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Elections for the Massachusetts House of Representatives were held on November 7, 2006, with all of the 160 seats in the House up for election. The term of Representatives elected is two years, January 2007 until January 2009. [1] The 2006 Massachusetts Senate election occurred on the same day as the House election, along with Federal and Gubernatorial elections.
The House session ending in January 2007 consists of 139 (87%) Democrats, and 21 (13%) Republicans. The Democrats hold more than a two-thirds majority of the seats in the House. For the Republicans to break that two-thirds majority, they were required to gain 33 Democratic-held seats, a feat that was impossible to accomplish in 2006 as only 32 Democrats faced Republican challengers. Similarly, Republicans could not hope to gain the 59 seats needed to take control of the chamber, as there were not enough challengers to make that possible. Conversely, the Democrats challenged only 8 of the 21 Republican-held seats.
128 of the 160 seats were left uncontested by one of the major parties in the 2006 election. [2]
Two seats changed parties, both Republican seats that switched to Democrats. In the 4th Barnstable District, Sarah Peake (D-Provincetown) defeated Aaron Maloy (R-Orleans) to take the seat of retiring Shirley Gomes (R). In the 13th Middlesex, incumbent Susan Pope (R-Wayland) was defeated by Thomas Conroy (D-Wayland). No other incumbents were defeated, and all other open seats were retained by the party holding them.
District | Incumbent | Hometown | Incumbent Status | Competing candidates | 2006 Result | Vote % of winner in 2004 [3] | |
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1 | Cleon Turner (D) | Dennis | Running | Cleon Turner (D-Dennis) Dick Neitz (R-Yarmouth) | 52.0% 48.0% | 51% | |
2 | Demetrius Atsalis (D) | Barnstable | Running | Demetrius Atsalis (D-Barnstable) William Crocker (R-Barnstable) | 56.0% 44.0% | 59% | |
3 | Matthew Patrick (D) | Falmouth | Running | Matthew Patrick (D-Falmouth) Unopposed | 98.5% | 53% | |
4 | Shirley Gomes (R) | Harwich | Retiring | Sarah Peake (D-Provincetown) Aaron Maloy (R-Orleans) | 55.7% 44.2% | 57% | |
5 | Jeffrey Davis Perry (R) | Sandwich | Running | Jeffrey Davis Perry (R-Sandwich) Unopposed | 98.9% | 66% |
District | Candidates | Votes | % | |
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4 (D) [4] | Sarah Peake | 4,381 | 55% | |
Raymond Gottwald | 1,875 | 24% | ||
Ronald Bergstrom | 1,652 | 21% | ||
4 (R) | Aaron Maloy | (873) | (34%) | |
Donald Howell | (862) | (34%) | ||
Andrew Buckley | (831) | (32%) |
District | Incumbent | Hometown | Incumbent Status | Competing candidates | 2006 Result | Vote % of winner in 2004 [3] | |
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1 | Eric Turkington (D) | Falmouth | Running | Eric Turkington (D-Falmouth) Jim Powell (R-Martha's Vineyard) | 70.3% 29.6% | 70% |
District | Incumbent | Hometown | Incumbent Status | Competing candidates | 2006 Result | Vote % of winner in 2004 [3] | |
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1 | Daniel E. Bosley (D) | North Adams | Running | Daniel E. Bosley (D-North Adams) Unopposed | 99.6% | 82% | |
2 | Denis Guyer (D) | Dalton | Running | Denis Guyer (D-Dalton) Stefan Racz (I-Shelburne Falls) | 77.2% 22.7% | 70% | |
3 | Christopher Speranzo (D) | Pittsfield | Running | Christopher Speranzo (D-Pittsfield) Unopposed | 99.6% | 100% | |
4 | William "Smitty" Pignatelli (D) | Lenox | Running | William "Smitty" Pignatelli (D-Lenox) Unopposed | 99.6% | 73% |
District | Incumbent | Hometown | Incumbent Status | Competing candidates | 2006 Result | Vote % of winner in 2004 [3] | |
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1 | Stephen Kulik (D) | Worthington | Running | Stephen Kulik (D-Worthington) Unopposed | 100% | 71% | |
2 | Christopher Donelan (D) | Orange | Running | Christopher Donelan (D-Orange) Unopposed | 100% | 76% |
District | Incumbent | Hometown | Incumbent Status | Competing candidates | 2006 Result | Vote % of winner in 2004 [3] | |
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1 | Peter V. Kocot (D) | Northampton | Running | Peter V. Kocot (D-Northampton) John Andrulis (R-Northampton) | 82% 18% | 80% | |
2 | John W. Scibak (D) | South Hadley | Running | John W. Scibak (D-South Hadley) Unopposed | 100% | 100% | |
3 | Ellen Story (D) | Amherst | Running | Ellen Story (D-Amherst) Unopposed | 100% | 78% |
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