Elections · U.S. House, District 8 · Massachusetts
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Raised for this seat
$1.3M
Through August 12, 2026
Cash on hand
$220K
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
1 other candidate with a smaller filing is also in this primary. The full field is on the race page.
Where the money comes from
- Small donors
- 18%$227K
- Large donors
- 77%$986K
- PACs
- 1%$11K
- Party
- --
- Self-funding
- 4%$54K
- Other
- <1%$3K
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.
The district they want to represent
- People
- 781K
- Median household income
- $119K
- Unemployment
- 5.0%
- Living below the poverty line
- 8.5%
- Without health insurance
- 2.4%
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.
- Stephen Lynch$910K
- Patrick Roaththis page$1.3M
In their own words
What Roath's campaign says it would work on.
The priorities Roath's own campaign site lists, quoted as written there. They are what the campaign says. Nobody has voted on them.
- “Lower Costs and End Corruption”
- “Affordable housing”
- “Family Affordability & Childcare”
- “Affordable Healthcare”
- “Jobs & Economic opportunity”
- “Reproductive Rights”
- “Immigration”
- “Public education”
- “Fighting for Full Equality & LGBTQ+ Rights”
- “Fixing politics & our democracy”
- “Foreign Policy”
- “Climate & The Environment”
Quoted from patrickroath.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
Roath 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.