There were ousted incumbents, some real nail-biters, and a slate of new name winners for open seats
While much went as expected in the September 3, 2024 state primary elections there were some notable losses to incumbents and some close incumbent victories while the open seat wins pave the way for a new set of leaders in the state legislature and Governor’s Council.
It is very difficult to challenge and defeat a sitting state legislator or Governor’s Council member from within the same party, but three incumbents lost in September 3 Democratic primaries.
| Governor’s Council - Third Incumbent Marilyn M. Petitto Devaney (D-Watertown) - Dolan was able to achieve a 4 point victory over 25-year incumbent Devaney |
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| Winner | Mara Dolan (D-Concord) | 46,250 | +3,670 | +4% | ||
| Incumbent | Marilyn M. Petitto Devaney (D-Watertown) | 42,580 | Current Governor's Councillor; Candidate for Re-nomination | |||
| State Representative - Second Plymouth Incumbent Susan Williams-Gifford (R-Wareham) - Jim Lyons and Trump acolyte Gaskey was able to defeat moderate Gifford in an 18 point victory. There is no Democrat on the ballot in November. |
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| Winner | John Robert Gaskey (R-Carver) | 1,811 | +553 | +18% | ||
| Incumbent | Susan Williams-Gifford (R-Wareham) | 1,258 | Candidate for Re-nomination | |||
| State Representative - Eighteenth Middlesex Incumbent Rady Mom (D-Lowell) - Hong won by 181 votes over incumbent Rady Mom who had prevailed by 56 votes over Hong in 2022. |
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| Winner | Tara Hong (D-Lowell) | 1,191 | +181 | +7% | ||
| Incumbent | Rady Mom (D-Lowell) | 1,010 | Current State Representative | |||
| Andrew W. Kollar (D-Lowell) | 313 | |||||
There were five races for State Representative where the incumbent victory was probably closer than they would have hoped, including a 41 vote recount win for Representative Marjorie Decker after challenger Evan Mackay had declared victory on election night.
| State Representative - Twenty-Fifth Middlesex Incumbent Marjorie C. Decker (D-Cambridge) - Mackay declared victory on election night before all of the votes were counted. Decker eeked out a 41 vote win after a recount. |
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| Incumbent | Winner | Marjorie C. Decker (D-Cambridge) | 3,472 | +41 | +1% | Current State Representative |
| Evan Mackay (D-Cambridge) | 3,431 | |||||
| State Representative - Eleventh Hampden Incumbent Bud L. Williams (D-Springfield) - McKnight came surprisingly close to unseating Williams by raising distinctions on reproductive rights. |
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| Incumbent | Winner | Bud L. Williams (D-Springfield) | 1,768 | +245 | +7% | |
| Johnnie Rs Mcknight (D-Springfield) | 1,523 | |||||
| State Representative - Ninth Middlesex Incumbent Thomas M. Stanley (D-Waltham) - May, Chair of the Waltham Dem. City Committee, came within 710 votes of 12-term incumbent Stanley’s vote total. |
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| Incumbent | Winner | Thomas M. Stanley (D-Waltham) | 2,748 | +710 | +15% | Candidate for Re-nomination |
| Heather A. May (D-Waltham) | 2,038 | |||||
| State Representative - Sixteenth Essex Incumbent Francisco E. Paulino (D-Methuen) - Paulino increased his 2022 margin of 161 votes to 499 votes over former State Rep Devers. |
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| Incumbent | Winner | Francisco E. Paulino (D-Methuen) | 1,581 | +499 | +19% | Current State Representative |
| Marcos A. Devers (D-Lawrence) | 1,082 | Former State Representative, Mayor, Council President | ||||
| State Representative - Thirty-Fifth Middlesex Incumbent Paul J. Donato (D-Medford) - Mossalam lost to incumbent Donato by only 50 votes in 2022 but Donato increased his margin to over 1,000 votes in 2024 |
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| Incumbent | Winner | Paul J. Donato (D-Medford) | 3,278 | +1,141 | +19% | Candidate for Re-nomination |
| Nichole Dawn Mossalam (D-Malden) | 2,137 | |||||
| Zayda Ortiz (D-Malden) | 583 | |||||
There will be new faces in the Governor’s Council and state legislatures from this round of primary winners.
| Governor’s Council - Second Incumbent Robert L. Jubinville (D-Milton) - was appointed as Clerk Magistrate of Framingham District Court |
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| Winner | Tamisha L. Civil (D-Stoughton) | 27,702 | +11,700 | +16% | Current Town Meeting Member | |
| Sean Murphy (D-Bridgewater) | 16,002 | Veteran | ||||
| Muriel Elaine Kramer (D-Hopkinton) | 15,767 | Former Hopkinton Selectboard Member; Veteran | ||||
| David S. Reservitz (D-Needham) | 11,975 | |||||
| State Senate - Third Bristol and Plymouth Incumbent Marc R. Pacheco (D-Taunton) - is working on the new Transatlantic Climate Alliance |
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| Winner | Joseph Richard Pacheco (D-Raynham) | 7,779 | +2,846 | +22% | ||
| Barry Christopher Sanders (D-Taunton) | 4,933 | Taunton City Councilor | ||||
| State Senate - Norfolk, Plymouth and Bristol Incumbent Walter F. Timilty, Jr. (D-Milton) - is running for Norfolk County Clerk of Courts |
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| Winner | William J. Driscoll, Jr. (D-Milton) | 7,425 | +2,092 | +13% | Current State Representative | |
| Erin G. Bradley (D-Milton) | 5,333 | Current Select Board Member, Milton | ||||
| Kathleen Crogan-Camara (D-Randolph) | 3,654 | |||||
| State Senate - Plymouth and Barnstable Incumbent Susan Lynn Moran (D-Falmouth) - is running for Barnstable County Clerk of Courts |
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| Winner | Mathew J. Muratore (R-Plymouth) | 7,010 | +45 | +0% | ||
| Kari Macrae (R-Bourne) | 6,965 | Current School Committee Member | ||||
| State Representative - Eleventh Middlesex Incumbent Kay S. Khan (D-Newton) - is retiring |
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| Winner | Amy Mah Sangiolo (D-Newton) | 5,181 | +4,117 | +66% | Former City Councilor | |
| Alexander Jablon (D-Newton) | 1,064 | |||||
| State Representative - Third Berkshire Incumbent William “Smitty” Pignatelli (D-Lenox) - is retiring |
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| Winner | Leigh Susan Davis (D-Great Barrington) | 4,048 | +1,335 | +18% | Great Barrington Selectboard Member | |
| Patrick Thomas White (D-Stockbridge) | 2,713 | Select Board Member | ||||
| Jamie M. Minacci (D-Stockbridge) | 474 | Current Select Board Member | ||||
| State Representative - Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket Incumbent Dylan A. Fernandes (D-Falmouth) - is running for the Plymouth and Barnstable State Senate seat |
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| Winner | Thomas W. Moakley (D-Falmouth) | 3,523 | +784 | +13% | Former Cape and Islands Assistant District Attorney | |
| Arielle Reid Faria (D-West Tisbury) | 2,739 | |||||
| State Representative - Twelfth Middlesex Incumbent Ruth B. Balser (D-Newton) - is retiring |
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| Winner | Greg Schwartz (D-Newton) | 3,424 | +815 | +10% | Former Newton City Councilor at-Large | |
| Bill Humphrey (D-Newton) | 2,609 | City Councilor | ||||
| Rick Lipof (D-Newton) | 2,543 | Current Newton City Councilor at-Large | ||||
| State Representative - Thirteenth Norfolk Incumbent Denise C. Garlick (D-Needham) - is retiring |
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| Winner | Joshua Tarsky (D-Needham) | 2,742 | +694 | +13% | Veteran | |
| Patrick A. Gatto (D-Needham) | 2,048 | |||||
| Kenneth J. Ruetenik (D-Needham) | 577 | |||||
| State Representative - First Plymouth Incumbent Mathew J. Muratore (R-Plymouth) - is not running |
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| Winner | Michelle L. Badger (D-Plymouth) | 2,621 | +510 | +8% | ||
| Winner | Jesse G. Brown (R-Plymouth) | 2,241 | +214 | +5% | Veteran | |
| Arthur Thomas Desloges (D-Plymouth) | 2,111 | Town Meeting Member | ||||
| Dee Wallace Spencer (R-Plymouth) | 2,027 | Former Town Meeting Member | ||||
| Stephen Michael Palmer (D-Plymouth) | 951 | Plymouth Redevelopment Authority Commissioner | ||||
| Scott Francis Hokanson, Sr. (D-Plymouth) | 545 | |||||
| State Representative - Seventh Norfolk Incumbent William J. Driscoll, Jr (D-Milton) - is running for the Norfolk, Plymouth and Bristol State Senate seat |
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| Winner | Richard Gerard Wells, Jr. (D-Milton) | 2,307 | +250 | +4% | Current Member, Milton Select Board | |
| Christos Alexopoulos (D-Randolph) | 2,057 | Randolph Town Councilor | ||||
| Tony King (D-Milton) | 2,034 | |||||
| State Representative - Tenth Bristol Incumbent William M. Straus (D-Mattapoisett) - is not running |
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| Winner | Joseph M. Pires (R-Rochester) | 1,894 | +1,040 | +38% | Current School Committee Member | |
| Robert S. Mcconnell (R-Fairhaven) | 854 | Fairhaven Town Meeting Member | ||||
| State Representative - Sixth Plymouth Incumbent Josh S. Cutler (D-Duxbury) - has been named Undersecretary of Apprenticeship, Work-Based Learning, and Policy by Governor Healey |
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| Winner | Kenneth Peter Sweezey (R-Pembroke) | 1,846 | +165 | +5% | ||
| Jane L. Cournan (R-Pembroke) | 1,681 | |||||
| State Representative - Eleventh Essex Incumbent Peter L. Capano (D-Lynn) - is not running |
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| Winner | Sean Reid (D-Lynn) | 1,778 | +270 | +8% | Current School Committee Member | |
| Hong L. Net (D-Lynn) | 1,508 | Current City Councilor | ||||
| State Representative - First Bristol Incumbent Fred Jay Barrows (R-Mansfield) - is retiring |
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| Winner | Kostas Loukos (D-Mansfield) | 1,670 | +441 | +12% | Former Town Moderator | |
| David R. Martin (D-Mansfield) | 1,229 | |||||
| Michael E. Toole (D-Norton) | 679 | Board of Assessors Member; Former Select Board Member | ||||
| Senator in Congress - Statewide Incumbent Elizabeth Ann Warren (D-Cambridge) - Cryptocurrency advocate Dean has had the highest profile and done the most fundraising, followed by Cain, while Antonellis has not made much of an effort |
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| Winner | John Deaton (R-Swansea) | 136,773 | +81,833 | +39% | Veteran; Former Special Assistant United States Attorney | |
| Robert J. Antonellis (R-Medford) | 54,940 | |||||
| Ian Cain (R-Quincy) | 19,374 | Current Quincy City Councilor | ||||
| Representative in Congress - Eighth Incumbent Stephen F. Lynch (D-Boston) - Only Gavatsos has done any fundraising or campaigning for this primary |
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| Winner | Robert G. Burke (R-Dedham) | 10,335 | +4,119 | +18% | ||
| James M. Govatsos (R-Walpole) | 6,216 | |||||
| Daniel Kelly (R-Boston) | 5,761 | |||||
| Governor’s Council - Third Incumbent Marilyn M. Petitto Devaney (D-Watertown) - Dolan was able to achieve a 4 point victory over 25-year incumbent Devaney |
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| Winner | Mara Dolan (D-Concord) | 46,250 | +3,670 | +4% | ||
| Incumbent | Marilyn M. Petitto Devaney (D-Watertown) | 42,580 | Current Governor's Councillor; Candidate for Re-nomination | |||
| Governor’s Council - Fourth Incumbent Christopher A. Iannella, Jr. (D-Boston) - 30-year Brockton incumbent Iannella faces two challengers but has a sizeable fundraising advantage |
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| Incumbent | Winner | Christopher A. Iannella, Jr. (D-Boston) | 41,849 | +17,965 | +24% | Present Governor's Councillor |
| Stacey K. Borden (D-Boston) | 23,884 | |||||
| Ronald Primo Iacobucci (D-Quincy) | 8,283 | |||||
| Governor’s Council - Second Incumbent Robert L. Jubinville (D-Milton) - was appointed as Clerk Magistrate of Framingham District Court |
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| Winner | Tamisha L. Civil (D-Stoughton) | 27,702 | +11,700 | +16% | Current Town Meeting Member | |
| Sean Murphy (D-Bridgewater) | 16,002 | Veteran | ||||
| Muriel Elaine Kramer (D-Hopkinton) | 15,767 | Former Hopkinton Selectboard Member; Veteran | ||||
| David S. Reservitz (D-Needham) | 11,975 | |||||
| State Senate - First Suffolk Incumbent Nicholas P. Collins (D-Boston) - Community Organizer Skeens has raised a little over $1,000 in his bid to oust Collins |
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| Incumbent | Winner | Nicholas P. Collins (D-Boston) | 10,386 | +7,594 | +58% | Current State Senator |
| Juwan Khiry Skeens (D-Boston) | 2,792 | |||||
| State Senate - Second Bristol and Plymouth Incumbent Mark C. Montigny (D-New Bedford) - Montigny has a campaign account with over $700K while challenger Kivi has not raised or spent campaign money |
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| Incumbent | Winner | Mark C. Montigny (D-New Bedford) | 8,616 | +6,490 | +60% | Candidate for Re-nomination; Current State Senator |
| Molly Kivi (D-New Bedford) | 2,126 | |||||
| State Senate - Third Bristol and Plymouth Incumbent Marc R. Pacheco (D-Taunton) - is working on the new Transatlantic Climate Alliance |
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| Winner | Joseph Richard Pacheco (D-Raynham) | 7,779 | +2,846 | +22% | ||
| Barry Christopher Sanders (D-Taunton) | 4,933 | Taunton City Councilor | ||||
| State Senate - Norfolk, Plymouth and Bristol Incumbent Walter F. Timilty, Jr. (D-Milton) - is running for Norfolk County Clerk of Courts |
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| Winner | William J. Driscoll, Jr. (D-Milton) | 7,425 | +2,092 | +13% | Current State Representative | |
| Erin G. Bradley (D-Milton) | 5,333 | Current Select Board Member, Milton | ||||
| Kathleen Crogan-Camara (D-Randolph) | 3,654 | |||||
| State Senate - Hampden Incumbent Adam Gomez (D-Springfield) - Two-term incumbent Gomez is being challenged by city councilor and Rep. Bud Williams aide Malo Brown |
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| Incumbent | Winner | Adam Gomez (D-Springfield) | 7,326 | +4,315 | +42% | Candidate for Re-nomination; State Senator |
| Malo L. Brown (D-Springfield) | 3,011 | Current City Councilor | ||||
| State Senate - Plymouth and Barnstable Incumbent Susan Lynn Moran (D-Falmouth) - is running for Barnstable County Clerk of Courts |
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| Winner | Mathew J. Muratore (R-Plymouth) | 7,010 | +45 | +0% | ||
| Kari Macrae (R-Bourne) | 6,965 | Current School Committee Member | ||||
| State Representative - Twenty-Seventh Middlesex Incumbent Erika Uyterhoeven (D-Somerville) - One of two progressive Cambridge lawmakers facing a challenge from the left |
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| Incumbent | Winner | Erika Uyterhoeven (D-Somerville) | 5,787 | +3,181 | +38% | Candidate for Re-nomination |
| Kathleen M. Hornby (D-Somerville) | 2,606 | |||||
| State Representative - Eleventh Middlesex Incumbent Kay S. Khan (D-Newton) - is retiring |
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| Winner | Amy Mah Sangiolo (D-Newton) | 5,181 | +4,117 | +66% | Former City Councilor | |
| Alexander Jablon (D-Newton) | 1,064 | |||||
| State Representative - Seventh Middlesex Incumbent Jack Patrick Lewis (D-Framingham) - First-time candidate Phelps hopes to unseat 4-term incumbent Lewis |
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| Incumbent | Winner | Jack Patrick Lewis (D-Framingham) | 4,527 | +3,624 | +67% | Candidate for Re-nomination; Current State Representative |
| Carlton I. Phelps, Jr. (D-Ashland) | 903 | |||||
| State Representative - Third Berkshire Incumbent William “Smitty” Pignatelli (D-Lenox) - is retiring |
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| Winner | Leigh Susan Davis (D-Great Barrington) | 4,048 | +1,335 | +18% | Great Barrington Selectboard Member | |
| Patrick Thomas White (D-Stockbridge) | 2,713 | Select Board Member | ||||
| Jamie M. Minacci (D-Stockbridge) | 474 | Current Select Board Member | ||||
| State Representative - Fifth Middlesex Incumbent David Paul Linsky (D-Natick) - Jaymin Patel ran and lost against incumbent Linsky in the 2020 primary |
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| Incumbent | Winner | David Paul Linsky (D-Natick) | 4,047 | +2,526 | +45% | Candidate for Re-nomination; Former Assistant District Attorney |
| Jaymin A. Patel (D-Natick) | 1,521 | |||||
| State Representative - Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket Incumbent Dylan A. Fernandes (D-Falmouth) - is running for the Plymouth and Barnstable State Senate seat |
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| Winner | Thomas W. Moakley (D-Falmouth) | 3,523 | +784 | +13% | Former Cape and Islands Assistant District Attorney | |
| Arielle Reid Faria (D-West Tisbury) | 2,739 | |||||
| State Representative - Twenty-Fifth Middlesex Incumbent Marjorie C. Decker (D-Cambridge) - Mackay declared victory on election night before all of the votes were counted. Decker eeked out a 41 vote win after a recount. |
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| Incumbent | Winner | Marjorie C. Decker (D-Cambridge) | 3,472 | +41 | +1% | Current State Representative |
| Evan Mackay (D-Cambridge) | 3,431 | |||||
| State Representative - Twelfth Middlesex Incumbent Ruth B. Balser (D-Newton) - is retiring |
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| Winner | Greg Schwartz (D-Newton) | 3,424 | +815 | +10% | Former Newton City Councilor at-Large | |
| Bill Humphrey (D-Newton) | 2,609 | City Councilor | ||||
| Rick Lipof (D-Newton) | 2,543 | Current Newton City Councilor at-Large | ||||
| State Representative - Thirty-Fifth Middlesex Incumbent Paul J. Donato (D-Medford) - Mossalam lost to incumbent Donato by only 50 votes in 2022 but Donato increased his margin to over 1,000 votes in 2024 |
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| Incumbent | Winner | Paul J. Donato (D-Medford) | 3,278 | +1,141 | +19% | Candidate for Re-nomination |
| Nichole Dawn Mossalam (D-Malden) | 2,137 | |||||
| Zayda Ortiz (D-Malden) | 583 | |||||
| State Representative - Ninth Middlesex Incumbent Thomas M. Stanley (D-Waltham) - May, Chair of the Waltham Dem. City Committee, came within 710 votes of 12-term incumbent Stanley’s vote total. |
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| Incumbent | Winner | Thomas M. Stanley (D-Waltham) | 2,748 | +710 | +15% | Candidate for Re-nomination |
| Heather A. May (D-Waltham) | 2,038 | |||||
| State Representative - Thirteenth Norfolk Incumbent Denise C. Garlick (D-Needham) - is retiring |
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| Winner | Joshua Tarsky (D-Needham) | 2,742 | +694 | +13% | Veteran | |
| Patrick A. Gatto (D-Needham) | 2,048 | |||||
| Kenneth J. Ruetenik (D-Needham) | 577 | |||||
| State Representative - First Plymouth Incumbent Mathew J. Muratore (R-Plymouth) - is not running |
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| Winner | Michelle L. Badger (D-Plymouth) | 2,621 | +510 | +8% | ||
| Winner | Jesse G. Brown (R-Plymouth) | 2,241 | +214 | +5% | Veteran | |
| Arthur Thomas Desloges (D-Plymouth) | 2,111 | Town Meeting Member | ||||
| Dee Wallace Spencer (R-Plymouth) | 2,027 | Former Town Meeting Member | ||||
| Stephen Michael Palmer (D-Plymouth) | 951 | Plymouth Redevelopment Authority Commissioner | ||||
| Scott Francis Hokanson, Sr. (D-Plymouth) | 545 | |||||
| State Representative - Eighth Suffolk Incumbent Jay D. Livingstone (D-Boston) - Graf is running an issue candidacy on a disability bil sent to study by a committee Livingstone chairs;, Linardin has run for State Rep and City Council before |
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| Incumbent | Winner | Jay D. Livingstone (D-Boston) | 2,532 | +2,067 | +67% | Current State Representative |
| Lisa Jeanne Graf (D-Boston) | 465 | |||||
| Kelechi Linardon (D-Boston) | 66 | |||||
| State Representative - Seventh Norfolk Incumbent William J. Driscoll, Jr (D-Milton) - is running for the Norfolk, Plymouth and Bristol State Senate seat |
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| Winner | Richard Gerard Wells, Jr. (D-Milton) | 2,307 | +250 | +4% | Current Member, Milton Select Board | |
| Christos Alexopoulos (D-Randolph) | 2,057 | Randolph Town Councilor | ||||
| Tony King (D-Milton) | 2,034 | |||||
| State Representative - Sixth Suffolk Incumbent Russell E. Holmes (D-Boston) - Previous challenger Hardaway is joined by Adams and previous Nick Collins challenger Pierce |
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| Incumbent | Winner | Russell E. Holmes (D-Boston) | 2,254 | +1,604 | +52% | Current State Representative |
| Haris H. Hardaway (D-Boston) | 650 | |||||
| Samuel Pierce (D-Boston) | 193 | |||||
| State Representative - Seventh Worcester Incumbent Paul K. Frost (R-Auburn) - Frigon is know for advocacy against vaccine mandates |
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| Incumbent | Winner | Paul K. Frost (R-Auburn) | 2,107 | +1,631 | +63% | Candidate for Re-nomination |
| Michelle L. Frigon (R-Millbury) | 476 | |||||
| State Representative - Tenth Bristol Incumbent William M. Straus (D-Mattapoisett) - is not running |
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| Winner | Joseph M. Pires (R-Rochester) | 1,894 | +1,040 | +38% | Current School Committee Member | |
| Robert S. Mcconnell (R-Fairhaven) | 854 | Fairhaven Town Meeting Member | ||||
| State Representative - Sixth Plymouth Incumbent Josh S. Cutler (D-Duxbury) - has been named Undersecretary of Apprenticeship, Work-Based Learning, and Policy by Governor Healey |
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| Winner | Kenneth Peter Sweezey (R-Pembroke) | 1,846 | +165 | +5% | ||
| Jane L. Cournan (R-Pembroke) | 1,681 | |||||
| State Representative - Second Plymouth Incumbent Susan Williams-Gifford (R-Wareham) - Jim Lyons and Trump acolyte Gaskey was able to defeat moderate Gifford in an 18 point victory. There is no Democrat on the ballot in November. |
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| Winner | John Robert Gaskey (R-Carver) | 1,811 | +553 | +18% | ||
| Incumbent | Susan Williams-Gifford (R-Wareham) | 1,258 | Candidate for Re-nomination | |||
| State Representative - Eleventh Essex Incumbent Peter L. Capano (D-Lynn) - is not running |
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| Winner | Sean Reid (D-Lynn) | 1,778 | +270 | +8% | Current School Committee Member | |
| Hong L. Net (D-Lynn) | 1,508 | Current City Councilor | ||||
| State Representative - Eleventh Hampden Incumbent Bud L. Williams (D-Springfield) - McKnight came surprisingly close to unseating Williams by raising distinctions on reproductive rights. |
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| Incumbent | Winner | Bud L. Williams (D-Springfield) | 1,768 | +245 | +7% | |
| Johnnie Rs Mcknight (D-Springfield) | 1,523 | |||||
| State Representative - Eleventh Plymouth Incumbent Rita A. Mendes (D-Brockton) - Fontaine ran as an Unenrolled candidate in the last 2022 general election won by Mendes, now challenging in the Dem. Primary |
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| Incumbent | Winner | Rita A. Mendes (D-Brockton) | 1,709 | +1,249 | +58% | Current State Representative; Former Councilor at-Large |
| Fred Fontaine (D-Brockton) | 460 | |||||
| State Representative - First Bristol Incumbent Fred Jay Barrows (R-Mansfield) - is retiring |
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| Winner | Kostas Loukos (D-Mansfield) | 1,670 | +441 | +12% | Former Town Moderator | |
| David R. Martin (D-Mansfield) | 1,229 | |||||
| Michael E. Toole (D-Norton) | 679 | Board of Assessors Member; Former Select Board Member | ||||
| State Representative - Sixteenth Essex Incumbent Francisco E. Paulino (D-Methuen) - Paulino increased his 2022 margin of 161 votes to 499 votes over former State Rep Devers. |
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| Incumbent | Winner | Francisco E. Paulino (D-Methuen) | 1,581 | +499 | +19% | Current State Representative |
| Marcos A. Devers (D-Lawrence) | 1,082 | Former State Representative, Mayor, Council President | ||||
| State Representative - Twenty-Eighth Middlesex Incumbent Joseph W. Mcgonagle (D-Everett) - City Councilor Marchese lost in a similar challenge in 2022, also 1998 and 1990 |
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| Incumbent | Winner | Joseph W. Mcgonagle (D-Everett) | 1,493 | +774 | +35% | Current State Representative |
| Michael K. Marchese (D-Everett) | 719 | |||||
| State Representative - Eighteenth Middlesex Incumbent Rady Mom (D-Lowell) - Hong won by 181 votes over incumbent Rady Mom who had prevailed by 56 votes over Hong in 2022. |
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| Winner | Tara Hong (D-Lowell) | 1,191 | +181 | +7% | ||
| Incumbent | Rady Mom (D-Lowell) | 1,010 | Current State Representative | |||
| Andrew W. Kollar (D-Lowell) | 313 | |||||