An election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect all 160 members to the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from 14 counties each divided into single-member ...
. The election coincided with
elections
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Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operate ...
for other offices, including
governor
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, and
U.S. House of Representatives
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. The
Massachusetts Democratic Party
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retained a
supermajority
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in the chamber.
Predictions
Overview
Election
Summary of Results by State House District
Bold text denotes a gain for a party.
See also
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2022 Massachusetts general election
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2022 Massachusetts Senate election
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2019–2020 Massachusetts legislature
The 191st Massachusetts General Court was the meeting of the legislative branch of the state government of Massachusetts, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. It convened in Boston at the Massachusetts State House, on Januar ...
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2021–2022 Massachusetts legislature
The 192nd Massachusetts General Court is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the state government of Massachusetts. It consists of elected members of the Senate and House of Representatives. It first convened in Boston at the Massachu ...
Notes
References
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Massachusetts House of Representatives elections