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

Jonathan Paz

Democrat Challenger

pazforthepeople.com

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The Paz cardThe race card

Raised for this seat

$89K

Through August 12, 2026

Cash on hand

$12K

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 · $4.5MTarik SammanDemocrat · $44K
The whole race

Where the money comes from

43%from small donors
Small donors
43%$38K
Large donors
57%$51K
PACs
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Party
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Self-funding
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Other
<1%$313

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 Paz's campaign says it would work on.

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

  • “Good Life Economy”
  • “Medicare for All”
  • “Free, High-Quality Child Care”
  • “A Green Energy Revolution”
  • “Stop Endless Wars”
  • “Housing for People, Not Profit”
  • “Abolish ICE and Reform Immigration”
  • “Women’s & Gender Equity”
  • “Queer and Trans Equity”
  • “Freedom from Gun Violence”
  • “Universal Education”
  • “True Public Safety”

Quoted from pazforthepeople.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

Paz 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.