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Mass. General Election 2010 Pre-election Guide & Results Mass. House of Representatives POSTED: Oct 21, 2010 UPDATED: Nov 10, 2010 12:50 pm

Intro & Key Congress Statewide: Gov, Lt Gov, etc. Ballot Questions Governor's Council Mass. Senate Mass. House

NOTE: For reference, unopposed races are listed at the bottom.

1st Barnstable -- Brewster, Dennis

2nd Barnstable -- Barnstable, Yarmouth

3rd Barnstable -- Falmouth, Barnstable, Bourne

4th Barnstable -- Provincetown, Wellfleet

Sarah Peake is an "out" lesbian whose main objective seems to be to change society.

5th Barnstable -- Sandwich, Barnstable

%  OPEN SEAT: Incumbent Jeffrey Perry is running for Congress

This seat has been Republican for a while and is a pretty conservative district.

2nd Berkshire -- Pittsfield, Northfield, Dalton

OPEN SEAT: Incumbent Dennis Guyer is not running.

3rd Berkshire -- Pittsfield

4th Berkshire -- Lenox, Stockbridge, Otis

2nd Bristol -- Attleboro

3rd Bristol -- Taunton

NOTE: O'Connell won by 47 votes. A recount is likely.

4th Bristol -- Rehoboth, Seekonk, Swansea

What a terrible choice!  Howitt is pro-gay "marriage" and got Tim Gill money when he ran against former Rep. Phil Travis in 2004. He's a nice guy personally and probably not quite as bad as D'Amico -- though he'd also serve to push the Republican Party even more leftward. So we can't suggest voting for either of them.

6th Bristol -- Fall River, Freetown

7th Bristol -- Fall River

8th Bristol -- Fall River, Westport

OPEN SEAT: Incumbent Michael Rodrigues is running for Senate

9th Bristol -- Dartmouth, New Bedford

OPEN SEAT: Incumbent John Quinn running for sheriff.

10th Bristol -- Fairhaven, Mattapoisett

11th Bristol -- New Bedford, Acushnet

1st Essex -- Newburyport, Amesbury

2nd Essex -- Groveland, West Newbury

5th Essex -- Gloucester, Rockport

Janet Holmes got in via a write-in campaign during the Sept. 14 primary. She's a great candidate, and supported by the local Tea Parties.  Ferrante is a mess.

6th Essex -- Beverly

8th Essex -- Marblehead, Swampscott

9th Essex -- Saugus, Wakefield, Lynnfield

Donald Wong owns the Kowloon restaurant and delivers free food to the Howie Carr show. Falzone is pretty much in the "horrible state rep" hall of fame.

12th Essex -- Peabody

13th Essex -- Danvers, Topsfield

14th Essex -- Lawrence, N.Andover

15th Essex -- Methuen

Linda Dean Campbell is another one who campaigned as a moderate then went and co-sponsored the Transgender Bill. Boot her out!

16th Essex -- Lawrence

17th Essex -- Lawrence, Andover, Tewksbury

OPEN SEAT - Incumbent Barry Finegold is running for Senate.

Adams is considered very pro-family and would be a great replacement for Finegold, if he can pull it off.

18th Essex -- Andover, Haverhill, N. Andover

2nd Franklin -- Athol, Greenfield

OPEN SEAT: Incumbent Christopher Donelan is running for Franklin County Sheriff.

2nd Hampden -- Springfield, Longmeadow

3rd Hampden -- Agawam, Southwick

Nicholas Boldyga got 48% of the vote in 2008. Let's hope he can pull it over the top this time! Anyone is better than Sandlin.

6th Hampden -- W.Springfield, Springfield, Chicopoee

OPEN SEAT: Incumbent James Welch is running for Senate.

Greg Neffinger is one of the best candidaes this year.  It's an open seat, he's got a good campaign going, and Finn is relatively weak, we believe. Let's hope Greg can pull it off.

9th Hampden -- Springfield, Chicopee

12th Hampden -- Springfield, East Longmeadow

Angelo Puppolo was one of the turncoat votes when the Marriage Amendment was defeated. He campaigned as pro-marriage then after getting elected voted pro-gay.

3rd Hampshire -- Amherst, Granby

1st Middlesex -- Groton, Pepperall, Ayer

OPEN SEAT: Incumbent Robert Hargraves is retiring.

Sheila Harrington would be a GREAT replacement for Hargraves, who was basically a conservative Republican. This seems like a pretty conservative area, so let's hope she makes it.

3rd Middlesex -- Maynard, Hudson, Stow

Kate Hogan is an "out" lesbian who pushes the agenda everywhere she can. What's wrong with that district, anyway?

4th Middlesex -- Marlborough, Berlin

NOTE: Levy won by 98 votes. A recount is likely.

Danielle Gregoire is an obnoxious, arrogant liberal. Steven Levy is a real common-sense guy who would be a great asset to the Legislature.

6th Middlesex -- Framingham

OPEN SEAT - Incumbent Pam Richardson got beat in Sept. 14 primary!

7th Middlesex -- Ashland, Framingham

Sannicandro is a big name in Ashland, and originally got elected in 2004 by winning the Democratic primary via a write-in campaign against two candidates who were on the ballot! (He ended up beating Mary Z. Connaughton in the general election that year.) Sannicandro originally ran as a moderate and has since gone very far left. We really hope David Mercer can beat him.

8th Middlesex -- Holliston, Hopkinton

Dykema is a truly wacky leftist best known for her public support of more tolls on the Mass Pike.  How she got elected in the first place is a mystery to us. Let's pray this guy can beat her.

10th Middlesex -- Waltham, Newton

Koutoujian is best known here for his public admiration of Cuba under Fidel Castro. And his liberalism continues from there. Jim Dixon is a rock-solid guy, an airline pilot, and a great candidate who deserves everyone's support. He would be a refreshing change for Waltham.

14th Middlesex -- Concord, Carlisle, Acton, Chelmsford

Cory Atkins is terrible, a ditsy elitist, and seems to get worse every year. Winslow is a fiscal conservative and social liberal (though calls herself a social "moderate"). And she's fairly good on issues like immigration. And at least if Winslow is elected, as an independent she won't damage the Republican "brand".

19th Middlesex -- Wilmington, Tewksbury

We like Marchese slightly better. But Miceli isn't bad.

22nd Middlesex -- Billerica

OPEN SEAT: Incumbent Bill Greene is retiring.

We're going to miss Bill Greene, a conservative Democrat who sponsored the Parents Rights Bill when no Republican would dare to.  But Marc Lombardo who's been politically active there for hears, is an excellent choice to replace him.

24th Middlesex -- Belmont

28th Middlesex -- Everett, Malden

30th Middlesex -- Woburn, Reading

Massachusetts Family Institute raised money for Dwyer and campaigned for him because he's "pro-marriage" despite the fact that he's endorsed by the abortion lobby. Dwyer even refused to sponsor the Parents Rights Bill. Kara Fratto would be a wonderful alternative and deserves your support.

31st Middlesex -- Winchester, Stoneham

Jason Lewis is a complete bozo. This district has traditionally elected conservative Democrats. Things need to change back.

32nd Middlesex -- Melrose, Wakefield

OPEN SEAT: Incumbent Katherine Clark is running for Senate.

What a mess! David Lucas is endorsed by Patrick Guerriro, the former Republican mayor of Melrose and a nationally-known homosexual activist, who works for Tim Gill.

34th Middlesex -- Medford, Somerville

The fact that Sciortino once disrupted a Catholic Mass with his homosexual lover and then bragged about it to the press, doesn't seem to phase voters in Medford and Somerville a bit, even though it's a big Catholic area.

35th Middlesex -- Medford, Malden

Donato was actually once a good pro-family rep, but as the district got more liberal he sold out his principles.

36th Middlesex -- Dracut, Tyngsborough

37th Middlesex -- Boxborough, Harvard, Lunenberg

2nd Norfolk -- Quincy

OPEN SEAT: Incumbent Stephen Tobin is not running.

3rd Norfolk -- Quincy, Weymouth, Holbrook

4th Norfolk -- Weymouth

5th Norfolk -- Braintree

OPEN SEAT: Incumbent Joe Driscoll is running for DA.

9th Norfolk -- Wrentham, Norfolk

OPEN SEAT: Incumbent Richard Ross got elected to the Senate earlier this year.

Sometimes these ratings are relative. Stanley Nacewicz is a bread-and-butter left-winger -- pro-abortion, in the tank with the unions, etc. But Dan Winslow is by far the worst. As Mitt Romney's legal counsel while he was governor, Winslow collaborated with the homosexual lobby to grease the way for "gay marriage" to be instituted without a fight. And now they're paying him back by endorsing him over a liberal Democrat. Read about it HERE.  Winslow is a "fifth-columnist" RINO.

12th Norfolk -- Norwood, Walpole

Years ago John Rogers was a hero to conservatives in the State House. But the homosexual lobby got to him in a big way, and he's totally drunk their Kool-Aid.

13th Norfolk -- Needham, Dover

OPEN SEAT: Incumbent Lida Harkins is not running.

Lida Harkins, once the Chairman of the Education Committee, was a self-righteous liberal who couldn't stand conservatives. Let's hope things get better there. Needham isn't that liberal -- at least not yet. In the primary O'Leary was rated "mixed" by MCFL, then got endorsed by them for the general election.

14th Norfolk -- Wellesley, Weston

Wellesley and Weston used to be solidly Republican, and Royall Switzler was their state rep from 1977-1986. He's also a co-author of Prop 2 1/2. Alice Peisch is a horrible self-righteous liberal. When Switzler saw that Peisch was running unopposed this year, he got 150 write-in votes in the Sept. 14 primary and got on the ballot. He's a solid guy, and we hope he gets in -- in this (hopefully) anti-incumbent sweep.

2nd Plymouth -- Wareham, Bourne, Carver

3rd Plymouth -- Hingham, Cohasset, Hull

5th Plymouth -- Hanover, Norwell, Rockland

OPEN SEAT: Robert Nyman passed away earlier this year

Rhonda Nyman is Robert Nyman's widow. He was best known for as a turncoat during the Marriage Amendment vote. Is she cut from the same cloth? We'd rather not take chance.

6th Plymouth -- Duxbury, Pembroke

Daniel Webster's basically a VERY good guy who veers off the reservation once in a while. We need to keep him in. Cutler is a left-wing newspaper editor who would do nothing but cause trouble.

7th Plymouth -- E. Bridgewater, Whitman

Goeff Diehl is an outstanding candidate and really deserves support. McCarthy is terrible.

8th Plymouth -- Bridgewater, Raynham

OPEN SEAT: Incumbent Daniel Flynn is retiring.

10th Plymouth -- Brockton, W.Bridgewater

11th Plymouth -- Brockton, Easton

12th Plymouth -- Kingston, Plympton

Calter slithered in (in 2008) by being the only candidate on the ballot -- his opponent had signature issues. This is a fairly conservative district and he should be very vulnerable. Truschelli got 61% in the Republican primary.

4th Suffolk -- South Boston

OPEN SEAT: Incumbent Brian Wallace is not running.

Patrick Brennan is a Tea Party activist and would make an outstanding state rep. We like him a lot.

8th Suffolk -- Boston, Cambridge

Marty Walz, current House chairman of the Education Committee, is a ditzy hardcore leftist who has nothing but contempt for the pro-family position on anything.  Her proudest accomplishment is the anti-bullying law, which experts already say won't work. Brad Marston is basically a libertarian, but he'd be 1000 percent better.

1st Worcester -- Holden, Rutland, Westminster

OPEN SEAT: Lew Evangelidis is running for sheriff.

This seat ought to be able to stay Republican.

2nd Worcester -- Gardner, Ashburnham

OPEN SEAT - Incumbent: Robert Rice (not running)

5th Worcester -- W.Brookfield, Barre, Ware

6th Worcester -- E.Brookfield, Southbridge, Charlton

NOTE: Durant won by 2 votes. A re-count is very likely!

8th Worcester -- Webster, Dudley

Kujawski is best known for urinating on a police officer's shoe during a drunk driving arrest -- and still getting re-elected. He also was in a sickening pro-gay marriage video for MassEquality. Kevin Kuros ran last time and got 47%. Hopefully this time he'll make it over the top.

9th Worcester -- Grafton, Northbridge

11th Worcester -- Shrewsbury

OPEN SEAT: Incumbent Karyn Polito is running for State Treasurer.

12th Worcester -- Clinton, Northborough, Sterling

Jim Gettens is an outstanding candidate and deserves big support. Naughton is a left-wing hack who needs to be thrown out.

13th Worcester -- Worcester, Paxton

OPEN SEAT: Incumbent Robert Spellane is not running.

Madnick is an ACLU lawyer. Just what we don't need on Beacon Hill making laws.

18th Worcester -- Bellingham, Blackstone

Ryan Fattman is a great young conservative. We'd love to see him beat Callahan. This could be the year to do it.

Uncontested House races

Barnstable, Dukes & Nantucket -- Nantucket, Falmouth, Tisbury

1st Berkshire -- North Adams, Williamstown

Incumbent Daniel Bosley did not run. Cariddi won the primary.

1st Bristol -- Foxborough, Mansfield, Norton

5th Bristol -- Taunton, Somerset, Swansea

12th Bristol -- New Bedford, Taunton

13th Bristol -- New Bedford

14th Bristol -- North Attleborough, Mansfield

3rd Essex -- Haverhill

4th Essex -- Ipswich, Wenham, Hamilton

7th Essex -- Salem

10th Essex -- Lynn

11th Essex -- Lynn, Nahant

1st Franklin -- Deerfield, Worthington

1st Hampden -- Brimfield, Palmer, Sturbridge

4th Hampden -- Westfield

5th Hampden -- Holyoke

7th Hampden -- Springfield, Chicopee

8th Hampden -- Chicopee

10th Hampden -- Springfield

11th Hampden -- Springfield

1st Hampshire -- Northampton, Southampton

2nd Hampshire -- South Hadley, Hadley

2nd Middlesex -- Westford, Littletown, Chelmsford

5th Middlesex -- Sherborn, Natick

9th Middlesex -- Waltham, Lexington

11th Middlesex -- Newton

12th Middlesex -- Newton

13th Middlesex -- Lincoln, Sudbury, Wayland

15th Middlesex -- Lexington, Arlington, Woburn

16th Middlesex -- Lowell, Chelmsford

17th Middlesex -- Lowell

18th Middlesex -- Lowell

20th Middlesex -- North Reading, Lynnfield

21st Middlesex -- Burlington, Bedford

23rd Middlesex -- Arlington, Medford

25th Middlesex -- Cambridge

26th Middlesex -- Cambridge, Somerville

27th Middlesex -- Somerville

29th Middlesex -- Watertown, Cambridge

33rd Middlesex -- Malden

1st Norfolk -- Quincy, Randolph

6th Norfolk -- Canton, Avon, Stoughton

7th Norfolk -- Milton, Randolph

8th Norfolk -- Sharon, Mansfield

10th Norfolk -- Franklin, Medway

11th Norfolk -- Dedham, Westwood

15th Norfolk -- Brookline

1st Plymouth -- Plymouth

4th Plymouth -- Marshfield, Scituate

9th Plymouth -- Brockton

1st Suffolk -- East Boston

2nd Suffolk -- Chelsea

3rd Suffolk -- North End Boston

5th Suffolk -- Dorchester

Incumbent Marie St. Fleur stepped down and Henriques won the Sept. 14 primary.

6th Suffolk -- Boston

Incumbent Willie Mae Allen stepped down and Holmes won the sept. 14 primary.

7th Suffolk -- Boston

9th Suffolk -- Boston, Cambridge

10th Suffolk -- Boston, Brookline

Incumbent Michael Rush is running for Senate. Coppinger won the Sept. 14 primary.

11th Suffolk -- Boston

12th Suffolk -- Mattapan, Milton

13th Suffolk -- Boston

14th Suffolk -- Boston

15th Suffolk -- Boston, Brookline

16th Suffolk -- Revere, Chelsea, Saugus

17th Suffolk -- Brighton

18th Suffolk -- Boston

19th Suffolk -- Winthrop, Revere

3rd Worcester -- Fitchburg

4th Worcester -- Leominster

7th Worcester -- Auburn, Milbury

10th Worcester -- Milford, Mendon

14th Worcester -- West Boylston, Worcester

15th Worcester -- Worcester

16th Worcester -- Worcester

17th Worcester -- Worcester, Leicester