2008 Massachusetts House of Representatives election
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The 2008 Massachusetts House of Representatives elections were held on November 4, 2008, the same date as the 2008 Massachusetts Senate election as well as Federal and Congressional elections. The term of Representatives elected is two years, January 2009 until January 2011.[1]
Contests in 2008[]
| District | Incumbent | Competing candidates | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd Barnstable | Demetrius Atsalis (Dem) | Demetrius Atsalis (Dem) (Ind) |
12,345 (68%) 5,901 (32%) | |
| 3rd Barnstable | Matthew Patrick (Dem) | Matthew Patrick (Dem) (Ind) |
12,863 (60%) 8,735 (40%) | |
| 4th Barnstable | Sarah Peake (Dem) | Sarah Peake (Dem) (Rep) |
17,788 (68%) 8,419 (32%) | |
| 5th Barnstable | Jeffrey Perry (Rep) | Jeffrey Perry (Rep) (Dem) |
14,759 (69%) 6,776 (31%) | |
| Barnstable, Dukes & Nantucket | Eric Turkington (Dem) | Timothy Madden (Ind) (Dem) (Unr) (Ind) |
9,530 (41%) 7,507 (32%) 3,398 (14%) 3,008 (13%) | |
| 1st Bristol | Jay Barrows (Rep) | Jay Barrows (Rep) (Dem) |
11,316 (61%) 7,162 (39%) | |
| 2nd Bristol | John Lepper (Rep) | Bill Bowles (Dem) George T. Ross (Rep) |
8,728 (54%) 7,439 (46%) | |
| 7th Bristol | Kevin Aguiar (Dem) | Kevin Aguiar (Dem) (Rep) |
9,148 (81%) 2,189 (19%) | |
| 4th Essex | Bradford Hill (Rep) | Bradford Hill (Rep) Donald Bumiller (Dem) |
15,752 (71%) 6,365 (29%) | |
| 8th Essex | Lori Ehrlich (Dem) | Lori Ehrlich (Dem) John Blaisdell (Rep) |
14,049 (68%) 6,706 (32%) | |
| 15th Essex | Linda Dean Campbell (Dem) | Linda Dean Campbell (Dem) Joseph Leone (Ind) |
11,812 (70%) 5,016 (30%) | |
| 18th Essex | Barbara L'Italien (Dem) | Barbara L'Italien (Dem) |
11,952 (59%) 8,261 (41%) | |
| 2nd Franklin | Christopher Donelan (Dem) | Christopher Donelan (Dem) |
13,914 (79%) 3,682 (21%) | |
| 2nd Hampden | Mary S. Rogeness (Rep) | Brian Ashe (Dem) (Rep) |
12,069 (54%) 10,104 (46%) | |
| 3rd Hampden | Rosemary Sandlin (Dem) | Rosemary Sandlin (Dem) Nicholas Boldyga (Ind) |
10,243 (52%) 9,457 (48%) | |
| 4th Hampden | Donald Humason (Rep) | Donald Humason (Rep) (Dem) |
11,482 (69%) 5,071 (31%) | |
| 10th Hampden | Cheryl Coakley-Rivera (Dem) | Cheryl Coakley-Rivera (Dem) (Rep) |
6,733 (85%) 1,165 (15%) | |
| 1st Middlesex | Robert Hargraves (Rep) | Robert Hargraves (Rep) (Dem) (Ind) |
11,462 (53%) 8,797 (41%) 1,224 (6%) | |
| 2nd Middlesex | Geoffrey D. Hall (Dem) | James Arciero (Dem) (Rep) |
12,072 (53%) 10,639 (47%) | |
| 3rd Middlesex | Patricia Walrath (Dem) | Kate Hogan (Dem) Sonny Parente (Rep) (Ind) |
10,156 (48%) 9,281 (44%) 1,896 (9%) | |
| 4th Middlesex | (Dem) | Danielle Gregoire (Dem) Arthur Vigeant (Rep) Joseph Valianti (Ind) |
9,031 (48%) 8,286 (44%) 1,480 (8%) | |
| 8th Middlesex | Paul Loscocco (Rep) | Carolyn Dykema (Dem) Dan Haley (Rep) |
11,647 (52%) 10,756 (48%) | |
| 13th Middlesex | Thomas Conroy (Dem) | Thomas Conroy (Dem) Susan Pope (Rep) |
12,126 (59%) 8,485 (41%) | |
| 14th Middlesex | Cory Atkins (Dem) | Cory Atkins (Dem) Richard McClure (Ind) |
13,793 (65%) 7,285 (35%) | |
| 18th Middlesex | Kevin Murphy (Dem) | Kevin Murphy (Dem) (Unr) |
6,590 (84%) 1,288 (16%) | |
| 20th Middlesex | Bradley Jones, Jr. (Rep) | Bradley Jones, Jr. (Rep) (Dem) |
16,388 (71%) 6,595 (29%) | |
| 22nd Middlesex | William Greene, Jr. (Dem) | William Greene, Jr. (Dem) (Rep) |
11,821 (65%) 6,491 (35%) | |
| 31st Middlesex | (Dem) | Jason Lewis (Dem) Brian O'Connor (Rep) Chad Riley (Ind) |
10,825 (52%) 5,131 (24%) 5,048 (24%) | |
| 37th Middlesex | James B. Eldridge (Dem) | Jennifer Benson (Dem) (Rep) |
11,681 (56%) 9,257 (44%) | |
| 4th Norfolk | James Murphy (Dem) | James Murphy (Dem) Robert Thomas (GOP) |
13,356 (75%) 4,556 (25%) | |
| 5th Norfolk | Joseph R. Driscoll (Dem) | Joseph R. Driscoll (Dem) (Unr) |
15,271 (79%) 3,944 (21%) | |
| 9th Norfolk | Richard Ross (Rep) | Richard Ross (Rep) (Ind) |
12,681 (61%) 7,969 (39%) | |
| 11th Norfolk | Paul McMurtry (Dem) | Paul McMurtry Unopposed |
12,766 (98.6%) 186 (1.4%) | |
| 1st Plymouth | Vinny deMacedo (Rep) | Vinny deMacedo (Rep) Jay Ferguson (Dem) |
14,757 (68%) 7,101 (32%) | |
| 4th Plymouth | (Dem) | James Cantwell (Dem) (Ind) |
13,951 (62%) 8,651 (38%) | |
| 9th Plymouth | Thomas P. Kennedy (Dem) | Michael Brady (Dem) Lawrence Novak (Rep) |
10,794 (84%) 2,097 (16%) | |
| 2nd Worcester | Robert Rice (Dem) | Robert Rice (Dem) Carolyn Kamuda (Unr) |
9,665 (56%) | |
| 4th Worcester | Jennifer Flanagan (Dem) | Dennis Rosa (Dem) Claire Freda (Unr) |
9,665 (56%) 7,465 (44%) | |
| 5th Worcester | Anne Gobi (Dem) | Anne Gobi (Dem) (Rep) |
13,639 (71%) 5,672 (29%) | |
| 6th Worcester | Geraldo Alicea (Dem) | Geraldo Alicea (Dem) (Rep) |
11,040 (60%) 7,216 (40%) | |
| 7th Worcester | Paul Frost (Rep) | Paul Frost (Rep) (Dem) |
12,608 (65%) 6,671 (35%) | |
| 8th Worcester | (Dem) | (Dem) Kevin Kuros (Rep) |
9,806 (53%) 8,576 (47%) | |
| 16th Worcester | John Fresolo (Dem) | John Fresolo (Dem) Mathew Taylor (Ind) |
7,347 (69%) 3,307 (31%) | |
See also[]
- List of Massachusetts General Courts
References[]
- ^ Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Article LXXXII.
External links[]
- http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/election_results/ma_statehouse/
- "Nov 4, 2008 State Representative Election", PD43+ Massachusetts Election Statistics, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Categories:
- 2008 Massachusetts elections
- Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
- 2008 state legislature elections in the United States