2022 Massachusetts House of Representatives election

An election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect all 160 members to the Massachusetts House of Representatives. The election coincided with elections for other offices, including governor, and U.S. House of Representatives.

2022 Massachusetts House of Representatives election

November 8, 2022

All 160 seats in the Massachusetts House of Representatives
81 seats needed for a majority
Registered4,884,076 ( 1.48 pp)
Turnout51.42% ( 24.58 pp)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Ron Mariano Bradley Jones Jr.
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since December 30, 2020 November 21, 2002
Leader's seat 3rd Norfolk 20th Middlesex
Last election 129 seats, 74.27% 30 seats, 22.76%
Seats before 125 27
Seats after 134 25
Seat change 9 2
Popular vote 1,507,301 541,222
Percentage 71.28% 25.60%
Swing 2.99 pp 2.84 pp

  Third party
 
Leader Susannah Whipps
Party Independent
Leader's seat 2nd Franklin
Last election 1 seat, 1.87%
Seats before 1
Seats after 1
Seat change
Popular vote 35,680
Percentage 1.69%
Swing 0.18 pp

Results:
     Democratic gain      Republican gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
Vote Share:
     50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
     50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
     60–70%

Speaker before election

Ron Mariano
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Ron Mariano
Democratic

Democrats gained 9 seats, increasing their supermajority to 134 out of 160 seats, the largest majority of any party since 2009. Simultaneously with gains in the state senate and Maura Healey's win in the gubernatorial race, Democrats won a trifecta in the state for the first time since 2014.

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