SAFE and VULNERABLE based on your comments.
Safe Democratic Seats (3)
10th BRISTOL
William Straus (i), (D) Peter Winters, (R).
12th BRISTOL
Stephen Canessa (i), (D) Mark Howland, Ind.
10th MIDDLESEX
Peter Koutoujian (i), (D) Dara Pourghasemi, (R).
Vulnerable Democratic Seats (1)
12th PLYMOUTH (open, OBrien)
Thomas Calter, (D) Olly deMacedo, (R).
Democratic Contested Seats (40)
1st BARNSTABLE
Cleon Turner (i), (D) Richard Neitz, (R).
2nd BARNSTABLE
Demetrius Atsalis (i), (D) William Crocker, (R).
BARNSTABLE, DUKES & NANTUCKET
Eric Turkington (i), (D) James Powell, (R).
2nd BERKSHIRE
Denis Guyer (i), (D) Stefan Racz, Ind.
4th BRISTOL (open, Travis)
Steven D’Amico, (D) Steven Howitt, (R).
7th BRISTOL
Robert Correia (i), (D) Raymond Leary, Libertarian
11th BRISTOL
Robert Koczera (i), (D) Dennis Dallaire, Ind.
13th BRISTOL
Antonio Cabral (i), (D) Carlos Felix, Ind. Robert Gardner, Ind.
2nd ESSEX
Harriett Stanley (i), (D) Evan O’Reilly, (R).
6th ESSEX
Mary Grant (i), (D) Donato Paglia, Unenrolled
12th ESSEX
Joyce Spiliotis (i), (D) Jason Harding, (R).
15th ESSEX (open, Broadhurst)
Linda Campbell, (D) Robert Andrew, (R). Kenneth Henrick, Ind.
18th ESSEX
Barbara L’Italien (i), (D) Lawrence Brennan, (R).
3rd HAMPDEN (open, Keenan)
Rosemary Sandlin, (D) Robert Magovern, (R). Owen Broadhurst, Green Joseph Schebel, Ind.
8th HAMPDEN
Joseph Wagner (i), (D) Ronald Sliski, Ind.
9th HAMPDEN
Sean Curran (i), (D) Megan Anzalotti, Unenrolled Robert Underwood, Libertarian
10th HAMPDEN
Cheryl Rivera (i), (D) George Vazquez, (R). Kyle Burns, Unenrolled
12th HAMPDEN (open, Candaras)
Angelo Puppolo, (D) Christopher Leisey, (R).
1st HAMPSHIRE
Peter Kocot (i), (D) John Andrulis, (R).
5th MIDDLESEX
David Linsky (i), (D) William Whittlesey, (R).
6th MIDDLESEX (open, Blumer–who passed away but is still on the ballot)
Pamela Richardson (D-writein) Other write-ins??
16th MIDDLESEX
Thomas Golden (i), (D) Matthew Prahl, (R).
24th MIDDLESEX (open, Paulsen)
William Brownsberger, (D) Libby Firenze, (R).
25th MIDDLESEX
Alice Wolf (i), (D) Henry Irving, (R).
28th MIDDLESEX (open, Connolly)
Stephen Smith, (D) Joseph Hickey, Ind.
29th MIDDLESEX
Rachel Kaprielian (i), (D) Keith Mercurio, (R). Thomas Geary, Unenrolled
37th MIDDLESEX
James Eldridge (i), (D) Kevin Hayes, (R).
4th NORFOLK
James Murphy (i), (D) Robert Thomas, (R).
8th NORFOLK
Louis Kafka (i), (D) Lydia Wiener, (R).
5th PLYMOUTH
Robert Nyman (i), (D) Timothy Gillespie, (R).
7th PLYMOUTH (open, Teahan)
Allen McCarthy, (D) Andrew Burbine, (R).
3rd SUFFOLK
Sal DiMasi (i), (D) Kenneth Procaccianti, (R).
5th SUFFOLK
Marie St. Fleur (i), (D) Althea Garrison, (R).
18th SUFFOLK
Michael Moran (i), (D) Russell Evans, (R).
3rd WORCESTER (open, Goguen)
Stephen DiNatale, (D) Edward Niemczura, (R).
4th WORCESTER
Jennifer Flanagan (i), (D) Claire Freda, Unenrolled
5th WORCESTER
Anne Gobi (i), (D) Stephen Comtois, (R).
6th WORCESTER (open, Carron)
Geraldo Alicea, (D) David Singer, (R).
10th WORCESTER (open, Parente)
John Fernandes, (D) Robert Burns, (R).
14th WORCESTER
James Leary (i), (D) Joseph Rice, (R).
Safe Republican Seats (2)
2nd PLYMOUTH
Margaret Ishihara, (D) Susan Gifford (i), (R).
6th PLYMOUTH
Greg Hanley, (D) Daniel Webster (i), (R).
Vulnerable Republican Seats (1)
1st WORCESTER
Nate Kaplan, (D) Lewis Evangelidis (i), (R).
Republican Contested Seats (5)
4th BARNSTABLE (open, Gomes)
Sarah Peake, (D) Aaron Maloy, (R).
1st BRISTOL (open, Coppola)
Claire Naughton, (D) Jay Barrows, (R).
2nd BRISTOL
Kate Jackson, (D) John Lepper (i), (R).
1st MIDDLESEX
Carol Bousquet, (D) Robert Hargraves (i), (R).
13th MIDDLESEX
Thomas Conroy, (D) Susan Pope (i), (R).
Democrat Unopposed (95)
Matthew Patrick 3rd BARNSTABLE
Daniel Bosley 1st BERKSHIRE
Chris Speranzo 3rd BERKSHIRE
Smitty Pignatelli 4th BERKSHIRE
James Fagan 3rd BRISTOL
Patricia Haddad 5th BRISTOL
David Sullivan 6th BRISTOL
Michael Rodrigues 8th BRISTOL
John Quinn 9th BRISTOL
Michael Costello 1st ESSEX
Brian Dempsey 3rd ESSEX
Tony Verga 5th ESSEX
John Keenan 7th ESSEX
Douglas Petersen 8th ESSEX
Mark Falzone 9th ESSEX
Robert Fennell 10th ESSEX
Steven Walsh 11th ESSEX
Theodore Speliotis 13th ESSEX
David Torrisi 14th ESSEX
William Lantigua 16th ESSEX
Barry Finegold 17th ESSEX
Stephen Kulik 1st FRANKLIN
Christopher Donelan 2nd FRANKLIN
Michael Kane 5th HAMPDEN
James Welch 6th HAMPDEN
Thomas Petrolati 7th HAMPDEN
Benjamin Swan 11th HAMPDEN
John Scibak 2nd HAMPSHIRE
Ellen Story 3rd HAMPSHIRE
Geoffrey Hall 2nd MIDDLESEX
Patricia Walrath 3rd MIDDLESEX
Stephen LeDuc 4th MIDDLESEX
Tom Sannicandro 7th MIDDLESEX
Thomas Stanley 9th MIDDLESEX
Kay Khan 11th MIDDLESEX
Ruth Balser 12th MIDDLESEX
Cory Atkins 14th MIDDLESEX
Jay Kaufman 15th MIDDLESEX
David Nangle 17th MIDDLESEX
Kevin Murphy 18th MIDDLESEX
James Miceli 19th MIDDLESEX
Charles Murphy 21st MIDDLESEX
William Greene 22nd MIDDLESEX
Jim Marzilli 23rd MIDDLESEX
Timothy Toomey 26th MIDDLESEX
Denise Provost 27th MIDDLESEX
Patrick Natale 30th MIDDLESEX
Paul Casey 31st MIDDLESEX
Michael Festa 32nd MIDDLESEX
Christopher Fallon 33rd MIDDLESEX
Carl Sciortino 34th MIDDLESEX
Paul Donato 35th MIDDLESEX
Colleen Garry 36th MIDDLESEX
Bruce Ayres 1st NORFOLK
Arthur Tobin 2nd NORFOLK
Ronald Mariano 3rd
NORFOLK
Joseph Driscoll 5th NORFOLK
William Galvin 6th NORFOLK
Walter Timilty 7th NORFOLK
James Vallee 10th NORFOLK
Robert Coughlin 11th NORFOLK
John Rogers 12th NORFOLK
Lida Harkins 13th NORFOLK
Alice Peisch 14th NORFOLK
Frank Smizik 15th NORFOLK
Garrett Bradley 3rd PLYMOUTH
Frank Hynes 4th PLYMOUTH
David Flynn 8th PLYMOUTH
Thomas Kennedy 9th PLYMOUTH
Christine Canavan 10th PLYMOUTH
Geraldine Creedon 11th PLYMOUTH
Anthony Petruccelli 1st SUFFOLK
Gene O’Flaherty 2nd SUFFOLK
Brian Wallace 4th SUFFOLK
Willie Mae Allen 6th SUFFOLK
Gloria Fox 7th SUFFOLK
Marty Walz 8th SUFFOLK
Byron Rushing 9th SUFFOLK
Michael Rush 10th SUFFOLK
Liz Malia 11th SUFFOLK
Linda Forry 12th SUFFOLK
Martin Walsh 13th SUFFOLK
Angelo Scaccia 14th SUFFOLK
Jeffrey Sànchez 15th SUFFOLK
Kathi-Anne Reinstein 16th SUFFOLK
Kevin Honan 17th SUFFOLK
Bob DeLeo 19th SUFFOLK
Robert Rice 2nd WORCESTER
Paul Kujawski 8th WORCESTER
Harold Naughton 12th WORCESTER
Robert Spellane 13th WORCESTER
Vincent Pedone 15th WORCESTER
John Fresolo 16th WORCESTER
John Binienda 17th WORCESTER
Jennifer Callahan 18th WORCESTER
Republican Unopposed (13)
Jeffrey Perry 5th BARNSTABLE
Elizabeth Poirier 14th BRISTOL
Bradford Hill 4th ESSEX
Todd Smola 1st HAMPDEN
Mary Rogeness 2nd HAMPDEN
Donald Humason 4th HAMPDEN
Paul Loscocco 8th MIDDLESEX
Bradley Jones 20th MIDDLESEX
Richard Ross 9th NORFOLK
Vinny deMacedo 1st PLYMOUTH
Paul Frost 7th WORCESTER
George Peterson 9th WORCESTER
Karyn Polito 11th WORCESTER
I think that Democrats Bill Strauss and Steve Canessa are both safe, as are Republicans Susan Gifford and Dan Webster.
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The fiercest race down here is in the 12th Plymouth, where two Kingston residents fight to succeed Dem Tom O’Brien, who was appointed Plymouth County Treasurer.
Democrat Tom Calter was selected by a caucus as O’Brien’s name was on the Primary ballot. Calter serves on the Silver Lake Regional School Board and has 30 years of experience in the environmental services industry.
Republican Olly deMacedo, brother of Rep Vinny (R, 1st Plymouth), won a write-in campaign on a recount after launching his campaign 12 days prior to the election; that day the Republican State Committee told candidate Paul Curtis to take a hike (Curtis this week endorsed Calter as a man of integrity.) deMacedo has been a Kingston selectman for 12 years.
I don’t know of any non-partisan polls, but the race seems a toss-up.
Peter Koutoujian is safe. His opponent is running on a budget of $200 to promote the idea of abolishing the income tax.
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Peter’s opponent has some other ideas too…. stop same sex marriage and burn the state Constitution in effigy.
I saw an ad for a challenger from Waltham who I was rather insulted by and booed at the TV, but it wasn’t that guy… Is there another seat covered by Waltham other than the 9th and 10th?
Are Tom Stanley’s (north of the river and including parts of Lexington) and Peter Koutoujian (south of the river and including parts of Watertown and Newton). Maybe it was Tom’s opponent. I am not sure. I live in Peter’s district so have not really followed Tom’s race. Also Sandy Martinez is running against Senator Fargo. She has a sizeable presence. Maybe that is who you saw.
1st WORCESTER
Nate Kaplan, (D) Lewis Evangelidis (i), (R).
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I have been hearing that Kaplan has a pretty good chance in this one, although I have no hard numbers to confirm it. I stood out for him last weekend, and the reception was awesome…I hope he can pull it off.
108 unopposed incumbents! That’s pretty amazing … and very sad that the majority of House seats will see no opposition, no debate, no direct calls for accountability.
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My Rep is on the unopposed list and I support him, but competition is a good thing. It makes all of us better. Would a Republican ever win in my district? It would take a miracle, but that doesn’t mean there shouldn’t be someone challenging my Rep to lay out his vision and his record.
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What’s interesting is that there are 13 unopposed Republicans. You’d think that in what is essentially a one-party state (with few exceptions, obviously), that the Dems would have someone running against every Repub. Any thoughts as to why so many uncontested Repub seats?
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Also, I hear Eldridge is in a tough fight. Not sure if that’s changed in the last few days.
It was about 55K
But $55K probably explains why so many seats are unopposed.
She mentioned that she would have to take significant pay cut if she was elected. In the end she did not run as our state rep decided to withdraw from the DA race and continue in the legislature, but it is consideration candidates need to face.
To prevent more Halloween Pay Raises, they passed a law that gives them a raise EVERY year – which was controversial in 2002 (WILL you accept your raise since the state is broke?)
many Reps continue to work in other jobs while in office. There are quite a few that work part-time as attorneys either in private practice or with local firms.
I’ve never heard of Andrulis and he has no visible campaign in Northampton, the center of the district. Republicans are not a big threat in these parts at the moment. Kocot was at the Patrick rally at UMass Tuesday, along with popular former GOP rep and ag commissioner Jay Healy, from Charlemont in the hilltowns, who has left the GOP.