2022_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives_election
An election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect all 160 members to the Massachusetts House of Representatives. The election coincided with elections for other offices, including governor, and U.S. House of Representatives.
Not to be confused with 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts.
Quick Facts All 160 seats in the Massachusetts House of Representatives 81 seats needed for a majority, Registered ...
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Registered | 4,884,076 [1] ( 1.48 pp) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 51.42% ( 24.58 pp) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results: Democratic gain Republican gain Democratic hold Republican hold Vote Share: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% 60–70% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Democrats gained 9 seats, increasing their supermajority to 134 out of 160 seats, the largest majority of any party since 2009.[2] Simultaneously with gains in the state senate and Maura Healey's win in the gubernatorial race, Democrats won a trifecta in the state for the first time since 2014.[3]
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Source | Ranking | As of |
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Sabato's Crystal Ball[4] | Safe D | May 19, 2022 |
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Election
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |||||
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Democratic | 1,507,301 | 71.28 | 134 | 9 | |||||
Republican | 541,222 | 25.60 | 25 | 2 | |||||
Green-Rainbow | 2,865 | 0.14 | 0 | ||||||
Workers Party | 3,945 | 0.19 | 0 | ||||||
Independents | 35,680 | 1.69 | 1 | ||||||
All Others | 22,462 | 1.06 | 0 | ||||||
Write-In | 1,000 | 0.05 | 0 | ||||||
Valid votes | 2,114,475 | 84.19 | — | — | |||||
Invalid votes | 397,113 | 15.81 | — | — | |||||
Totals | 2,511,588 | 100 | 160 | — | |||||
Registered voter/turnout | 4,884,076 | 51.42 |
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Summary of Results by State House District
Bold text denotes a gain for a party.[7]
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- "Registered Voters and Party Enrollment as of October 29, 2022" (PDF). Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
- Lisinski, Chris (November 9, 2022). "Mass. House to have more Democrats than any session since 2009". masslive. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
- "Massachusetts poised to join 34 states with single-party control". Wicked Local. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
- Jacobson, Louis (May 19, 2022). "The Battle for State Legislatures". Center for Politics. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
- Galvin, William Francis. "PD43+ » Search Elections". Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
- "Registered Voters and Party Enrollment as of October 29, 2022" (PDF). Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
- "Massachusetts House of Representatives elections, 2022". Ballotpedia. Retrieved January 2, 2023.