List of elections in Massachusetts


This is an incomplete list of elections in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts sorted both by offices sought and by years held.
Elections are administered by the individual municipalities. There is some oversight by the Secretary of the Commonwealth and the Office of Campaign and Political Finance.
'''Individual elections are listed with the winner.'''

General

State elections

Governor

Two-year terms, starting in 1920:
Four-year terms, starting in 1966:

Massachusetts Senate

Massachusetts House of Representatives

Governor's Council

Ballot questions

Local elections

Boston mayoral elections

One-year terms :
Two-year terms:
Four-year terms, starting in 1910:

Boston City Council elections

Other

National elections

United States president

United States Senate

Class 1Class 2No regular
election

  • ...
  • 1907: Crane
  • 1913: Weeks
  • 1918: Walsh
  • 1924: Gillett
  • 1930: Coolidge
  • 1936: Lodge Jr.
  • 1942: Lodge Jr.
  • * 1944 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts|1944 : Saltonstall
  • 1948: Saltonstall
  • 1954: Saltonstall
  • 1960: Saltonstall
  • 1966: Brooke
  • 1972: Brooke
  • 1978: Tsongas
  • 1984: Kerry
  • 1990: Kerry
  • 1996: Kerry
  • 2002: Kerry
  • 2008: Kerry
  • 2014: Markey
  • 2020: Markey
  • ...
  • 1908/9
  • 1914/5
  • 1920
  • 1926
  • 1932
  • 1938
  • 1944
  • 1950
  • 1956
  • 1962
  • 1968
  • 1974
  • 1980
  • 1986
  • 1992
  • 1998
  • 2004
  • 2010
  • 2016
  • 2022
  • 2026
  • United States House of Representatives