| The Green Papers: Massachusetts 2007 Off Year Election |
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Massachusetts
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress Special Primary House CD 5: Tuesday 4 September 2007 Special Election House CD 5: Tuesday 16 October 2007 |
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| U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 110th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
| Class 1 | Democratic | Senator Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy • First elected to finish out the term in a Special Election: 1962 [held to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator John F. Kennedy (Democrat): 22 December 1960- which Benjamin A. Smith II (Democrat) had been appointed by Governor Foster Furcolo (Democrat) to fill, 27 December 1960]; elected to first full term: 1964; re-elected: 1970, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000, 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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| Class 2 | Democratic | Senator John F. Kerry • First elected: 1984; re-elected: 1990, 1996, 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: None, All Governors | |||||
| Democratic | Governor Deval L. Patrick • First elected: 2006 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Elected on a ticket with (but nominated separately from) the Governor | |||||
| Democratic | Lieutenant Governor Timothy P. "Tim" Murray • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| 110th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110th House | |||||
| Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 10 Democratic (10 Undetermined) | |||||
| CD 1 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman John W. Olver • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 2 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Richard E. Neal • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 3 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman James P. "Jim" McGovern • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 4 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Barney Frank • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 5 {map}  |
Democratic | Congressman Nicola S. "Niki" Tsongas • First elected in a 16 October 2007 Special Election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Democratic Congressman Marty Meehan. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 16 October 2007 |
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Democratic | 54,363 | 51.32% | Nicola S. "Niki" Tsongas • Widow of the late U.S. Senator Paul Efthemios Tsongas (1941-1997); Senator Tsongas was elected to the U.S. House seat serving much of the same area as the current 5th Congressional District in 1974 and re-elected in 1976 before being elected to what turned out to be his only 6-year term in the U.S. Senate in 1978. • FEC: $2,579,347 |
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Republican | 47,770 | 45.10% | James "Jim" Ogonowski • FEC: $696,388 |
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Independent | 2,170 | 2.05% | Patrick O. Murphy | |
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Independent | 1,125 | 1.06% | Kurt Glenn Hayes • FEC: $15,900 |
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Constitution | 494 | 0.47% | Kevin J. Thompson | |
• FEC: $834,496 |
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• FEC: $422,183 |
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• FEC: $919,798 |
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• FEC: $26,890 |
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• FEC: $34,055 |
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| Total | 105,922 | 100.00% | |||
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Democratic Congressman Marty Meehan (Massachusetts CD 5) submitted his resignation from Congress 9 May 2006, effective 1 July 2007. He was chosen to be the next Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Lowell on 13 March 2007. Massachusetts Governor Patrick called a special election to fill the vacant seat. The primary will be on 4 September and the general election on 16 October 2007. The deadline for filing nomination papers is 5:00p 31 July 2007 for party candidates and 4 September 2007 for non-party candidates. | |||||
| CD 6 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman John F. Tierney • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 7 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Edward J. "Ed" Markey • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 8 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Michael E. Capuano • First elected: 1998 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 9 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Stephen F. Lynch • First elected 16 October 2001 in a special election, re: the death of J. Joseph Moakley 28 May 2001. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 10 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman William D. "Bill" Delahunt • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| Secretary of the Commonwealth 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Democratic | Secretary of the Commonwealth William Francis "Bill" Galvin • First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998, 2002, 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Democratic | Attorney General Martha Coakley • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Treasurer and Receiver-General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Democratic | Treasurer and Receiver-General Timothy P. "Tim" Cahill • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Democratic | Auditor A. Joseph "Joe" DeNucci • First elected: 1986; re-elected: 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such. |