Elections will be held in the U.S. state of Massachusetts in 2026 as part of the 2026 United States elections. At the federal level, elections will be held for a U.S. Senate seat and for each of Massachusetts' 9 U.S. House of Representative districts. At the state level, elections will be held for the Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Treasurer, and State Auditor. Elections will also be held for the General Court (state senate and state house) and the Governor's Council. In addition, several ballot questions may qualify to be placed on the ballot. Primaries will be held on September 1, 2026 and general elections will be held on November 3, 2026.
Federal offices U.S. Senate
An election for Massachusetts's Class 2 Senate seat will be held on November 3, 2026. Incumbent Democrat Ed Markey is running for reelection. On the Republican side, John Deaton is making another bid after previously running against Elizabeth Warren as the Republican nominee in 2024.
U.S. House of Representatives
Elections for Massachusetts's nine seats in the House of Representatives will be held on November 3, 2026. In 2024, Democrats won all nine seats, with all incumbents being re-elected. Primaries will be held on September 1.
State offices Governor
Incumbent Democratic governor Maura Healey and lieutenant governor Kim Driscoll are running for reelection. They were first elected in 2022 with 63.74% of the vote.
Mike Kennealy, Michael Minogue, and Brian Shortsleeve are seeking the Republican nomination to challenge the incumbent.
Attorney General
Incumbent Democratic attorney general Andrea Campbell is running for reelection. Campbell won 62.85% of the vote in 2022.
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Incumbent Democratic secretary of the commonwealth William F. Galvin is running for reelection to a 9th term. Galvin won 67.69% of the vote in 2022.
Treasurer and Receiver-General
Incumbent Democratic treasurer Deb Goldberg is running for reelection. Goldberg won 76.47% of the vote in 2022, facing only third-party opposition.
State Auditor
Incumbent Democratic auditor Diana DiZoglio is running for reelection. DiZoglio won 55.1% of the vote in 2022.
Governor's Council
All 8 seats on the Massachusetts Governor's Council are up for election. In 2024, Democrats won all 8 seats.
State legislature Massachusetts Senate
Elections for the upper house of the Massachusetts General Court will be held on November 3, 2026. All 40 Senate seats will be up for election. Democrats retained their supermajority in the chamber in 2024.
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Elections for the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court will be held on November 3, 2026. All 160 House of Representatives seats will be up for election. Democrats retained their supermajority in the chamber in 2024.
Ballot questions
A record number of ballot questions could be on the ballot. William F. Galvin, the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, certified 11 ballot measures in early January 2026. The Massachusetts legislature has until May to either implement the proposals, reach a compromise with organizers, or do nothing, allowing organizers to gather more signatures to officially place the measures on the ballot. Legislative leaders have raised concerns about the number of ballot measures, which they claim are often crafted by special interest groups. An additional question, a veto referendum to repeal firearms regulations passed in 2024, has already been placed on the ballot as veto referendums do not have to wait for the Massachusetts legislature to decide whether to act.
Topics of certified questions include creation of a new nature conservation fund to be funded by sales tax revenue, a proposal to place gubernatorial and legislative records under the state's public records law, a proposal to re-implement rent control, implementation of same-day voter registration, a reduction in state income tax from 5% to 4%, a proposal to allow Committee for Public Counsel Services (a board which oversees the state's public defender system) employees to form a union, a new limit to how much the state can collect in tax revenue, a limit on lot size requirements to allow for single-family homes to be built on more plots of land, a proposal to implement nonpartisan primaries, and a proposal to repeal Massachusetts's law allowing for recreational marijuana use.
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