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Registered | 4,812,909 [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 76.00% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report [6] | Safe D | October 21, 2020 |
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 |
Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
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