Election Name: | 2016 Massachusetts House of Representatives election |
Country: | Massachusetts |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2014 Massachusetts House of Representatives election |
Previous Year: | 2014 |
Next Election: | 2018 Massachusetts House of Representatives election |
Next Year: | 2018 |
Seats For Election: | All 160 seats in the Massachusetts House of Representatives |
Majority Seats: | 81 |
Election Date: | November 8, 2016 |
Leader1: | Robert DeLeo |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Leader Since1: | January 27, 2009 |
Leaders Seat1: | 19th Suffolk |
Last Election1: | 125 seats |
Seats Before1: | 126 |
Seats1: | 125 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Leader2: | Bradley Jones Jr. |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Leader Since2: | November 21, 2002 |
Leaders Seat2: | 20th Middlesex |
Last Election2: | 35 seats |
Seats Before2: | 34 |
Seats2: | 35 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Speaker | |
Before Election: | Robert DeLeo |
Before Party: | Massachusetts Democratic Party |
After Election: | Robert DeLeo |
After Party: | Massachusetts Democratic Party |
The 2016 Massachusetts House of Representatives election was a legislative election for the Massachusetts House of Representatives. It was held on November 8, 2016, during the 2016 United States general elections, and during the state primaries. There was no significant change in the composition of the legislature, with incumbent Democrat legislators remaining mostly unopposed except in districts with a sizeable Republican voting bases.[1]