Massachusetts Second U.S. House District
This district is currently represented by Democratic incumbent James P. McGovern from Worcester, who has been consistently winning elections with 65-69% of the vote in recent years. The district covers a large portion of central Massachusetts including Worcester, Northampton, and numerous towns in western and central Massachusetts, encompassing both urban and rural areas.
2nd Congressional District
Incumbent: James P. McGovern (D-Worcester)
| Population | 771,513 |
| Area (square miles) | 1,864 |
| Below Poverty | 10% |
| College Degree | 31% |
| Minority | 27% |
| White | 73% |
| Black | 5% |
| Asian | 7% |
| Hispanic | 11% |
| White Working-Class | 28% |
| City/Town | Precincts |
|---|---|
| Amherst | - |
| Ashfield | - |
| Ashland | - |
| Athol | - |
| Auburn | - |
| Barre | - |
| Bernardston | - |
| Boylston | - |
| Buckland | - |
| Chesterfield | - |
| Colrain | - |
| Conway | - |
| Deerfield | - |
| Douglas | - |
| Erving | - |
| Gill | - |
| Goshen | - |
| Grafton | - |
| Greenfield | - |
| Hadley | - |
| Hardwick | - |
| Hatfield | - |
| Heath | - |
| Holden | - |
| Holliston | - |
| Hopkinton | - |
| Hubbardston | - |
| Leicester | - |
| Leominster | - |
| Leverett | - |
| Leyden | - |
| Medway | - |
| Millbury | - |
| Montague | - |
| New Salem | - |
| Northampton | - |
| Northborough | - |
| Northbridge | - |
| Northfield | - |
| Oakham | - |
| Orange | - |
| Paxton | - |
| Pelham | - |
| Petersham | - |
| Phillipston | - |
| Princeton | - |
| Royalston | - |
| Rutland | - |
| Shelburne | - |
| Shrewsbury | - |
| Shutesbury | - |
| Southborough | - |
| Sterling | - |
| Sunderland | - |
| Sutton | - |
| Templeton | - |
| Upton | - |
| Uxbridge | - |
| Warwick | - |
| Webster | 1, 3, 4 |
| Wendell | - |
| West Boylston | - |
| Westborough | - |
| Westhampton | - |
| Westminster | 2A |
| Whately | - |
| Williamsburg | - |
| Worcester | - |
Elections
| Date |
Democratic
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Republican
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Third-Party
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-05 | James P. McGovern (D-Worcester) | 69% | Cornelius Shea (U-Shrewsbury) | 31% | |||
| 2022-11-08 | James P. McGovern (D-Worcester) | 66% | Jeffrey A. Sossa-Paquette (R-Shrewsbury) | 34% | |||
| 2020-11-03 | James P. McGovern (D-Worcester) | 65% | Tracy Lyn Lovvorn (R-Grafton) | 35% | |||
| 2018-11-06 | James P. McGovern (D-Worcester) | 67% | Tracy Lyn Lovvorn (R-Grafton) | 33% | |||
| 2016-11-08 | James P. McGovern (D-Worcester) | 100% | |||||
| 2014-11-04 | James P. McGovern (D-Worcester) | 100% | |||||
| 2012-11-06 | James P. McGovern (D-Worcester) | 100% | |||||
| 2010-11-02 | Richard E. Neal (D-Springfield) | 57% | Thomas A. Wesley (R-Hopedale) | 43% | |||
| 2008-11-04 | Richard E. Neal (D-Springfield) | 100% | |||||
| 2006-11-07 | Richard E. Neal (D-Springfield) | 100% | |||||
| 2004-11-02 | Richard E. Neal (D-Springfield) | 100% | |||||
| 2002-11-05 | Richard E. Neal (D) | 100% | |||||
| 2000-11-07 | Richard E. Neal (D) | 100% | |||||
| 1998-11-03 | Richard E. Neal (D) | 100% | |||||
| 1996-11-05 | Richard E. Neal (D) | 73% | Mark Steele (R) | 22% | Scott M. Andrichak (I) | 4% | |
| 1994-11-08 | Richard E. Neal (D) | 59% | John M. Briare (R) | 36% | Kate Ross (NL) | 5% | |
| 1992-11-03 | Richard E. Neal (D) | 53% | Anthony W. Ravosa, Jr. (R) | 31% | Thomas R. Sheehan (Other) | 16% | |
| 1990-11-06 | Richard E. Neal (D) | 100% | |||||