Presidential primaries were held on March 5, while primaries for other races were held on September 3.[2][3] The deadline to register to vote was October 26, and the deadline to request a mail-in ballot was October 29. Early in-person voting was open from October 19 to November 1.[1] Candidate registration closed on June 4.[4]
Massachusetts had 11 electors in 2024 in accordance with the 2020 census. Massachusetts is considered a safe state for the Democratic Party, with the party expected to win in the state by a large margin. Democratic nominee Joe Biden won 66% of the vote in the state in 2020.[5] In Massachusetts, six candidates appeared on the ballot, including Democratic nominee Kamala Harris and Republican nominee Donald Trump.
Primaries were held on March 5, 2024. Massachusetts uses semi-closed primaries, meaning independent voters can vote in a party's primary of their choice. Joe Biden and Donald Trump both won the state by large margins in the primaries. However, Joe Biden later withdrew from the race, and the Democratic convention nominated his Vice President, Kamala Harris. Harris won the general election with around 61% of the vote to Trump's 36%. However, Trump was elected president nationwide.[6]
Elections for Massachusetts's Class 1 Senate seat were held on November 5, 2024. The incumbent was Democrat Elizabeth Warren, who ran for the third term. Warren defeated Republican attorney John Deaton in the general election. Primaries were held on September 3.[3] Warren won the Democratic primary unopposed, while Deaton won the Republican primary with 65% of the vote against two other candidates.[10]
General election
2024 United States Senate election in Massachusetts[11]
Elections for the upper house of the Massachusetts General Court were held on November 5, 2024. All 40 Senate seats were up for election. Democrats lost one seat but held their supermajority in the chamber, while Republicans gained one seat. Republicans also gained an additional seat in a 2023 special election.
Elections for the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court were held on November 5, 2024. All 160 House seats were up for election. Both parties flipped two seats from the other party, leaving the partisan makeup of the chamber the same. Democrats won 134 seats, keeping their supermajority, while the Republicans won 25 seats and the sole independent won re-election.[17]
Three special elections were held before the election. Two seats were held by the Democratic Party and one seat was held by the Republican Party. No seats changed hands in the special elections.[18][19]
Elections for the Massachusetts Governor's Council were held on November 5, 2024. The Governor's Council is tasked with confirming gubernatorial judicial nominations and nominations for various boards. The Democratic Party won all eight seats on the Council, as they had in 2022.[21][22][23]
Five ballot measures were put forward to voters on November 5, 2024. Question one was a measure to specifically allow the State Auditor to audit the legislature, which passed. Question two was a proposal to eliminate MCAS as a high school graduation requirement, which passed. Question three was a proposed change to allow rideshare drivers to form unions, which also passed. Question four would have legalized psychedelic drugs under certain circumstances. However, this measure failed. Question five would have raised the minimum wage for tipped workers to match the minimum wage for all other workers. This measure also failed.[24][25]
In addition to the five statewide questions, county and local questions were on the ballot in certain areas. Two non-binding public policy questions were asked in certain State House districts. One, put forward in 11 districts, asked voters whether or not they supported single-payer healthcare. It passed in all 11 districts, meaning the State Representatives in those districts were instructed to vote in favor of hypothetical future legislation. Another, asked only in the 4th Barnstable district, would have instructed the State Representative to support the proposed SouthCoast offshore wind farm. This measure failed.[26][25]
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