Massachusetts 2026 Primary Elections

★ U.S. Senate Safe D

Incumbent: D Ed Markey

Democrat

Ed Markey Incumbent Nominee $5,352,148 raised

Seth Moulton $6,213,103 raised

Independent

Morgan Gifford Dawicki $16,498 raised

Shiva Ayyadurai $285,486 raised

O

Joseph Tache $269,878 raised

Republican

John Deaton Nominee $1,561,360 raised

Nathan Alexander Bech $80,010 raised

Dollar figures are each campaign’s total funds raised, from FEC filings.

Primary Results

Democratic Primary

Held September 1, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
Edward J. Markey ✓	265,423	67.4%
Seth Moulton	128,419	32.6%

33% reporting

Republican Primary

Held September 1, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
John Deaton ✓	77,028	100.0%

30% reporting

Nonpartisan Primary

Held September 1, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
Write-in	576	0.7%

33% reporting

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★ Governor Safe D

Incumbent: D Maura Healey

Democrat

Maura Healey Incumbent Nominee

Republican

Brian Shortsleeve

Michael Minogue Nominee

Primary Results

Democratic Primary

Held September 1, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
Maura Healey ✓	349,024	98.0%

31% reporting

Republican Primary

Held September 1, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
Michael Roger Minogue ✓	75,480	76.0%
Brian Shortsleeve	23,786	24.0%

32% reporting

Nonpartisan Primary

Held September 1, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
Write-in	303	0.3%
John Deaton	—	—

32% reporting

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★ U.S. House 9 districts

MA-01 District 1 Safe D D Richard Neal

Richard Neal (D) Incumbent ✓ Jeromie Patrick Whalen (D) Nadia D Milleron (I)

Democratic · Sep 1 Richard E. Neal 13,821 51.7% ✓ Jeromie Whalen 12,913 48.3% Write-in — —

23% reporting

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MA-02 District 2 Safe D D Jim McGovern

James McGovern (D) Incumbent ✓

Democratic · Sep 1 James P. McGovern 34,945 100.0% ✓

25% reporting

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MA-03 District 3 Safe D D Lori Trahan

Lori Trahan (D) Incumbent ✓ Gary J. Grossi (R) ✓

Democratic · Sep 1 Lori Loureiro Trahan 22,916 100.0% ✓

31% reporting

Republican · Sep 1 Gary J. Grossi 6,201 100.0% ✓

31% reporting

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MA-04 District 4 Safe D D Jake Auchincloss

Thomas Stalcup (R) ✓ Jake Auchincloss (D) Incumbent Ihssane Leckey (D) Jason Poulos (D)

Democratic · Sep 1 Jake Auchincloss 17,563 71.4% Jason Poulos 7,028 28.6%

29% reporting

Republican · Sep 1 Thomas Stalcup 4,903 100.0% ✓

29% reporting

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MA-05 District 5 Safe D D Katherine Clark

Katherine Clark (D) Incumbent ✓ Jonathan Paz (D) Tarik Samman (D)

Democratic · Sep 1 Katherine M. Clark 43,904 70.9% ✓ Jonathan Paz 13,866 22.4% Tarik Samman 4,175 6.7%

39% reporting

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MA-06 District 6 Safe D D Seth Moulton Open

Micah Q. Jones (R) ✓ Beth Andres-Beck (D) Daniel Arrigg Koh (D) Jamie Marie Zahlaway Belsito (D) John Beccia (D) Mariah Lancaster (D) Tram Nguyen (D)

Democratic · Sep 1 Dan Koh 14,772 43.2% Tram T. Nguyen 9,096 26.6% John A. Beccia, III 4,743 13.9% Jamie Belsito 3,117 9.1% Bethany Andres-Beck 1,269 3.7% Mariah L. Lancaster 1,220 3.6%

28% reporting

Republican · Sep 1 Micah Quinney Jones 9,443 100.0% ✓

28% reporting

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MA-07 District 7 Safe D D Ayanna Pressley

Ayanna Pressley (D) Incumbent ✓

Democratic · Sep 1 Ayanna S. Pressley 71,680 98.4% ✓

43% reporting

Nonpartisan · Sep 1 Write-in 1,179 1.6%

43% reporting

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MA-08 District 8 Safe D D Stephen Lynch

Stephen Lynch (D) Incumbent ✓ Robert Gerald Burke (R) ✓

Democratic · Sep 1 Stephen F. Lynch 32,809 52.6% ✓ Patrick Thomas Roath 29,456 47.2%

52% reporting

Republican · Sep 1 Robert Gerald Burke 9,766 98.9% ✓

48% reporting

Nonpartisan · Sep 1 Write-in 107 1.1%

52% reporting

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MA-09 District 9 Safe D D Bill Keating

Bill Keating (D) Incumbent ✓ Robert Tyler Macallister (R) ✓

Democratic · Sep 1 Bill Keating 31,108 77.6% ✓ Craig Swallow 9,003 22.5%

41% reporting

Republican · Sep 1 R. Tyler MacAllister 15,265 100.0% ✓

39% reporting

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📊 Primary Polls

Race	Pollster	Date	Sample	Results
Senate · Democratic primary	Emerson College ±2.7	2026-08-29	550 LV	Ed Markey 65% · Seth Moulton 35%
Governor · Republican primary	University of New Hampshire	2026-08-24	201 LV	Mike Minogue 55% · Brian Shortsleeve 11% · Unsure 25%
Senate · Democratic primary	University of New Hampshire	2026-08-24	550 LV	Ed Markey 63% · Seth Moulton 28% · Unsure 7%
House · Democratic primary	Global Strategy Group (D) partisan·D	2026-08-23	400 LV	Dan Koh 35% · Tram Nguyen 20% · John Beccia 12% · Jamie Belsito 8%
Senate · Democratic primary	Public Policy Polling (D) partisan·D ±2.0	2026-08-18	645 LV	Ed Markey 59% · Seth Moulton 26% · Unsure 15%
Senate · Democratic primary	Suffolk University	2026-08-16	500 RV	Ed Markey 52% · Seth Moulton 38% · Unsure 9%
Governor · Republican primary	UMass Amherst/YouGov	2026-08-12	209 RV	Mike Minogue 53% · Brian Shortsleeve 26% · Unsure 18%
Senate · Democratic primary	UMass Amherst/YouGov	2026-08-12	445 LV	Ed Markey 60% · Seth Moulton 32% · Unsure 7%
House · Democratic primary	Z to A Research (D) partisan·D	2026-08-06	469 LV	Stephen Lynch 50% · Patrick Roath 43% · Unsure 7%
House · Democratic primary	Global Strategy Group (D) partisan·D	2026-08-02	400 LV	Dan Koh 34% · John Beccia 15% · Tram Nguyen 14% · Jamie Belsito 6% · Mariah Lancaster 3% · Unsure 24%
House · Democratic primary	Z to A Research (D) partisan·D	2026-07-12	—	Stephen Lynch 54% · Patrick Roath 32% · Unsure 14%
House · Democratic primary	Global Strategy Group (D) partisan·D	2026-06-29	400 LV	Jake Auchincloss 64% · Jason Poulos 17% · Unsure 19%
Governor · Republican primary	Suffolk University	2026-05-29	465 LV	Mike Minogue 45% · Brian Shortsleeve 13% · Unsure 40%
House · Democratic primary	Workbench Strategy (D)	2026-05-27	400 LV	Tram Nguyen 28% · Dan Koh 18% · Mariah Lancaster 8% · Jamie Belsito 7% · John Beccia 6% · Unsure 24%
House · Democratic primary	Center for Strategic Politics (D)	2026-05-15	487 LV	Jamie Belsito 14% · Tram Nguyen 13% · Mariah Lancaster 10% · Dan Koh 9% · John Beccia 5% · Unsure 35%

Primary polls are shown here only — they never enter the general-election averages. Pollster names link to track records.