2024 Massachusetts House of Representatives election


The 2024 Massachusetts House of Representatives election was held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, with the primary election held on Tuesday, September 3, 2024. Massachusetts voters elected all 160 members of the State House to serve two-year terms in the Massachusetts General Court. The Democratic Party retained their majority in the chamber with no net change in seats. The election coincided with United States national elections and Massachusetts state elections, including U.S. Senate, U.S. House, U.S. President, and Massachusetts Senate.

Retirements

Fourteen incumbents did not seek re-election.

Democrats

  1. [Massachusetts House of Representatives' Massachusetts House of Representatives' Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket district|Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket district|Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket]: Dylan Fernandes retired to run for State Senate.
  2. [Massachusetts House of Representatives' Massachusetts House of Representatives' 3rd Berkshire district|3rd Berkshire district|3rd Berkshire]: William Pignatelli retired.
  3. [Massachusetts House of Representatives' |8th Bristol district|8th Bristol]: Paul Schmid retired.
  4. [Massachusetts House of Representatives' |10th Bristol district|10th Bristol]: William M. Straus retired.
  5. [Massachusetts House of Representatives' Massachusetts House of Representatives' 11th Essex district|11th Essex district|11th Essex]: Peter Capano retired.
  6. [Massachusetts House of Representatives' Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Hampshire district|2nd Hampshire district|2nd Hampshire]: Daniel R. Carey retired to run for Hampshire County Clerk of Courts.
  7. [Massachusetts House of Representatives' Massachusetts House of Representatives' 11th Middlesex district|11th Middlesex district|11th Middlesex]: Kay Khan retired.
  8. [Massachusetts House of Representatives' Massachusetts House of Representatives' 12th Middlesex district|12th Middlesex district|12th Middlesex]: Ruth Balser retired.
  9. [Massachusetts House of Representatives' |7th Norfolk district|7th Norfolk]: William Driscoll retired to run for State Senate.
  10. [Massachusetts House of Representatives' |13th Norfolk district|13th Norfolk]: Denise Garlick retired.
  11. [Massachusetts House of Representatives' |9th Plymouth district|9th Plymouth]: Gerard Cassidy retired.

Republicans

  1. [Massachusetts House of Representatives' Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Bristol district|1st Bristol district|1st Bristol]: F. Jay Barrows retired.
  2. [Massachusetts House of Representatives' |1st Plymouth district|1st Plymouth]: Matt Muratore retired to run for State Senate.
  3. [Massachusetts House of Representatives' |8th Plymouth district|8th Plymouth]: Angelo D'Emilia retired.

Resignation

Two seats were left vacant on the day of the general election due to resignations in 2024.

Democrats

  1. [Massachusetts House of Representatives' |4th Barnstable district|4th Barnstable]: Sarah Peake resigned September 23 to become senior advisor for intergovernmental affairs to Governor Healey.
  2. [Massachusetts House of Representatives' |6th Plymouth district|6th Plymouth]: Josh S. Cutler resigned February 4 to become Massachusetts' Undersecretary of Apprenticeship, Work-Based Learning, and Policy.

Incumbents defeated

In primary election

Two incumbent representatives, one Democrat and one Republican, were defeated in the September 3 primary election.

Democrats

  1. [Massachusetts House of Representatives' Massachusetts House of Representatives' 18th Middlesex district|18th Middlesex district|18th Middlesex]: Rady Mom lost renomination to Tara Hong.

Republicans

  1. [Massachusetts House of Representatives' |2nd Plymouth district|2nd Plymouth]: Susan Williams Gifford lost renomination to John Gaskey.

2023–2024 special elections

Sources for special election results:

2023 Special: [|9th Suffolk]

!colspan="5"|Democratic Party Primary Results
!colspan="5"|Republican Party Primary Results

2023 Special: [|10th Suffolk]

!colspan="5"|Democratic Party Primary Results

2024 Special: [|6th Worcester]

!colspan="5"|Republican Party Primary Results

Summary of results by State House">Massachusetts House of Representatives">State House district

Italics denote an open seat held by the incumbent party; bold text denotes a gain for a party.

Detailed results

Sources for election results:

[|1st Barnstable] • [|2nd Barnstable] • [|3rd Barnstable] • 4th Barnstable • [|5th Barnstable] • Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket • [|1st Berkshire] • [|2nd Berkshire] • 3rd Berkshire • 1st Bristol • [|2nd Bristol] • [|3rd Bristol] • [|4th Bristol] • [|5th Bristol] • [|6th Bristol] • [|7th Bristol] • 8th Bristol • [|9th Bristol] • 10th Bristol • [|11th Bristol] • [|12th Bristol] • [|13th Bristol] • [|14th Bristol] • [|1st Essex] • [|2nd Essex] • [|3rd Essex] • [|4th Essex] • [|5th Essex] • [|6th Essex] • [|7th Essex] • [|8th Essex] • [|9th Essex] • [|10th Essex] • 11th Essex • [|12th Essex] • [|13th Essex] • [|14th Essex] • [|15th Essex] • [|16th Essex] • [|17th Essex] • [|18th Essex] • [|1st Franklin] • [|2nd Franklin] • [|1st Hampden] • [|2nd Hampden] • [|3rd Hampden] • [|4th Hampden] • [|5th Hampden] • [|6th Hampden] • [|7th Hampden] • [|8th Hampden] • [|9th Hampden] • [|10th Hampden] • [|11th Hampden] • [|12th Hampden] • [|1st Hampshire] • 2nd Hampshire • [|3rd Hampshire] • [|1st Middlesex] • [|2nd Middlesex] • [|3rd Middlesex] • [|4th Middlesex] • [|5th Middlesex] • [|6th Middlesex] • [|7th Middlesex] • [|8th Middlesex] • [|9th Middlesex] • [|10th Middlesex] • 11th Middlesex • 12th Middlesex • [|13th Middlesex] • [|14th Middlesex] • [|15th Middlesex] • [|16th Middlesex] • [|17th Middlesex] • 18th Middlesex • [|19th Middlesex] • [|20th Middlesex] • [|21st Middlesex] • [|22nd Middlesex] • [|23rd Middlesex] • [|24th Middlesex] • [|25th Middlesex] • [|26th Middlesex] • [|27th Middlesex] • [|28th Middlesex] • [|29th Middlesex] • [|30th Middlesex] • [|31st Middlesex] • [|32nd Middlesex] • [|33rd Middlesex] • [|34th Middlesex] • [|35th Middlesex] • [|36th Middlesex] • [|37th Middlesex] • [|1st Norfolk] • [|2nd Norfolk] • [|3rd Norfolk] • [|4th Norfolk] • [|5th Norfolk] • [|6th Norfolk] • 7th Norfolk • [|8th Norfolk] • [|9th Norfolk] • [|10th Norfolk] • [|11th Norfolk] • [|12th Norfolk] • 13th Norfolk • [|14th Norfolk] • [|15th Norfolk] • 1st Plymouth • 2nd Plymouth • [|3rd Plymouth] • [|4th Plymouth] • [|5th Plymouth] • 6th Plymouth • [|7th Plymouth] • 8th Plymouth • 9th Plymouth • [|10th Plymouth] • [|11th Plymouth] • [|12th Plymouth] • [|1st Suffolk] • [|2nd Suffolk] • [|3rd Suffolk] • [|4th Suffolk] • [|5th Suffolk] • [|6th Suffolk] • [|7th Suffolk] • [|8th Suffolk] • 9th Suffolk • 10th Suffolk • [|11th Suffolk] • [|12th Suffolk] • [|13th Suffolk] • [|14th Suffolk] • [|15th Suffolk] • [|16th Suffolk] • [|17th Suffolk] • [|18th Suffolk] • [|19th Suffolk] • [|1st Worcester] • [|2nd Worcester] • [|3rd Worcester] • [|4th Worcester] • [|5th Worcester] • 6th Worcester • [|7th Worcester] • [|8th Worcester] • [|9th Worcester] • [|10th Worcester] • [|11th Worcester] • [|12th Worcester] • [|13th Worcester] • [|14th Worcester] • [|15th Worcester] • [|16th Worcester] • [|17th Worcester] • [|18th Worcester] • [|19th Worcester]

2nd Berkshire

7th Bristol

1st Essex

9th Essex

17th Essex

5th Hampden

1st Hampshire

6th Middlesex

14th Middlesex

22nd Middlesex

30th Middlesex

1st Norfolk

9th Norfolk

2nd Plymouth

10th Plymouth

6th Suffolk