Massachusetts House
District 5
Previous Election Results
| 1996 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Martin Meehan |
Democratic |
183,457 |
100.0% |
| 1996 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Martin Meehan |
Democratic |
23,405 |
84.9% |
| Patrick Raymond |
Democratic |
4,156 |
15.1% |
| 1998 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Martin Meehan |
Democratic |
127,418 |
70.7% |
| David Coleman |
Republican |
52,725 |
29.3% |
| 2000 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Martin Meehan |
Democratic |
199,601 |
100.0% |
| 2000 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Martin Meehan |
Democratic |
16,394 |
73.4% |
| Thomas Tierney |
Democratic |
4,253 |
19.0% |
| Joseph Osbaldeston |
Democratic |
1,687 |
7.6% |
| 2002 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Martin Meehan |
Democratic |
122,562 |
60.2% |
| Charles McCarthy |
Republican |
69,337 |
34.1% |
| Ilana Freedman |
Libertarian |
11,729 |
5.8% |
| 2002 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Charles McCarthy |
Republican |
13,068 |
56.5% |
| Thomas Tierney |
Republican |
10,046 |
43.5% |
| 2004 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Marty Meehan |
Democratic |
179,652 |
67.1% |
| Thomas Tierney |
Republican |
88,232 |
32.9% |
| 2004 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Thomas Tierney |
Republican |
4,711 |
61.8% |
| Ilana Freedman |
Republican |
2,918 |
38.2% |
| 2006 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Marty Meehan |
Democratic |
159,120 |
100.0% |
| 2006 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Martin Meehan |
Democratic |
62,052 |
100.0% |
| 2007 House Special General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Nicola Tsongas |
Democratic |
54,359 |
51.4% |
| Jim Ogonowski |
Republican |
47,782 |
45.1% |
| Patrick Murphy |
Independent |
2,175 |
2.1% |
| Kurt Hayes |
Independent |
1,126 |
1.1% |
| Kevin Thompson |
Constitution |
391 |
0.4% |
| 2007 House Special Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Nicola Tsongas |
Democratic |
19,821 |
35.7% |
| Eileen Donoghue |
Democratic |
17,385 |
31.3% |
| James Eldridge |
Democratic |
8,042 |
14.5% |
| Barry Finegold |
Democratic |
6,999 |
12.6% |
| James Miceli |
Democratic |
3,297 |
5.9% |
| 2007 House Special Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jim Ogonowski |
Republican |
12,022 |
89.1% |
| Thomas Tierney |
Republican |
1,471 |
10.9% |
| 2008 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Niki Tsongas |
Democratic |
225,947 |
100.0% |
| 2008 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Niki Tsongas |
Democratic |
40,248 |
100.0% |
| 2010 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Niki Tsongas |
Democratic |
122,858 |
54.9% |
| Jon Golnik |
Republican |
94,646 |
42.3% |
| Dale Brown |
All others |
4,387 |
2.0% |
| Bob Clark |
All others |
1,991 |
0.9% |
| 2010 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Niki Tsongas |
Democratic |
29,773 |
100.0% |
| 2010 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jon Golnik |
Republican |
11,384 |
38.6% |
| Sam Meas |
Republican |
7,601 |
25.8% |
| Tom Weaver |
Republican |
6,143 |
20.8% |
| Bob Shapiro |
Republican |
4,351 |
14.8% |
Demographic Data
| Population |
635,326 |
| Percentage White |
83.5% |
| Percentage Black |
2.3% |
| Percentage American Indian / Alaska Native |
0.2% |
| Percentage Asian |
5.3% |
| Percentage Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander |
0.0% |
| Percentage Mixed Race |
2.3% |
| Percentage Other Race |
6.4% |
| |
| Percentage Hispanic |
11.6% |
| Percentage Non Hispanic White |
79.7% |
| Percentage Non Hispanic Black |
1.7% |
| |
| Percentage Households All Speak Language Other than English |
17.8% |
| |
| Median Household Income |
$56,217 |
| Percentage Married Couple Both Work |
39.2% |
| Percentage Income in Poverty in 1999 |
8.9% |
| Percentage Lived in different household in 1995 |
41.9% |
| |
| Percentage Homes heated by Electricity |
8.8% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Gas |
60.1% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Coal |
0.1% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Fuel Oil |
28.2% |
| Percentage of Population Age 65 and Up |
11.0% |
| Percentage Employed Civilians 16-years-old and up |
48.5% |
| Percentage with a College Degree |
33.6% |
| Percentage Management or Professional Workers |
42.5% |
| Percentage Sales or Office Workers |
24.4% |
| Percentage Production or Transportation Workers |
13.4% |
| |
| Percentage Married Couples |
55.1% |
| Percentage Married Couples with Children |
28.0% |
| Percentage Unmarried Partner Households, Male living with Male |
0.2% |
| Percentage Unmarried Partner Households, Female living with Female |
0.4% |
Last updated 9:16pm October 4, 2012
|
