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Elections · U.S. House, District 5 · Massachusetts

Tarik Samman

Democrat Challenger

tarikforcongress.com

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The Samman cardThe race card

Raised for this seat

$44K

Through August 12, 2026

Cash on hand

$20K

Through August 12, 2026

In the Democratic primary

The Democratic primary is September 1, 2026 (In 4 days). Its winner goes on to the November ballot.

Also running in this primary

Katherine ClarkDemocrat · $4.5MJonathan PazDemocrat · $89K
The whole race

Where the money comes from

15%from small donors
Small donors
15%$6K
Large donors
61%$27K
PACs
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Party
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Self-funding
24%$11K
Other
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Receipts reported through August 12, 2026. Source: FEC.

How to vote in Massachusetts

  • PrimarySeptember 1, 2026In 4 days
  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

Register 10 days before the election.

All dates and rules

The district they want to represent

People
779K
Median household income
$131K
Unemployment
4.5%
Living below the poverty line
7.7%
Without health insurance
2.6%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

Against the field for this seat

Each campaign's reported receipts on one shared scale, in ballot order, not money order.

The whole race

In their own words

What Samman's campaign says it would work on.

The priorities Samman's own campaign site lists, quoted as written there. They are what the campaign says. Nobody has voted on them.

  • “Affordable and Safe Housing”
  • “Healthcare Is Not Negotiable”
  • “Childcare Must Be Affordable”
  • “Education Without Barriers or Burdens”
  • “Democracy Is Not for Sale”
  • “Climate Action Without Delay”
  • “A Fair Economy for All”
  • “Defending the Civil Rights and Liberties of Women and Minorities”
  • “Sensible and Humane Foreign Policy”
  • “Just and Compassionate Immigration System”
  • “Transparent and Family-Friendly Government”
  • “People First in the Age of AI”

Quoted from tarikforcongress.com, read August 14, 2026. A campaign site changes; this is what it said on that date. Curia quotes these and does not check, rate or rank them.

Record in office

Samman has not held this office, so there is no federal voting record, no cosponsorships and no committee service to report.

That absence is not a position for or against anything; it is what a first federal campaign looks like in the public record.

Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.