Massachusetts State Profile
Election Schedule
StHou 12 and 28 Special Primary:
StHou 12 and 28 Special General:
Election Vitals
Governor:Deval Patrick (D) re-election 2014
Senator:John Kerry (D) re-election 2014
Senator:Scott Brown (R) re-election 2012
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Past Presidential Elections
| Percentage of Votes for Jimmy Carter in 1976 |
56.1% |
| Percentage of Votes for Gerald Ford in 1976 |
40.4% |
| Percentage of Votes for Jimmy Carter in 1980 |
41.7% |
| Percentage of Votes for Ronald Reagan in 1980 |
41.9% |
| Percentage of Votes for Walter Mondale in 1984 |
48.4% |
| Percentage of Votes for Ronald Reagan in 1984 |
51.2% |
| Percentage of Votes for Michael Dukakis in 1988 |
53.2% |
| Percentage of Votes for George Bush in 1988 |
45.4% |
| Percentage of Votes for Bill Clinton in 1992 |
47.5% |
| Percentage of Votes for George Bush in 1992 |
29.0% |
| Percentage of Votes for Bill Clinton in 1996 |
61.5% |
| Percentage of Votes for Bob Dole in 1996 |
28.1% |
| Percentage of Votes for Al Gore in 2000 |
59.8% |
| Percentage of Votes for George W. Bush in 2000 |
32.5% |
| Percentage of Votes for John Kerry in 2004 |
62.2% |
| Percentage of Votes for George W. Bush in 2004 |
37.0% |
| Percentage of Votes for Barack Obama in 2008 |
62.1% |
| Percentage of Votes for John McCain in 2008 |
36.2% |
Previous Election Results, other races
| 1996 Senate General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| John Kerry |
Democratic |
1,334,345 |
52.2% |
| William Weld |
Republican |
1,142,837 |
44.7% |
| Susan Gallagher |
Conservative |
70,013 |
2.7% |
| Robert Stowe |
Natural law |
7,176 |
0.3% |
| 1998 Governor General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Paul Cellucci |
Republican |
967,160 |
50.9% |
| Scott Harshbarger |
Democratic |
901,843 |
47.4% |
| Dean Cook |
Libertarian |
32,184 |
1.7% |
| 1998 Governor Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Scott Harshbarger |
Democratic |
306,883 |
51.3% |
| Patricia McGovern |
Democratic |
189,686 |
31.7% |
| Brian Donnelly |
Democratic |
101,984 |
17.0% |
| 1998 Governor Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Arego Cellucci |
Republican |
136,258 |
58.7% |
| Joseph Malone |
Republican |
95,963 |
41.3% |
| 2000 Senate General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Edward Kennedy |
Democratic |
1,889,494 |
72.8% |
| Jack Robinson III |
Republican |
334,341 |
12.9% |
| Carla Howell |
Libertarian |
308,860 |
11.9% |
| Phil Lawler |
Constitution |
42,113 |
1.6% |
| Dale Friedgen |
Independent |
13,687 |
0.5% |
| Phillip Hyde |
Timesizing.com |
8,452 |
0.3% |
| 2002 Governor General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Mitt Romney |
Republican |
1,091,988 |
49.8% |
| Shannon O'Brien |
Democratic |
985,981 |
45.0% |
| Jill Stein |
Green |
76,530 |
3.5% |
| Carla Howell |
Libertarian |
23,044 |
1.1% |
| Barbara Johnson |
Independent |
15,335 |
0.7% |
| 2002 Governor Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Shannon O'Brien |
Democratic |
243,039 |
32.6% |
| Robert Reich |
Democratic |
185,315 |
24.8% |
| Thomas Birmingham |
Democratic |
179,703 |
24.1% |
| Warren Tolman |
Democratic |
132,157 |
17.7% |
| Steven Grossman |
Democratic |
5,976 |
0.8% |
| 2002 Senate General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| John Kerry |
Democratic |
1,605,976 |
81.3% |
| Michael Cloud |
Libertarian |
369,807 |
18.7% |
| 2006 Governor General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Deval Patrick |
Democratic |
1,234,984 |
55.7% |
| Kerry Healey |
Republican |
784,342 |
35.4% |
| Christy Mihos |
Independent |
154,628 |
7.0% |
| Grace Ross |
Green |
43,193 |
1.9% |
| 2006 Governor Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Deval Patrick |
Democratic |
452,229 |
49.6% |
| Christopher Gabrieli |
Democratic |
248,301 |
27.2% |
| Thomas Reilly |
Democratic |
211,031 |
23.2% |
| 2006 Governor Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Kerry Healey |
Republican |
68,799 |
100.0% |
| 2006 Senate General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Edward Kennedy |
Democratic |
1,500,738 |
69.4% |
| Ken Chase |
Republican |
661,532 |
30.6% |
| 2006 Senate Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Edward Kennedy |
Democratic |
729,137 |
100.0% |
| 2006 Senate Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Kenneth Chase |
Republican |
35,595 |
51.0% |
| Kevin Scott |
Republican |
34,262 |
49.0% |
| 2008 Senate General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| John Kerry |
Democratic |
1,971,974 |
65.9% |
| Jeff Beatty |
Republican |
926,044 |
31.0% |
| Robert Underwood |
Libertarian |
93,713 |
3.1% |
| 2008 Senate Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| John Kerry |
Democratic |
342,446 |
68.9% |
| Edward O'Reilly |
Democratic |
154,395 |
31.1% |
| 2008 Senate Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jeff Beatty |
Republican |
49,968 |
100.0% |
| 2010 Governor General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Deval Patrick |
Democratic |
1,112,283 |
48.5% |
| Charlie Baker |
Republican |
964,866 |
42.1% |
| Tim Cahill |
Independent |
184,395 |
8.0% |
| Jill Stein |
Green |
32,895 |
1.4% |
| 2010 Governor Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Deval Patrick |
Democratic |
345,764 |
100.0% |
| 2010 Governor Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Charlie Baker |
Republican |
215,008 |
100.0% |
| 2010 Senate Special General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Scott Brown |
Republican |
1,168,178 |
51.9% |
| Martha Coakley |
Democratic |
1,060,861 |
47.1% |
| Joseph Kennedy |
Libertarian |
22,388 |
1.0% |
State Demographics
| Population |
6,557,254 |
| Percentage White |
80.3% |
| Percentage Black |
6.6% |
| Percentage American Indian / Alaska Native |
0.7% |
| Percentage Asian |
5.3% |
| Percentage Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander |
0.0% |
| Percentage Mixed Race |
2.6% |
| Percentage Other Race |
4.7% |
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| Percentage Hispanic |
9.6% |
| Percentage Non Hispanic White |
76.0% |
| Percentage Non Hispanic Black |
6.0% |
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| Percentage Households All Speak Language Other than English |
21.7% |
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| Median Household Income |
$62,072 |
| Percentage Married Couple Both Work |
44.1% |
| Percentage Income in Poverty in 2009 |
11.4% |
| Percentage Lived in different household in 2005 |
40.9% |
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| Percentage Homes heated by Electricity |
13.4% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Gas |
48.5% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Coal |
0.1% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Fuel Oil |
31.8% |
| Percentage of Population Age 65 and Up |
13.8% |
| Percentage Employed Civilians 16-years-old and up |
49.2% |
| Percentage with a College Degree |
39.3% |
| Percentage Management or Professional Workers |
43.5% |
| Percentage Sales or Office Workers |
23.4% |
| Percentage Production or Transportation Workers |
8.9% |
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| Unemployment rate |
6.4% |
| Unemployment figures as of |
2013-4 |
| Unemployment Monthly Change |
0.0% |
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| Percentage Married Couples |
45.8% |
| Percentage Married Couples with Children |
19.6% |
| Percentage Unmarried Partner Households, Male living with Male |
0.3% |
| Percentage Unmarried Partner Households, Female living with Female |
0.5% |
Last updated 12:16am June 19, 2013
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