Elections · U.S. House · Massachusetts
Massachusetts House race, District 8
Stephen Lynch holds this seat. Each party still has to pick its nominee in the primary on September 1, 2026 before the November ballot is set.
The primaries
1 more on file with little or no money
3 other candidates are on file outside the two major-party primaries.
Each party picks its nominee in the primary. Order is neutral; the bar is money filed with the FEC, not a prediction of who wins.
The seat
Stephen Lynch
Democrat · Holds the seat now
From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.
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How this seat voted last time
D+41 in 2024
- Stephen F. LynchWon70.4%
- Robert G. Burke29.4%
376,830 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.
The district
Census context- 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.
How to vote in Massachusetts
- PrimarySeptember 1, 2026In 4 days
- General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks
Register 10 days before the election.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.