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Not to be confused with 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts.

2020 Massachusetts House of Representatives election [1]
← 2018 November 3, 2020 2022 →
All 160 seats in the Massachusetts House of Representatives
81 seats needed for a majority
Registered4,812,909 [2] (Increase 5.20 pp)
Turnout76.00% (Increase 15.84 pp)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Robert DeLeo Bradley Jones Jr.
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since January 27, 2009 November 21, 2002
Leader's seat 19th Suffolk 20th Middlesex
Last election 127 seats 32 seats
Seats won 129 30
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 2
Popular vote 2,239,316 686,101
Percentage 74.27% 22.76%
  Third party
 
Leader Susannah Whipps
Party Independent
Leader's seat 2nd Franklin
Last election 1 seat
Seats won 1
Seat change Steady
Popular vote 56,261
Percentage 1.87%
Results:
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Republican gain
     Independent hold
Speaker before election

Robert DeLeo
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Ronald Mariano
Democratic

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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 2 seats. 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]

Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[6] Safe D October 21, 2020

Overview

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Election

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2020 Massachusetts House of Representatives election
General election — November 3, 2020 [7][8]
Party Votes Percentage Seats +/–
Democratic 2,239,316 74.27 129 Increase 2
Republican 686,101 22.76 30 Decrease 2
Green-Rainbow 1,100 0.04 0 Steady
Independents 56,261 1.87 1 Steady
All Others 30,628 1.02 0 Steady
Write-In 1,613 0.05 0 Steady
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
Popular vote
Democratic
 
 74.27%
Republican
 
 22.76%
Independent
 
 1.87%
Other
 
 1.10%
Percentage seats won
Democratic
 
 80.63%
Republican
 
 18.75%
Independent
 
 0.62%

Closest races

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Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. 2nd Barnstable District, 8.3% (gain)
  2. 5th Barnstable District, 4.3%
  3. 14th Bristol District, 8.9% (gain)
  4. 1st Essex District, 3.3%
  5. 2nd Essex District, 2.6%
  6. 13th Essex District, 9.2%
  7. 4th Hampden District, 8% (gain)
  8. 7th Hampden District, 0.8%
  9. 1st Middlesex District, 3.1%
  10. 5th Plymouth District, 1.4%
  11. 12th Plymouth District, 9.5%

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. "Massachusetts Election Statistics". sec.state.ma.us. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
  2. ^ "Registered Voters and Party Enrollment as of October 24, 2020" (PDF). Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  3. ^ "Massachusetts House of Representatives elections, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
  4. ^ "The Republican Minority in the Mass. Legislature Shed 5 Seats in 2020".
  5. ^ "Robert DeLeo resigning as Speaker of Massachusetts House". December 28, 2020.
  6. ^ "October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
  7. ^ Galvin, William Francis. "PD43+ » Search Elections". Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  8. ^ "Registered Voters and Party Enrollment as of October 24, 2020" (PDF). Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved January 2, 2023.

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