2022 Massachusetts House of Representatives election

2022 Massachusetts House of Representatives election

← 2020 November 8, 2022 2024 →

All 160 seats in the Massachusetts House of Representatives
81 seats needed for a majority
Registered4,884,076 [1] (Increase 1.48 pp)
Turnout51.42% (Decrease 24.58 pp)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Ron Mariano Bradley Jones Jr.
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since December 30, 2020 November 21, 2002
Leader's seat 3rd Norfolk 20th Middlesex
Last election 129 seats, 74.27% 30 seats, 22.76%
Seats before 130 29
Seats after 134 25
Seat change Increase 4 Decrease 4
Popular vote 1,507,301 541,222
Percentage 71.28% 25.60%
Swing Decrease 2.99 pp Increase 2.84 pp

  Third party
 
Leader Susannah Whipps
Party Independent
Leader's seat 2nd Franklin
Last election 1 seat, 1.87%
Seats before 1
Seats after 1
Seat change Steady
Popular vote 35,680
Percentage 1.69%
Swing Decrease 0.18 pp

Results:
     Democratic gain      Republican gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
Vote share:
     50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
     50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
     60–70%

Speaker before election

Ron Mariano
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Ron Mariano
Democratic

The 2022 Massachusetts House of Representatives election was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, with the primary election having been held on Tuesday, September 6, 2022.[2] Massachusetts voters selected all 160 members of the State House to serve two-year terms in the 2023–2024 Massachusetts legislature.[3] The election coincided with United States national elections and Massachusetts state elections, including U.S. House, Governor, and Massachusetts Senate.[4]

Democrats gained four seats, increasing their supermajority to 134 out of 160 seats, the largest majority of any party since 2009.[5][6] Simultaneously with gains in the state Senate, and Maura Healey's win in the gubernatorial race, Democrats won a trifecta in the state for the first time since 2014.[7]

These were the first elections in Massachusetts following the 2020 United States redistricting cycle, which resulted in some members being assigned to new districts.[8][9][10]

  1. ^ "Registered Voters and Party Enrollment as of October 29, 2022" (PDF). Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  2. ^ "2022 State Primary Election Dates and Filing Deadlines". National Conference of State Legislatures. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
  3. ^ "The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts". Massachusetts General Court. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
  4. ^ "2022 Massachusetts Elections - Official Results". Massachusetts Secretary of State. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
  5. ^ Lisinski, Chris (November 9, 2022). "Mass. House to have more Democrats than any session since 2009". masslive. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
  6. ^ Weisbrod, Katelyn (November 10, 2022). "Four States Just Got a 'Trifecta' of Democratic Control, Paving the Way for Climate and Clean Energy Legislation". Inside Climate News. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
  7. ^ "Massachusetts poised to join 34 states with single-party control". Wicked Local. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
  8. ^ "Final Plan: Chapter 83 of the Acts of 2021: 2021- 2031 Districts". Massachusetts General Court. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
  9. ^ "Download House District Maps" (PDF). Massachusetts General Court. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
  10. ^ "2021- 2031 Districts". Massachusetts General Court. Retrieved May 28, 2024.