essex—with a single candidate.

There are There are 17 Democratic incumbents with primary challenges, while no Republican House incumbent faces a primary challenge. One incumbent Democrat, William Straus (D-Mattapoisett) of the 10th Bristol District, faces a primary challenge and two GOP challengers, only one of which will survive a Republican primary.

Table 1: 2022 State Rep districts (last incumbent)*

District	PVI	Inc. Party	Incumbent	Primaries
1st Barnstable	D+9	None	(Timothy R. Whelan—Brewster)
2nd Barnstable	D+6	Dem	Kip A. Diggs—Osterville
3rd Barnstable	D+6	GOP	David T. Vieira—E. Falmouth
4th Barnstable	D+16	Dem	Sarah K. Peake—Provincetown	D
5th Barnstable	D+1	GOP	Steven G. Xiarhos—West Barnstable
Barnstable, Dukes & Nantucket	D+23	Dem	Dylan Fernandes—Falmouth
1st Berkshire	D+17	Dem	John Barrett, III—North Adams	D
2nd Berkshire	D+24	Dem	Tricia Farley-Bouvier—Pittsfield
3rd Berkshire	D+23	Dem	William “Smitty” Pignatelli—Lenox
1st Bristol	D+6	GOP	Fred “Jay” Barrows—Mansfield	D
2nd Bristol	D+6	Dem	James K. Hawkins—Attleboro
3rd Bristol	D+5	Dem	Carol A. Doherty—Taunton
4th Bristol	R+2	GOP	Steven S. Howitt—Seekonk
5th Bristol	R+1	Dem	Patricia A. Haddad—Somerset
6th Bristol	D+6	Dem	Carole A. Fiola—Fall River
7th Bristol	D+7	Dem	Alan Silvia—Fall River
8th Bristol	R+2	Dem	Paul A. Schmid, Ill—Westport
9th Bristol	D+4	Dem	Christopher Markey—Dartmouth	D
10th Bristol	D+2	Dem	William M. Straus—Mattapoisett	D,R
11th Bristol	D+17	Dem	Christopher Hendricks—New Bedford
12th Bristol	R+4	GOP	Norman J. Orrall—Lakeville
13th Bristol	D+14	Dem	Antonio F.D. Cabral—New Bedford
14th Bristol	D+5	Dem	Adam Scanlon—North Attleboro
1st Essex	D+12	GOP	James M. Kelcourse—Amesbury
2nd Essex	D+9	GOP	Leonard Mirra—Georgetown
3rd Essex	D+8	Dem	Andres X. Vargas—Haverhill
4th Essex	D+19	None	(Jamie M. Belsito—Topsfield)	D
5th Essex	D+16	Dem	Ann-Margaret Ferrante—Gloucester	D
6th Essex	D+16	Dem	Jerald A. Parisella—Beverly
7th Essex	D+23	None	(Paul F. Tucker—Salem)	D
8th Essex	D+20	None	(Lori A. Ehrlich—Marblehead)	D
9th Essex	D+1	GOP	Donald H. Wong—Saugus
10th Essex	D+20	Dem	Daniel Cahill—Lynn
11th Essex	D+19	Dem	Peter L. Capano—Lynn
12th Essex	D+6	Dem	Thomas P. Walsh—Peabody
13th Essex	D+3	Dem	Sally P. Kerans—Danvers
14th Essex	D+8	None	(Christina A. Minicucci—North Andover)
15th Essex	D+1	None	(Linda Dean Campbell—Methuen)
16th Essex	D+18	Dem	Marcos A. Devers—Lawrence	D
17th Essex	D+23	Dem	Frank A. Moran—Lawrence
18th Essex	D+10	Dem	Tram T. Nguyen—Andover
1st Franklin	D+23	Dem	Natalie M. Blais—Sunderland
2nd Franklin	D+6	GOP	Susannah M. Whipps—Athol
1st Hampden	R+4	GOP	Todd M. Smola—Warren
2nd Hampden	D+4	Dem	Brian M. Ashe—Longmeadow
3rd Hampden	R+7	GOP	Nicholas A. Boldyga—Southwick
4th Hampden	R+2	GOP	Kelly W. Pease—Westfield
5th Hampden	D+19	Dem	Patricia A. Duffy—Holyoke
6th Hampden	D+1	Dem	Michael J. Finn—West Springfield
7th Hampden	D+6	None	(Jacob R. Oliveira—Ludlow)
8th Hampden	D+4	None	(Joseph F. Wagner—Chicopee)	D
9th Hampden	D+23	Dem	Orlando Ramos—Springfield
10th Hampden	D+32	Dem	Carlos Gonzalez—Springfield
11th Hampden	D+29	Dem	Bud L. Williams—Springfield	D
12th Hampden	D+5	Dem	Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.—Springfield
1st Hampshire	D+31	Dem	Lindsay N. Sabadosa—Florence
2nd Hampshire	D+16	Dem	Daniel R. Carey—Easthampton
3rd Hampshire	D+35	Dem	Mindy Domb—Amherst
1st Middlesex	D+2	None	(Sheila C. Harrington—Groton)	R
2nd Middlesex	D+14	Dem	James Arciero—Westford
3rd Middlesex	D+16	Dem	Kate Hogan—Stow
4th Middlesex	D+15	Dem	Danielle W. Gregoire—Marlborough
5th Middlesex	D+24	Dem	David Paul Linsky—Natick
6th Middlesex	D+25	None	(Maria D. Robinson—Framingham)	D
7th Middlesex	D+20	Dem	Jack Patrick Lewis—Ashland
8th Middlesex	D+17	None	(Carolyn C. Dykema—Holliston)	D
9th Middlesex	D+18	Dem	Thomas M. Stanley—Waltham	D
10th Middlesex	D+23	Dem	John J. Lawn, Jr.—Watertown
11th Middlesex	D+32	Dem	Kay S. Khan—Newton
12th Middlesex	D+32	Dem	Ruth B. Balser—Chestnut Hill
13th Middlesex	D+26	Dem	Carmine Lawrence Gentile—Sudbury
14th Middlesex	D+22	None	(Tami L. Gouveia—Acton)	D
15th Middlesex	D+23	Dem	Michelle Ciccolo—Lexington
16th Middlesex	D+11	None	(Thomas A. Golden Jr.—Lowell)	D
17th Middlesex	D+15	Dem	Vanna Howard—Lowell
18th Middlesex	D+20	Dem	Rady Mom—Lowell	D
19th Middlesex	R+0	Dem	David A. Robertson—Tewksbury
20th Middlesex	D+2	GOP	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.—North Reading
21st Middlesex	D+15	Dem	Kenneth I. Gordon—Bedford	D
22nd Middlesex	D+1	GOP	Marc T. Lombardo—Billerica
23rd Middlesex	D+29	Dem	Sean Garballey—Arlington
24th Middlesex	D+30	Dem	David M. Rogers—Cambridge
25th Middlesex	D+44	Dem	Marjorie C. Decker—Cambridge
26th Middlesex	D+39	Dem	Mike Connolly—Cambridge
27th Middlesex	D+39	Dem	Erika Uyterhoeven—Somerville	D
28th Middlesex	D+20	Dem	Joseph W. McGonagle—Everett	D
29th Middlesex	D+35	Dem	Steven C. Owens—Watertown
30th Middlesex	D+10	Dem	Richard M. Haggerty—Woburn
31st Middlesex	D+13	Dem	Michael Seamus Day—Stoneham
32nd Middlesex	D+18	Dem	Kate Lipper-Garabedian—Melrose
33rd Middlesex	D+23	Dem	Steven Ultrino—Malden
34th Middlesex	D+32	Dem	Christine P. Barber—Somerville
35th Middlesex	D+21	Dem	Paul J. Donato—Medford	D
36th Middlesex	R+3	Dem	Colleen M. Garry—Dracut
37th Middlesex	D+20	Dem	Danillo A. Sena—Acton
1st Norfolk	D+17	Dem	Bruce J. Ayers—North Quincy	D
2nd Norfolk	D+15	Dem	Tackey Chan—Quincy
3rd Norfolk	D+10	Dem	Ronald Mariano—Quincy
4th Norfolk	D+7	Dem	James Michael Murphy—Weymouth
5th Norfolk	D+6	Dem	Mark J. Cusack—Braintree
6th Norfolk	D+12	Dem	William C. Galvin—Canton	D
7th Norfolk	D+23	Dem	William J. Driscoll, Jr.—Milton
8th Norfolk	D+17	Dem	Ted Philips—Sharon
9th Norfolk	D+6	None	(Shawn C. Dooley—Norfolk)	D
10th Norfolk	D+9	Dem	Jeffrey N. Roy—Franklin
11th Norfolk	D+13	Dem	Paul McMurtry—Dedham
12th Norfolk	D+10	Dem	John H. Rogers—Norwood
13th Norfolk	D+23	Dem	Denise C. Garlick—Needham
14th Norfolk	D+25	Dem	Alice Hanlon Peisch—Wellesley
15th Norfolk	D+38	Dem	Tommy Vitolo—Brookline	D
1st Plymouth	D+3	GOP	Mathew J. Muratore—Plymouth	D
2nd Plymouth	R+2	GOP	Susan Williams Gifford—Wareham
3rd Plymouth	D+14	Dem	Joan Meschino—Hull
4th Plymouth	D+6	Dem	Patrick Joseph Kearney—Scituate
5th Plymouth	R+0	GOP	David F. DeCoste—Norwell
6th Plymouth	D+3	Dem	Josh S. Cutler—Duxbury
7th Plymouth	R+1	GOP	Alyson M. Sullivan—Abington
8th Plymouth	R+1	GOP	Angelo L. D’Emilia—Bridgewater
9th Plymouth	D+8	Dem	Gerard J. Cassidy—Brockton
10th Plymouth	D+22	Dem	Michelle M. DuBois—Brockton
11th Plymouth	D+31	None	(Claire D. Cronin—Easton)	D
12th Plymouth	D+1	Dem	Kathleen R. LaNatra—Kingston
1st Suffolk	D+25	Dem	Adrian C. Madaro—East Boston
2nd Suffolk	D+30	Dem	Daniel Joseph Ryan—Charlestown
3rd Suffolk	D+30	Dem	Aaron M. Michlewitz—Boston
4th Suffolk	D+20	Dem	David M. Biele—Boston
5th Suffolk	D+42	None	(Liz Miranda—Boston)	D
6th Suffolk	D+42	Dem	Russell E. Holmes—Mattapan	D
7th Suffolk	D+43	Dem	Chynah T. Tyler—Boston
8th Suffolk	D+34	Dem	Jay D. Livingstone—Boston
9th Suffolk	D+39	Dem	Jon Santiago—Boston
10th Suffolk	D+24	Dem	Edward Francis Coppinger—West Roxbury
11th Suffolk	D+28	None	(Elizabeth A. Malia—Boston)	D
12th Suffolk	D+40	Dem	Brandy Fluker Oakley—Mattapan
13th Suffolk	D+23	Dem	Daniel J. Hunt—Dorchester
14th Suffolk	D+32	Dem	Rob Consalvo—Hyde Park
15th Suffolk	D+42	None	(Nika Elugardo—Boston)	D
16th Suffolk	D+8	Dem	Jessica Ann Giannino—Revere
17th Suffolk	D+36	Dem	Kevin G. Honan—Brighton
18th Suffolk	D+33	Dem	Michael J. Moran—Brighton
19th Suffolk	D+12	Dem	Jeffrey Rosario Turco—Winthrop
1st Worcester	D+2	GOP	Kimberly N. Ferguson—Holden
2nd Worcester	R+1	Dem	Jonathan D. Zlotnik—Gardner
3rd Worcester	D+9	Dem	Michael P. Kushmerek—Fitchburg
4th Worcester	D+5	Dem	Natalie Higgins—Leominster
5th Worcester	R+6	GOP	Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.—Spencer
6th Worcester	R+2	GOP	Peter J. Durant—Spencer
7th Worcester	R+1	GOP	Paul K. Frost—Auburn
8th Worcester	R+1	GOP	Michael J. Soter—Bellingham
9th Worcester	D+5	GOP	David K. Muradian, Jr.—Grafton
10th Worcester	D+6	Dem	Brian William Murray—Milford
11th Worcester	D+12	GOP	Hannah E. Kane—Shrewsbury
12th Worcester	D+6	Dem	Meghan K. Kilcoyne—Clinton
13th Worcester	D+18	Dem	John J. Mahoney—Worcester
14th Worcester	D+15	Dem	James J. O’Day—West Boylston
15th Worcester	D+23	Dem	Mary S. Keefe—Worcester
16th Worcester	D+15	Dem	Daniel M. Donahue—Worcester
17th Worcester	D+15	Dem	David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf—Worcester	D
18th Worcester	R+5	GOP	Joseph D. McKenna—Webster
19th Worcester	D+18	None	New district

Open Seats

There are nineteen open State Representative seats of which thirteen have Democratic primaries and one has a Republican primary.

4th Essex

Figure 2: 4th Essex District Map

Table 2: 4th Essex District Candidates

Inc	Candidate	Party	city_town	receipts	spent	cash
N	William Lantigua	D	Lawrence	$0	$216	$573
N	James McCarty	D	Methuen	$17,029	$21,838	$15,882
N	Estela A. Reyes	D	Lawrence	$27,573	$15,098	$12,644

The entirely reconfigured 4th Essex district has a Hispanic citizen voting age population (CVAP) of 57%. The current 4th Essex representative, Jamie Belsito (D-Topsfield), as elected in a November 2021 special election to replace Bradford Hill (R-Ipswich) was redistricted into the 13th Middlesex District represented by Sally Kerans (D-Danvers). Belsito does not appear to be challenging Kerans.

Perennial candidate, former Mayor, and former State Representative William Lantigua is in the running, but has not raised any money and did not participate in candidate forums and debates.

James McCarty is a Methuen City Councilor who is finishing up his time on the council due to term limits and is a current law student who plans to take the bar in July 2023.

Estela Reyes is five term City Councilor from Lawrence and a long-term presence on the Lawrence political scene.

The 4th Essex district is almost evenly split by population between Methuen and Lawrence, but 58% of the citizen age voting population comes from Methuen vs. 42% for Lawrence. There may end up being some level of splitting caused by the Lantigua candidacy, reducing the power of the Lawrence and hispanic voting populations.

7th Essex

Figure 3: 7th Essex District Map

Table 3: 7th Essex District Candidates

Inc	Candidate	Party	city_town	receipts	spent	cash
N	Gene Collins	D	Salem	$0	$0	$0
N	Manny Cruz	D	Salem	$63,738	$44,979	$18,858
N	Domingo J. Dominguez	D	Salem	$18,228	$14,231	$3,996

The 7th Essex District is one of the four State Representative districts that is comprised of a single, complete municipality—in this case Salem. State Representative Paul Tucker (D-Salem) chose to run for Essex County District Attorney, leaving the seat open.

Manny Cruz is a former Tucker aide and current Vice Chair of the Salem Public School District School Committee. Cruz has received some high profile endorsements, including that of Salme Mayor Kim Driscoll, who is also a candidate for Lieutenant Governor.

Domingo Dominguez is an at-large Salem City Councilor and was a backer of Mayor Driscoll’s challenger in the previous mayoral election.

Candidate Gene Collins has not raised any money for the campaign and there is little information about Collins or his platform in the news.

8th Essex

Figure 4: 8th Essex District Map

Table 4: 8th Essex District Candidates

Inc	Candidate	Party	city_town	receipts	spent	cash
N	Jennifer W.B. Armini	D	Marblehead	$61,646	$38,940	$22,706
N	Diann Mary Baylis	D	Marblehead	$12,726	$6,962	$5,763
N	Tristan Smith	D	Swampscott	$82,770	$63,898	$18,871
N	Theresa M. Tauro	D	Marblehead	$21,133	$14,243	$6,890
N	Douglas Thompson	D	Swampscott	$85,761	$72,131	$13,630
N	Polly Titcomb	D	Swampscott	$22,357	$8,914	$13,443

There is a crowded field vying to replace State Representative Lori Ehrlich (D-Marblehead) of who is leaving her 8th Essex seat to become Region 1 Administrator for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

There are six Democratic candidates, three from Marblehead and three from Swampscott. The district also contains two precincts from Lynn.

The major story of the campaign has become the endorsement of political neophyte Tristan Smith by Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey, who has a long-standing relationship with Smith’s father James Smith.

There has also been a debate about candidates like Douglas Thompson who have significantly self-funded their campaigns, rather than being forced to compete with their ideas and credentials for more and smaller individual donations.

8th Hampden

Figure 5: 8th Hampden District Map

Table 5: 8th Hampden District Candidates

Inc	Candidate	Party	city_town	receipts	spent	cash
N	Shirley B. Arriaga	D	Chicopee	$13,135	$7,076	$6,060
N	Joel David McAuliffe	D	Chicopee	$37,650	$19,481	$18,169
N	Sean Goonan	U	Chicopee	$219	$0	$321

State Representative Joe Wagner (D-Chicopee) is retiring after having represented the 8th Hampden District for 30 years. The 8th consists of a little over three quarters of Chicopee, by population.

The candidates for the Democratic nomination are Ward 1 City Councilor Joel McAuliffe and At Large City Councilor Shirley Arriaga.

Arriaga is a public school teacher at Chicopee High School and is an Air Force veteran, and has received the endorsement of Attorney General and Governor candidate Maura Healey.

McAuliffe has served as an aide to Mayor Richard Kos, and then State Senator Eric Lesser and has received the endorsement of Lesser.

1st Middlesex

Figure 6: 1st Middlesex District Map

Table 6: 1st Middlesex District Candidates

Inc	Candidate	Party	city_town	receipts	spent	cash
N	Margaret R. Scarsdale	D	Pepperell	$27,563	$8,717	$26,934
N	Lynne E. Archambault	R	Pepperell	$24,324	$7,141	$17,183
N	Andrew James Shepherd	R	Townsend	$21,124	$12,196	$17,509
N	Catherine Lundeen	U	Pepperell	$1,142	$944	$198

The 1st Middlesex has been represented by State Representative Sheila Harrington (R-Groton) who has been appointed as Clerk Magistrate of the Gardner District Court. The district has been reconfigured to take three precincts of Lunenburg from the 37th Middlesex District and should be one of the most competitive general election races in November with a Partisan Voter Index (PVI) of D+2.

The only primary is for the Republican nomination which features local farmer Andrew Sullivan of Townsend and Lynn Archambault of Pepperell. Sullivan has attempted to portray himself as a moderate conservative, while Archambault hews more to Trump-style politics.

The winner of the GOP primary will face Democrat Margarate Scarsdale of Pepperell and undeclared candidate Catherine Lundeen.

6th Middlesex

Figure 7: 6th Middlesex District Map

Table 7: 6th Middlesex District Candidates

Inc	Candidate	Party	city_town	receipts	spent	cash
N	Dhruba Prasad Sen	D	Framingham	$2,912	$2,348	$565
N	Margareth B. Shepard	D	Framingham	$19,198	$15,022	$4,376
N	Priscila S. Sousa	D	Framingham	$13,658	$9,303	$4,356

The 6th Middlesex District was redistricted without attention to incumbent Maria Robinson (D-Framingham) who has been in the process of taking a job with the U.S. Department of Energy.

There are three candidates for the Democratic nomination: former Framingham City Councilor Margareth Shepard, Framingham School Committee member Priscila Sousa, and local activist and Former Framingham mayoral candidate Dhruba Sen.

14th Middlesex

Figure 8: 14th Middlesex District Map

Table 8: 14th Middlesex District Candidates

Inc	Candidate	Party	city_town	receipts	spent	cash
N	Vivian Birchall	D	Acton	$43,772	$12,251	$49,219
N	Simon Cataldo	D	Concord	$80,647	$72,065	$94,896
N	Patricia Wojtas	D	Chelmsford	$1,180	$570	$2,854
N	Rodney E. Cleaves	R	Chelmsford	$2,043	$2,033	$10

The current 14th Middlesex State Representative Tami Gouveia (D-Acton) is running for Lieutenant Governor leaving the seat open. There Democrats vying for the Democratic nomination.

Vivian Birchall is a TV producer from Acton and has secured the endorsements of State Senator Jamie Eldridge (D-Acton) and State Representative Daniel Sena (D-Acton). Prosecutor Simon Cataldo of Concord is running largely on a reproductive rights platform and has the endorsement of the Planned Parenthood Advocy Fund of Massachusetts. Chelmsford Select Board Member Pat Wojtas has been running on her municipal experience and is advocating for a change to the states funding and local aide models.

Incumbent Challenges

There are 17 incumbent House Democrats facing an intra-party primary challenge. There are no Republican incumbents facing a GOP primary challenge.

4th Barnstable

Figure 9: 4th Barnstable District Map

Table 9: 4th Barnstable District Candidates

Inc	Candidate	Party	city_town	receipts	spent	cash
Y	Sarah K. Peake	D	Provincetown	$99,911	$44,661	$96,770
N	Jack Stanton	D	Provincetown	$25,317	$23,037	$2,705

Eight term incumbent State Representative Sarah Peake (D-Provincetown) faces challenger Jack Stanton, also of Provincetown. Stanton previously ran against Republican State Representative Randy Hunt in the 5th Barnstable district when he lived in Sandwhich. Peake, the Second Assistant Majority Leader in the House is stressing the need for more affordable housing, while Stanton is campaigning for increased transparency in the legislature with term limits for Speaker of the House.

1st Berkshire

Figure 10: 1st Berkshire District Map

Table 10: 1st Berkshire District Candidates

Inc	Candidate	Party	city_town	receipts	spent	cash
Y	John Barrett, III	D	North Adams	$4,257	$2,500	$29,964
N	Paula R. Kingsbury-Evans	D	North Adams	$1,107	$574	$532

State Representative John Barrett (D-North Adams) faces a primary challenge from Paula Kingsbury-Evans who is a recent graduate of the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, also from North Adams. Barrett is the former Mayor of North Adams and was first elected in a 2017 special election after the death of Representative Gailanne Cariddi. Kingsbury-Evans is also running on the issue of transparency in the legislature.

9th Bristol

Figure 11: 9th Bristol District Map

Table 11: 9th Bristol District Candidates

Inc	Candidate	Party	city_town	receipts	spent	cash
Y	Christopher Markey	D	Dartmouth	$18,426	$12,690	$19,154
N	Cameron Scott Costa	D	New Bedford	$7,532	$3,311	$4,221

State Representative Christopher Markey (D-Dartmouth) faces a challenge from New Bedford resident Cameron Costa, a 20 year old recent graduate of University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Markey is stressing his experience, while Costa says that change is needed and is arguing for increased education funding.

5th Essex

Figure 12: 5th Essex District Map

Table 12: 5th Essex District Candidates

Inc	Candidate	Party	city_town	receipts	spent	cash
Y	Ann-Margaret Ferrante	D	Gloucester	$48,044	$22,115	$82,759
N	D. Nathaniel Mulcahy	D	Rockport	$5,950	$0	$5,950

State Representative Ann-Margaret Ferrante (D-Gloucester) faces a primary challenge from D. Nathaniel Mulcahy of Rockport. Ferrante is Vice Chair of House Committee on Ways and Means, the important committee that determines spending. Mulcahy is a former teacher and is the Chair of the Rockport Democratic Town Committee. Mulcahy is campaigning for increased transparency in the legislature, a theme among Democratic challengers.

16th Essex

Figure 13: 16th Essex District Map

Table 13: 16th Essex District Candidates

Inc	Candidate	Party	city_town	receipts	spent	cash
Y	Marcos A. Devers	D	Lawrence	$28,183	$21,780	$7,537
N	Francisco E. Paulino	D	Methuen	$43,349	$36,971	$11,115

State Representative Marcos Devers (D-Lawrence) faces a primary challenge from Francisco Paulino of Methuen. Devers has been an educator in the region for thirty years. Paulino is a 22 year old lawyer and tax associate who advises the City of Lawrence on economic development and has served on the Lawrence School Committee.

11th Hampden

Figure 14: 11th Hampden District Map

Table 14: 11th Hampden District Candidates

Inc	Candidate	Party	city_town	receipts	spent	cash
Y	Bud L. Williams	D	Springfield	$17,447	$7,684	$133,647
N	Jynai McDonald	D	Springfield	$2,740	$3,183	$1,258

State Representative Bud Williams (D-Springfield) faces a challenge from Jynai McDonald, also of Springfield. Williams has served as State Representative of the 11th Hampden District since 2016 and before that was a fixture on the Springfield City Council. McDonald is a local activist who has not held political office and wants to expand investments in the community.

9th Middlesex

Figure 15: 9th Middlesex District Map

Table 15: 9th Middlesex District Candidates

Inc	Candidate	Party	city_town	receipts	spent	cash
Y	Thomas M. Stanley	D	Waltham	$35,669	$29,170	$24,830
N	Heather Alise May	D	Waltham	$28,018	$22,255	$5,763

State Representative Tom Stanley (D-Waltham) faces a primary challenge from Heather May of Waltham. May is Chair of Waltham Demoractic Town Committee, a volunteer, and educator at Emerson College. May is running as an outsider and is calling for transparency and accountability. Stanley is running on his office’s constituent services and successful passing of clean energy and economic development legislation.

18th Middlesex

Figure 16: 18th Middlesex District Map

Table 16: 18th Middlesex District Candidates

Inc	Candidate	Party	city_town	receipts	spent	cash
Y	Rady Mom	D	Lowell	$24,452	$14,936	$14,256
N	Tara Thorn Hong	D	Lowell	$19,136	$14,849	$4,287
N	Dominik Hok Y. Lay	D	Lowell	$6,881	$132	$8,347

State Representative Rady Mom (D-Lowell) faces two challengers for the Democratic nomination, recent UMass Lowell graduate Tara Hong and Lowell School Committee member Dominik Lay. When Mom was first elected to the legislature in 2014, he was the first Cambodian-American lawmaker in the country. His two challengers are also Cambodian born. Mom is running on his strong legislative record. Hong portrays himself as a progressive reformer, and Lay stresses independenc.

21st Middlesex

Figure 17: 21st Middlesex District Map

Table 17: 21st Middlesex District Candidates

Inc	Candidate	Party	city_town	receipts	spent	cash
Y	Kenneth I. Gordon	D	Bedford	$28,418	$26,848	$52,899
N	Timothy Sullivan	D	Burlington	$11,469	$8,596	$2,873

State Representative Kenneth Gordon (D-Bedford) faces a primary challenge from 24 year old Timothy Sullivan of Burlington. Sullivan is running on a platform of increasing affordability of public college education. Gordon has received endorsements from Congresswoman Catherine Clark and Senator Ed Markey.

27th Middlesex

Figure 18: 27th Middlesex District Map

Table 18: 27th Middlesex District Candidates

Inc	Candidate	Party	city_town	receipts	spent	cash
Y	Erika Uyterhoeven	D	Somerville	$38,137	$12,688	$43,896
N	Jason Daniel Mackey	D	Somerville	$11,592	$10,565	$1,027

First term State Representative Erika Uyterhoeven (D-Somerville) faces a primary challenge from entrepreneur Jason Mackey, also of Somerville in the incredibly progressive D+39 27th Middlesex District. Uyterhoeven ran on an unapologetically Democratic Socialist platform in 2020 and the differences with Mackey are not large. Mackey stresses his personal story and work for social justice.

28th Middlesex

Figure 19: 28th Middlesex District Map

Table 19: 28th Middlesex District Candidates

Inc	Candidate	Party	city_town	receipts	spent	cash
Y	Joseph W. McGonagle	D	Everett	$16,855	$9,660	$27,283
N	Guerline Alcy	D	Everett	$3,376	$2,269	$1,107
N	Michael K. Marchese	U	Everett	$4,215	$0	$4,215

State Representative Joseph McGonagle (D-Everett) faces a primary challenge from Everett city employee, financial professional, Haitian activist, and community organizer Guerline Alcy.

35th Middlesex

Figure 20: 35th Middlesex District Map

Table 20: 35th Middlesex District Candidates

Inc	Candidate	Party	city_town	receipts	spent	cash
Y	Paul J. Donato	D	Medford	$142,932	$136,597	$16
N	Nichole Dawn Mossalam	D	Malden	$51,970	$53,033	$895

State Representative Paul Denato (D-Medford) faces a primary challenge from Nichole Mossalam, founding director of The Islamic Cultural Center of Medford and former chair of Malden’s Disability Commission.

1st Norfolk

Figure 21: 1st Norfolk District Map

Table 21: 1st Norfolk District Candidates

Inc	Candidate	Party	city_town	receipts	spent	cash
Y	Bruce J. Ayers	D	North Quincy	$34,323	$21,493	$107,452
N	Casey A. Dooley	D	Quincy	$6,798	$2,758	$5,151

State Representative Bruce Ayers (D-North Quincy) faces a primary challenge from small business owner Casey Dooley.

6th Norfolk

Figure 22: 6th Norfolk District Map

Table 22: 6th Norfolk District Candidates

Inc	Candidate	Party	city_town	receipts	spent	cash
Y	William C. Galvin	D	Canton	$18,418	$8,597	$25,844
N	Tamisha L. Civil	D	Stoughton	$13,606	$4,510	$10,263

State Representative William Galvin (D-Canton) faces a primary challenge from Tamisha Civil of Stoughton who is a probation officer and previously worked in the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office.

15th Norfolk

Figure 23: 15th Norfolk District Map

Table 23: 15th Norfolk District Candidates

Inc	Candidate	Party	city_town	receipts	spent	cash
Y	Tommy Vitolo	D	Brookline	$107,825	$89,296	$151,296
N	Raul Fernandez	D	Brookline	$83,337	$90,996	$28,883

The challange to State Representative Tommy Vitolo (D-Brookline) from Brookline Select Board Member Raul Fernandez has generated a great deal of attention due to the number of high-profile endorsements on both sides. Governor Michael Dukakis is backing Vitolo, while Sonia Chang-Diaz and Joe Kennedy III are backing Fernandez.

6th Suffolk

Figure 24: 6th Suffolk District Map

Table 24: 6th Suffolk District Candidates

Inc	Candidate	Party	city_town	receipts	spent	cash
Y	Russell E. Holmes	D	Mattapan	$61,808	$11,645	$53,656
N	Haris Hassan Hardaway	D	Dorchester	$8,551	$6,101	$2,450

State Representative Russell Holmes (D-Mattapan) faces a primary challenge from former elder services worker and consultant Haris Hardaway of Dorchester.

17th Worcester

Figure 25: 17th Worcester District Map

Table 25: 17th Worcester District Candidates

Inc	Candidate	Party	city_town	receipts	spent	cash
Y	David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf	D	Worcester	$7,164	$3,282	$42,570
N	Michelle P. Keane	D	Worcester	$460	$100	$360
N	Paul J. Fullen	R	Worcester	$8,350	$2,549	$5,800

State Representative David LeBoeuf (D-Worcester) faces a primary challenge from former Worcester Library Trustee Michelle Keane. LeBoeuf has been dealing with the after effects of a drunk driving charge and treatment for alcoholism. Keane has somewhat downplayed the drunk driving charge while making the case that she would be better able to affect change for the district.