Elections · U.S. Senate · Massachusetts
2026 Massachusetts Senate race
Ed Markey (Democrat), John Deaton (Republican), Joseph Tache (Socialism and Liberation) and Shiva Ayyadurai (Independent) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts, 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
Ed Markey
Democrat · Holds the seat now
First took office 1975 · Age 80
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 · 897,051 votes
- Ed Markey Won: 64.7% 580,628
- Seth Moulton: 35.0% 314,198
The total includes 2,225 write-in or scattered votes not listed by candidate.
The primary · 223,505 votes
- John Deaton Won: 99.3% 221,950
The total includes 1,555 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
- $16M
- Outside money
- $2.3M
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. The other $2.2M of the race's $2.3M was spent on candidates not listed here.
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.
Other includes money transferred in from committees the candidate authorized, such as a joint fundraising committee, which reports its own donors to the FEC: Ed Markey $2.8M.
Who is spending on this race
The largest groups 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
6 filed- Nathan BechRepublican$80K
- Seth MoultonDemocrat$6.2M
- Alexander RikleenDemocrat$79K
- Morgan DawickiIndependent$16K
- William GatesDemocrat-
Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.
How this seat voted last time
D+33 in 2020
- Ed Markey Won: 66.2%
- Kevin J. O'Conner: 33.0%
3,564,136 votes for candidates. Other candidates and write-ins took the remaining 0.8%. 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 each candidate's own campaign: the years since their previous federal election, up to the six their totals cover. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.