2022 Massachusetts House of Representatives election

Not to be confused with 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts.

2022 Massachusetts House of Representatives election

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All 160 seats in the Massachusetts House of Representatives 81 seats needed for a majority
Registered	4,884,076 [1] ( 1.48 pp)
Turnout	51.42% ( 24.58 pp)
Majority party Minority party   Leader Ron Mariano Bradley Jones Jr. Party Democratic Republican Leader since December 30, 2020 November 21, 2002 Leader's seat 3rd Norfolk 20th Middlesex Last election 129 seats, 74.27% 30 seats, 22.76% Seats before 125 27 Seats after 134 25 Seat change 9 2 Popular vote 1,507,301 541,222 Percentage 71.28% 25.60% Swing 2.99 pp 2.84 pp   Third party   Leader Susannah Whipps Party Independent Leader's seat 2nd Franklin Last election 1 seat, 1.87% Seats before 1 Seats after 1 Seat change Popular vote 35,680 Percentage 1.69% Swing 0.18 pp
Results by gains and holds Results by winning party vote share 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%
Speaker before election Ron Mariano Democratic Elected Speaker Ron Mariano Democratic

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.

Democrats gained nine 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]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [4]	Safe D	May 19, 2022

Overview

Election

2022 Massachusetts House of Representatives election
General election — November 8, 2022 ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats	+/–
	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

Popular vote Democratic   71.28% Republican   25.60% Independent   1.69% Other   1.43%

Percentage seats won Democratic   83.75% Republican   15.63% Independent   0.62%

Summary of results by State House district

Italics denote an open seat held by the incumbent party; bold text denotes a gain for a party. ^{[7] [8]}

State House District	Incumbent	Party		Elected Representative	Party
1st Barnstable	Tim Whelan		Rep	Chris Flanagan		Dem
2nd Barnstable	Kip Diggs		Dem	Kip Diggs		Dem
3rd Barnstable	David Vieira		Rep	David Vieira		Rep
4th Barnstable	Sarah Peake		Dem	Sarah Peake		Dem
5th Barnstable	Steven Xiarhos		Rep	Steven Xiarhos		Rep
Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket	Dylan Fernandes		Dem	Dylan Fernandes		Dem
1st Berkshire	John Barrett III		Dem	John Barrett III		Dem
2nd Berkshire	Paul W. Mark		Dem	Tricia Farley-Bouvier [lower-alpha 1]		Dem
3rd Berkshire	Tricia Farley-Bouvier [lower-alpha 1]		Dem	William Pignatelli [lower-alpha 2]		Dem
4th Berkshire	William Pignatelli [lower-alpha 2]		Dem	Obsolete District [lower-alpha 3]
1st Bristol	F. Jay Barrows		Rep	F. Jay Barrows		Rep
2nd Bristol	James Hawkins		Dem	James Hawkins		Dem
3rd Bristol	Carol Doherty		Dem	Carol Doherty		Dem
4th Bristol	Steven Howitt		Rep	Steven Howitt		Rep
5th Bristol	Patricia Haddad		Dem	Patricia Haddad		Dem
6th Bristol	Carole Fiola		Dem	Carole Fiola		Dem
7th Bristol	Alan Silvia		Dem	Alan Silvia		Dem
8th Bristol	Paul Schmid		Dem	Paul Schmid		Dem
9th Bristol	Christopher Markey		Dem	Christopher Markey		Dem
10th Bristol	William Straus		Dem	William Straus		Dem
11th Bristol	Christopher Hendricks		Dem	Christopher Hendricks		Dem
12th Bristol	Norman Orrall		Rep	Norman Orrall		Rep
13th Bristol	Antonio Cabral		Dem	Antonio Cabral		Dem
14th Bristol	Adam Scanlon		Dem	Adam Scanlon		Dem
1st Essex	Vacant [9]			Dawne Shand		Dem
2nd Essex	Leonard Mirra [lower-alpha 4]		Rep	Kristin Kassner [lower-alpha 5]		Dem
3rd Essex	Andy Vargas		Dem	Andy Vargas		Dem
4th Essex	Jamie Belsito		Dem	Estela Reyes		Dem
5th Essex	Ann-Margaret Ferrante		Dem	Ann-Margaret Ferrante		Dem
6th Essex	Jerry Parisella		Dem	Jerry Parisella		Dem
7th Essex	Paul Tucker		Dem	Manny Cruz		Dem
8th Essex	Vacant [12]			Jenny Armini		Dem
9th Essex	Donald Wong		Rep	Donald Wong		Rep
10th Essex	Dan Cahill		Dem	Dan Cahill		Dem
11th Essex	Peter Capano		Dem	Peter Capano		Dem
12th Essex	Thomas Walsh		Dem	Thomas Walsh		Dem
13th Essex	Sally Kerans		Dem	Sally Kerans		Dem
14th Essex	Christina Minicucci		Dem	Adrianne Ramos		Dem
15th Essex	Linda Dean Campbell		Dem	Ryan Hamilton		Dem
16th Essex	Marcos Devers		Dem	Francisco Paulino		Dem
17th Essex	Frank Moran		Dem	Frank Moran		Dem
18th Essex	Tram Nguyen		Dem	Tram Nguyen		Dem
1st Franklin	Natalie Blais		Dem	Natalie Blais		Dem
2nd Franklin	Susannah Whipps		Ind	Susannah Whipps		Ind
1st Hampden	Todd Smola		Rep	Todd Smola		Rep
2nd Hampden	Brian Michael Ashe		Dem	Brian Michael Ashe		Dem
3rd Hampden	Nicholas Boldyga		Rep	Nicholas Boldyga		Rep
4th Hampden	Kelly Pease		Rep	Kelly Pease		Rep
5th Hampden	Patricia Duffy		Dem	Patricia Duffy		Dem
6th Hampden	Michael Finn		Dem	Michael Finn		Dem
7th Hampden	Jacob Oliveira		Dem	Aaron Saunders		Dem
8th Hampden	Joseph Wagner		Dem	Shirley Arriaga		Dem
9th Hampden	Orlando Ramos		Dem	Orlando Ramos		Dem
10th Hampden	Carlos Gonzalez		Dem	Carlos Gonzalez		Dem
11th Hampden	Bud Williams		Dem	Bud Williams		Dem
12th Hampden	Angelo Puppolo		Dem	Angelo Puppolo		Dem
1st Hampshire	Lindsay Sabadosa		Dem	Lindsay Sabadosa		Dem
2nd Hampshire	Daniel Carey		Dem	Daniel Carey		Dem
3rd Hampshire	Mindy Domb		Dem	Mindy Domb		Dem
1st Middlesex	Vacant [13]			Margaret Scarsdale [lower-alpha 6]		Dem
2nd Middlesex	James Arciero		Dem	James Arciero		Dem
3rd Middlesex	Kate Hogan		Dem	Kate Hogan		Dem
4th Middlesex	Danielle Gregoire		Dem	Danielle Gregoire		Dem
5th Middlesex	David Linsky		Dem	David Linsky		Dem
6th Middlesex	Vacant [15]			Priscila Sousa		Dem
7th Middlesex	Jack Patrick Lewis		Dem	Jack Patrick Lewis		Dem
8th Middlesex	Vacant [16]			James Arena-DeRosa		Dem
9th Middlesex	Thomas Stanley		Dem	Thomas Stanley		Dem
10th Middlesex	John Lawn		Dem	John Lawn		Dem
11th Middlesex	Kay Khan		Dem	Kay Khan		Dem
12th Middlesex	Ruth Balser		Dem	Ruth Balser		Dem
13th Middlesex	Carmine Lawrence Gentile		Dem	Carmine Lawrence Gentile		Dem
14th Middlesex	Tami Gouveia		Dem	Simon Cataldo		Dem
15th Middlesex	Michelle Ciccolo		Dem	Michelle Ciccolo		Dem
16th Middlesex	Vacant [17]			Rodney Elliott		Dem
17th Middlesex	Vanna Howard		Dem	Vanna Howard		Dem
18th Middlesex	Rady Mom		Dem	Rady Mom		Dem
19th Middlesex	David Allen Robertson		Dem	David Allen Robertson		Dem
20th Middlesex	Bradley Jones Jr.		Rep	Bradley Jones Jr.		Rep
21st Middlesex	Kenneth Gordon		Dem	Kenneth Gordon		Dem
22nd Middlesex	Marc Lombardo		Rep	Marc Lombardo		Rep
23rd Middlesex	Sean Garballey		Dem	Sean Garballey		Dem
24th Middlesex	David Rogers		Dem	David Rogers		Dem
25th Middlesex	Marjorie Decker		Dem	Marjorie Decker		Dem
26th Middlesex	Mike Connolly		Dem	Mike Connolly		Dem
27th Middlesex	Erika Uyterhoeven		Dem	Erika Uyterhoeven		Dem
28th Middlesex	Joe McGonagle		Dem	Joe McGonagle		Dem
29th Middlesex	Steven Owens		Dem	Steven Owens		Dem
30th Middlesex	Richard Haggerty		Dem	Richard Haggerty		Dem
31st Middlesex	Michael Day		Dem	Michael Day		Dem
32nd Middlesex	Kate Lipper-Garabedian		Dem	Kate Lipper-Garabedian		Dem
33rd Middlesex	Steven Ultrino		Dem	Steven Ultrino		Dem
34th Middlesex	Christine Barber		Dem	Christine Barber		Dem
35th Middlesex	Paul Donato		Dem	Paul Donato		Dem
36th Middlesex	Colleen Garry		Dem	Colleen Garry		Dem
37th Middlesex	Danillo Sena		Dem	Danillo Sena		Dem
1st Norfolk	Bruce Ayers		Dem	Bruce Ayers		Dem
2nd Norfolk	Tackey Chan		Dem	Tackey Chan		Dem
3rd Norfolk	Ron Mariano		Dem	Ron Mariano		Dem
4th Norfolk	James Murphy		Dem	James Murphy		Dem
5th Norfolk	Mark Cusack		Dem	Mark Cusack		Dem
6th Norfolk	William Galvin		Dem	William Galvin		Dem
7th Norfolk	William Driscoll		Dem	William Driscoll		Dem
8th Norfolk	Ted Philips		Dem	Ted Philips		Dem
9th Norfolk	Shawn Dooley		Rep	Marcus Vaughn		Rep
10th Norfolk	Jeffrey Roy		Dem	Jeffrey Roy		Dem
11th Norfolk	Paul McMurtry		Dem	Paul McMurtry		Dem
12th Norfolk	John Rogers		Dem	John Rogers		Dem
13th Norfolk	Denise Garlick		Dem	Denise Garlick		Dem
14th Norfolk	Alice Peisch		Dem	Alice Peisch		Dem
15th Norfolk	Tommy Vitolo		Dem	Tommy Vitolo		Dem
1st Plymouth	Matthew Muratore		Rep	Matthew Muratore		Rep
2nd Plymouth	Susan Gifford		Rep	Susan Gifford		Rep
3rd Plymouth	Joan Meschino		Dem	Joan Meschino		Dem
4th Plymouth	Patrick Joseph Kearney		Dem	Patrick Joseph Kearney		Dem
5th Plymouth	David DeCoste		Rep	David DeCoste		Rep
6th Plymouth	Josh Cutler		Dem	Josh Cutler		Dem
7th Plymouth	Alyson Sullivan		Rep	Alyson Sullivan		Rep
8th Plymouth	Angelo D'Emilia		Rep	Angelo D'Emilia		Rep
9th Plymouth	Gerry Cassidy		Dem	Gerry Cassidy		Dem
10th Plymouth	Michelle DuBois		Dem	Michelle DuBois		Dem
11th Plymouth	Vacant [18]			Rita Mendes		Dem
12th Plymouth	Kathleen LaNatra		Dem	Kathleen LaNatra		Dem
1st Suffolk	Adrian Madaro		Dem	Adrian Madaro		Dem
2nd Suffolk	Daniel Joseph Ryan		Dem	Daniel Joseph Ryan		Dem
3rd Suffolk	Aaron Michlewitz		Dem	Aaron Michlewitz		Dem
4th Suffolk	David Biele		Dem	David Biele		Dem
5th Suffolk	Liz Miranda		Dem	Christopher Worrell		Dem
6th Suffolk	Russell Holmes		Dem	Russell Holmes		Dem
7th Suffolk	Chynah Tyler		Dem	Chynah Tyler		Dem
8th Suffolk	Jay Livingstone		Dem	Jay Livingstone		Dem
9th Suffolk	Jon Santiago		Dem	Jon Santiago		Dem
10th Suffolk	Edward Coppinger		Dem	Edward Coppinger		Dem
11th Suffolk	Liz Malia		Dem	Judith Garcia		Dem
12th Suffolk	Brandy Fluker Oakley		Dem	Brandy Fluker Oakley		Dem
13th Suffolk	Daniel Hunt		Dem	Daniel Hunt		Dem
14th Suffolk	Rob Consalvo		Dem	Rob Consalvo		Dem
15th Suffolk	Nika Elugardo		Dem	Sam Montaño		Dem
16th Suffolk	Jessica Giannino		Dem	Jessica Giannino		Dem
17th Suffolk	Kevin Honan		Dem	Kevin Honan		Dem
18th Suffolk	Michael Moran		Dem	Michael Moran		Dem
19th Suffolk	Jeffrey Turco		Dem	Jeffrey Turco		Dem
1st Worcester	Kimberly Ferguson		Rep	Kimberly Ferguson		Rep
2nd Worcester	Jonathan Zlotnik		Dem	Jonathan Zlotnik		Dem
3rd Worcester	Michael Kushmerek		Dem	Michael Kushmerek		Dem
4th Worcester	Natalie Higgins		Dem	Natalie Higgins		Dem
5th Worcester	Donald Berthiaume		Rep	Donald Berthiaume		Rep
6th Worcester	Peter Durant		Rep	Peter Durant		Rep
7th Worcester	Paul Frost		Rep	Paul Frost		Rep
8th Worcester	Michael Soter		Rep	Michael Soter		Rep
9th Worcester	David Muradian		Rep	David Muradian		Rep
10th Worcester	Brian Murray		Dem	Brian Murray		Dem
11th Worcester	Hannah Kane		Rep	Hannah Kane		Rep
12th Worcester	Meghan Kilcoyne		Dem	Meghan Kilcoyne		Dem
13th Worcester	John Mahoney		Dem	John Mahoney		Dem
14th Worcester	James O'Day		Dem	James O'Day		Dem
15th Worcester	Mary Keefe		Dem	Mary Keefe		Dem
16th Worcester	Daniel M. Donahue		Dem	Daniel M. Donahue		Dem
17th Worcester	David LeBoeuf		Dem	David LeBoeuf		Dem
18th Worcester	Joseph McKenna		Rep	Joseph McKenna		Rep
19th Worcester	New District [lower-alpha 3]			Kate Donaghue		Dem

See also

• 2022 Massachusetts general election
• 2022 Massachusetts Senate election
• 2019–2020 Massachusetts legislature
• 2021–2022 Massachusetts legislature

Notes

1. Redistricted from 3rd Berkshire to 2nd Berkshire.
2. Redistricted from 4th Berkshire to 3rd Berkshire.
3. The new 19th Worcester district replaces the obsolete 4th Berkshire district.
4. Contested. Incumbent Leonard Mirra (R) was seated in January 2023 as a "hold-over" representative while a Special House Committee examined the vote returns for each candidate, which were certified in having Kristin Kassner (D) winning by 1 vote. The Special House Committee, in a 2-1 vote, decided in favor of Kristin Kassner. ^[10]
5. Representative Kassner assumed office on February 3, 2023. ^[11]
6. Previously Contested. Vacant while a Special House Committee reviewed the vote returns for each candidate. The committee ruled in favor of Margaret Scarsdale (D). She assumed office on January 18, 2023. ^[14]

References

1. "Registered Voters and Party Enrollment as of October 29, 2022" (PDF). Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
2. Lisinski, Chris (November 9, 2022). "Mass. House to have more Democrats than any session since 2009". masslive. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
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4. Jacobson, Louis (May 19, 2022). "The Battle for State Legislatures". Center for Politics. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
5. Galvin, William Francis. "PD43+ » Search Elections". Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
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12. Young, Colin (January 20, 2022). "Rep. Lori Ehrlich of Marblehead departing for regional FEMA post". State House News Service. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
13. Murphy, Ryan (January 20, 2022). "Baker Taps GOP Rep. Harrington For Court Post". North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce-Chamber News. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
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15. "Framingham State Rep. Maria Robinson Submits Her Resignation". Framingham Source. July 18, 2022. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
16. Lisinski, Chris (January 31, 2022). "Holliston state Rep. Carolyn Dykema is leaving for a new job in the private sector". State House News Service. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
17. Curtis, Aaron (April 28, 2022). "Tom Golden sworn in as Lowell city manager: 'Opportunities for our city are endless'". The Lowell Sun. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
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