Elections · U.S. House · Massachusetts
2026 Massachusetts House race,
Richard Neal (Democrat) and Nadia Milleron (Independent) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in Massachusetts District 1, as recorded September 22, 2026 from the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Elections Division.
The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Official candidate list: Secretary of the Commonwealth, Elections Division. Not a prediction.
The seat
Richard Neal
Democrat · Holds the seat now
First took office 1989 · Age 77
Discloses no individual stock trades.
From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.
How to vote in Massachusetts
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
Register 10 days before the election.
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How they won the primary
The primary · 92,541 votes
- Richard Neal Won: 54.0% 49,927
- Jeromie Whalen: 45.9% 42,488
The total includes 126 write-in or scattered votes not listed by candidate.
Primary results as recorded October 12, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth primary results database. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $3.4M
- Outside money
- $25K
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.
Who is spending on this race
The largest group spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.
Not on the November ballot
5 filedPrimary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.
The district
Census context- People
- 778K
- Median household income
- $76K
- Unemployment
- 5.6%
- Living below the poverty line
- 13.6%
- Without health insurance
- 2.6%
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.
How this seat voted last time
D+25 in 2024
- Richard Neal Won: 62.4%
- Nadia Donya Milleron: 37.3%
358,058 votes for candidates. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.
Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between August 12, 2026 and September 30, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.