Election Name: | 2020 Massachusetts House of Representatives election [1] |
Registered: | 4,812,909 [2] (5.20 pp) |
Turnout: | 76.00% (15.84 pp) |
Speaker | |
Before Election: | Robert DeLeo |
Before Party: | Massachusetts Democratic Party |
After Election: | Ronald Mariano |
After Party: | Massachusetts Democratic Party |
Country: | Massachusetts |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2018 Massachusetts House of Representatives election |
Previous Year: | 2018 |
Next Election: | 2022 Massachusetts House of Representatives election |
Next Year: | 2022 |
Seats For Election: | All 160 seats in the Massachusetts House of Representatives |
Majority Seats: | 81 |
Election Date: | November 3, 2020 |
Leader1: | Robert DeLeo |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Leader Since1: | January 27, 2009 |
Leaders Seat1: | 19th Suffolk |
Last Election1: | 127 seats |
Seats1: | 129 |
Seat Change1: | 2 |
Popular Vote1: | 2,239,316 |
Percentage1: | 74.27% |
Leader2: | Bradley Jones Jr. |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Leader Since2: | November 21, 2002 |
Leaders Seat2: | 20th Middlesex |
Last Election2: | 32 seats |
Seats2: | 30 |
Seat Change2: | 2 |
Popular Vote2: | 686,101 |
Percentage2: | 22.76% |
Leader4: | Susannah Whipps |
Party4: | Independent (United States) |
Leaders Seat4: | 2nd Franklin |
Last Election4: | 1 seat |
Seats4: | 1 |
Popular Vote4: | 56,261 |
Percentage4: | 1.87% |
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]
Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | 2,239,316 | 74.27 | 129 | 2 | ||
Republican | 686,101 | 22.76 | 30 | 2 | ||
Green-Rainbow | 1,100 | 0.04 | 0 | |||
Independents | 56,261 | 1.87 | 1 | |||
All Others | 30,628 | 1.02 | 0 | |||
Write-In | 1,613 | 0.05 | 0 | |||
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 |
Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Leadership/House