Massachusetts Ninth U.S. House District
The Massachusetts Ninth U.S. House District is currently represented by Democratic incumbent Bill Keating of Bourne, who won re-election in 2024 with 57% of the vote. The district covers southeastern Massachusetts, including Cape Cod, the Islands (Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket), and portions of the South Shore and South Coast, encompassing numerous towns from New Bedford to Provincetown.
9th Congressional District
Incumbent: Bill Keating (D-Bourne)
| Population | 765,377 |
| Area (square miles) | 1,304 |
| Below Poverty | 8% |
| College Degree | 30% |
| Minority | 16% |
| White | 84% |
| Black | 2% |
| Asian | 2% |
| Hispanic | 6% |
| White Working-Class | 37% |
| City/Town | Precincts |
|---|---|
| Acushnet | - |
| Aquinnah | - |
| Barnstable | - |
| Bourne | - |
| Brewster | - |
| Bridgewater | - |
| Carver | - |
| Chatham | - |
| Chilmark | - |
| Cohasset | - |
| Dartmouth | - |
| Dennis | - |
| Duxbury | - |
| Eastham | - |
| Edgartown | - |
| Fairhaven | - |
| Falmouth | - |
| Gosnold | - |
| Halifax | - |
| Hanover | - |
| Hanson | - |
| Harwich | - |
| Kingston | - |
| Marion | - |
| Marshfield | - |
| Mashpee | - |
| Mattapoisett | - |
| Middleborough | - |
| Nantucket | - |
| New Bedford | - |
| Norwell | - |
| Oak Bluffs | - |
| Orleans | - |
| Pembroke | - |
| Plymouth | - |
| Plympton | - |
| Provincetown | - |
| Raynham | 1, 2, 4A |
| Rochester | - |
| Rockland | - |
| Sandwich | - |
| Scituate | - |
| Tisbury | - |
| Truro | - |
| Wareham | - |
| Wellfleet | - |
| West Tisbury | - |
| Westport | - |
| Yarmouth | - |
Elections
| Date |
Democratic
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Republican
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Third-Party
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| 2024-11-05 | Bill Keating (D-Bourne) | 57% | Dan Sullivan (R-Plymouth) | 43% | |||
| 2022-11-08 | Bill Keating (D-Bourne) | 59% | Jesse G. Brown (R-Plymouth) | 41% | |||
| 2020-11-03 | Bill Keating (D-Bourne) | 61% | Helen Brady (R-Concord) | 36% | Michael Manley (U-Brewster) | 2% | |
| 2018-11-06 | Bill Keating (D-Bourne) | 59% | Peter D. Tedeschi (R-Marshfield) | 41% | |||
| 2016-11-08 | William Richard Keating (D-Bourne) | 58% | Mark C. Alliegro (R-Falmouth) | 35% | Paul J. Harrington (U-Chatham) | 7% | |
| 2014-11-04 | William Richard Keating (D-Bourne) | 55% | John C. Chapman (R-Chatham) | 45% | |||
| 2012-11-06 | Bill Keating (D-Bourne) | 59% | Christopher Sheldon (R-Plymouth) | 32% | Daniel S. Botelho (U-Fall River) | 9% | |
| 2010-11-02 | Stephen F. Lynch (D-Boston) | 68% | Vernon M. Harrison (R-Braintree) | 26% | Philip Dunkelbarger (U-Westwood) | 5% | |
| 2008-11-04 | Stephen F. Lynch (D-Boston) | 100% | |||||
| 2006-11-07 | Stephen F. Lynch (D-Boston) | 78% | Jack E. Robinson, III (R-Brockton) | 22% | |||
| 2004-11-02 | Stephen F. Lynch (D-Boston) | 100% | |||||
| 2002-11-05 | Stephen F. Lynch (D) | 100% | |||||
| 2001-10-16 | Special | Stephen F. Lynch (D) | 66% | Jo Ann Sprague (R) | 33% | Susan Gallagher C. Long (Other) | 1% |
| 2000-11-07 | John Joseph Moakley (D) | 78% | Janet E. Jeghelian (R) | 20% | David A. Rosa (U) | 3% | |
| 1998-11-03 | John Joseph Moakley (D) | 100% | |||||
| 1996-11-05 | John Joseph Moakley (D) | 72% | Paul V. Gryska (R) | 28% | |||
| 1994-11-08 | John Joseph Moakley (D) | 70% | Michael M. Murphy (R) | 30% | |||
| 1992-11-03 | John Joseph Moakley (D) | 72% | Martin D. Conboy (R) | 22% | Lawrence C. Mackin (I) | 6% | |
| 1990-11-06 | John Joseph Moakley (D) | 70% | Robert W. Horan (I) | 30% | |||