Massachusetts House
District 7
Previous Election Results
| 1996 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Edward Markey |
Democratic |
177,053 |
69.9% |
| Patricia Long |
Republican |
76,407 |
30.1% |
| 1998 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Edward Markey |
Democratic |
137,178 |
70.7% |
| Patricia Long |
Republican |
56,977 |
29.3% |
| 2000 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Edward Markey |
Democratic |
211,543 |
100.0% |
| 2002 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Edward Markey |
Democratic |
170,968 |
100.0% |
| 2002 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Edward Markey |
Democratic |
73,014 |
84.9% |
| James Hall |
Democratic |
12,964 |
15.1% |
| 2004 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Ed Markey |
Democratic |
202,399 |
73.6% |
| Ken Chase |
Republican |
60,334 |
21.9% |
| James Hall |
Independent |
12,139 |
4.4% |
| 2006 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Ed Markey |
Democratic |
171,902 |
100.0% |
| 2006 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Edward Markey |
Democratic |
80,901 |
100.0% |
| 2008 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Ed Markey |
Democratic |
212,304 |
75.7% |
| John Cunningham |
Republican |
67,978 |
24.3% |
| 2008 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Ed Markey |
Democratic |
56,210 |
100.0% |
| 2008 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| John Cunningham |
Republican |
4,825 |
100.0% |
| 2010 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Ed Markey |
Democratic |
145,696 |
66.5% |
| Gerry Dembrowski |
Republican |
73,467 |
33.5% |
| 2010 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Ed Markey |
Democratic |
35,573 |
100.0% |
| 2010 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Gerry Dembrowski |
Republican |
9,382 |
56.2% |
| Tom Tierney |
Republican |
7,302 |
43.8% |
Demographic Data
| Population |
634,287 |
| Percentage White |
86.1% |
| Percentage Black |
3.5% |
| Percentage American Indian / Alaska Native |
0.2% |
| Percentage Asian |
5.7% |
| Percentage Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander |
0.0% |
| Percentage Mixed Race |
2.3% |
| Percentage Other Race |
2.2% |
| |
| Percentage Hispanic |
4.8% |
| Percentage Non Hispanic White |
83.5% |
| Percentage Non Hispanic Black |
3.3% |
| |
| Percentage Households All Speak Language Other than English |
17.0% |
| |
| Median Household Income |
$56,110 |
| Percentage Married Couple Both Work |
38.5% |
| Percentage Income in Poverty in 1999 |
6.7% |
| Percentage Lived in different household in 1995 |
41.2% |
| |
| Percentage Homes heated by Electricity |
13.0% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Gas |
42.8% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Coal |
0.0% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Fuel Oil |
42.0% |
| Percentage of Population Age 65 and Up |
15.5% |
| Percentage Employed Civilians 16-years-old and up |
52.4% |
| Percentage with a College Degree |
39.5% |
| Percentage Management or Professional Workers |
46.8% |
| Percentage Sales or Office Workers |
26.1% |
| Percentage Production or Transportation Workers |
8.1% |
| |
| Percentage Married Couples |
48.2% |
| Percentage Married Couples with Children |
21.1% |
| Percentage Unmarried Partner Households, Male living with Male |
0.4% |
| Percentage Unmarried Partner Households, Female living with Female |
0.5% |
Last updated 9:16pm October 4, 2012
