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Get Your Vote On! Federal Elections

Get Your Vote On! September Federal Primary Races!

Not only are all the seats up for re-election this fall in the Massachusetts House and Senate* (i.e. all of our State Representatives and State Senators), but all of the seats in the U.S. Congress are also up for re-election. This means that all of Massachusetts’ Congressional seats are up! The U.S. Senate elections, however, are staggered. Only one of Massachusetts’ U.S. Senate seats is up for re-election this fall and the Democrat who holds it is running for re-election.

(To find out where to vote: http://www.wheredoivotema.com/bal/myelectioninfo.aspx)

There are nine Massachusetts Congressional Districts or nine Congressional “seats” for Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress. All nine of the individuals currently holding those seats are running for re-election. All our current Congresspeople are Democrats and all their names will appear on the Democratic September Primary ballot. Only two of the nine Congressional Districts will have a Republican candidate(s) on the September 9th primary election ballot.

Here is a break down of who is running in the Sept 9th Primary elections (i.e. their names will be on the ballot). Remember, the names of those running as independents or as unaffiliated will appear on the November ballot, not the September ballot.

The names on the Democratic and Republican Ballots

For the U.S. Senate seat:

Ed Markey (D) holds the seat now and is the only candidate running for the Democratic party. http://www.edmarkey.com/

Brian Herr is the Republican running for the seat. https://www.brianherr.com/

District One

Richard Neal (D) is the incumbent and the only candidate running for the Democratic party. There are no Republicans running for the seat. http://www.nealforcongress.com/

District Two

Jim McGovern (D) is the incumbent and the only candidate running for the Democratic party. There are no Republicans running for the seat. http://jimmcgovern.com/

District Three

Niki Tsongas (D) is the incumbent and the only candidate running for the Democratic party. http://nikitsongas.com/

Ann (Rossann) Wofford (R) is the only candidate running for the Republican party. http://www.woffordforcongress.com/index.html

District Four

Joe Kennedy III (D) is the incumbent and the only candidate running for the Democratic party. There are no Republicans running for the seat. http://www.joekennedyforcongress.com/

District Five

There are two Democrats running for the seat in the September Primary and no Republicans running. The seat is currently held by Katherine Clark.

The Democrats running in alphabetical order:

Katherine Clark (D) http://katherineclark.org/
Sheldon Schwartz (D) http://www.shelly2014.com/

District Six:

There are five Democrats running for the seat in the September Primary and one Republican running. The seat is currently held by John Tierney (D).

The Democrats running in alphabetical order:

Marisa DeFranco (D) http://www.marisaDeFranco.com/
John Devine (D) http://johndevineforcongress.com/
John Gutta (D) http://www.johngutta.net/
Seth Moulton (D) http://www.sethmoulton.com/
John Tierney (D) http://johntierney.com/

The Republican running:

Richard Tisei (R) http://tiseiforcongress.com/

District Seven:

Mike Capuano (D) is the incumbent and the only candidate running for the Democratic party. There are no Republicans running for the seat. http://www.mikecapuano.com/

District Eight:

Stephen Lynch (D) is the incumbent and the only candidate running for the Democratic party. There are no Republicans running for the seat. http://www.stephenflynch.com/

District Nine:

There are four Republicans running for the seat in the September Primary and one Democrat running. The seat is currently held by Bill Keating (D).

The Republicans running in alphabetical order:

Mark Alliegro (R) https://www.markalliegroforcongress.org/
John Chapman (R) https://www.johnchapman2014.com/
Vincent Cogliano Jr. (R) http://www.coglianoforcongress.com/
Dan Shores (R) http://www.danshores2014.com/

The Democrat running:

Bill Keating (D) http://www.keatingforcongress.com/

Sources: www.politics1.com and http://ballotpedia.org/