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Suffolk County, Massachusetts

2026 election results. Maura Healey (D) has 77% of the vote for governor in Suffolk County, with about 94% of the expected vote counted. The margin is 5.0 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Suffolk County is split between 3 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in Suffolk County

U.S. Senate

Edward Markey
77.0%159,551
John Deaton
17.3%35,856
Joe Tache
4.1%8,473
Shiva Ayyadurai
1.6%3,415
93% counted

Statewide: Edward Markey wins. Called.

Governor

Maura Healey
76.6%159,841
Mike Minogue
19.8%41,285
Andrea James
3.6%7,550
94% counted

Statewide: Maura Healey wins. Called.

U.S. House: Massachusetts 5th District

Katherine Clark
—0
0% counted

Only part of Suffolk County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Katherine Clark wins. Called.

U.S. House: Massachusetts 7th District

Ayanna Pressley
—0
0% counted

Only part of Suffolk County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Ayanna Pressley wins. Called.

U.S. House: Massachusetts 8th District

Stephen Lynch
77.8%35,098
Robert Burke
17.9%8,071
Rasheed Walters
4.4%1,966
76% counted

Only part of Suffolk County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Stephen Lynch wins. Called.

The leader in Suffolk County is only who has the most votes counted here. Races are won statewide or district-wide, and only the race pages report calls. Last vote update here Nov 6, 10:46 AM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
MA SenateD +63.3D +54.0D +9.3
MA GovernorD +58.9D +54.0D +5.0
MA-08 part of the countyD +62.6——

Margins compare the Democrat and the Republican only. The 2024 column is the presidential margin in the same places as each race's votes here. Shift is this year's margin minus it, shown once at least 90% of the expected vote is counted. A dash means there's no 2024 figure for those exact places.

How Suffolk County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris74.3%Donald Trump22.2%D +52.1299,193
2020Joe Biden80.6%Donald Trump17.5%D +63.2335,270
2016Hillary Clinton79.6%Donald Trump16.3%D +63.3308,741
2012Barack Obama77.4%Mitt Romney20.8%D +56.7289,098
2008Barack Obama76.9%John McCain21.2%D +55.7269,221
2004John Kerry75.9%George W. Bush22.8%D +53.1240,645
2000Al Gore71.4%George W. Bush20.5%D +50.9217,000

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2000, the presidential margin here has moved D +1.2.

Towns in Suffolk County

TownGovernor votesMarginCounted
Boston182,516D +62.793%
Revere12,759D +29.7100%
Winthrop7,106D +14.697%
Chelsea6,295D +60.0100%

Massachusetts reports its votes by town. They're added up here into the county.

Other counties in Massachusetts

Massachusetts results

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county and town. They're unofficial until Massachusetts certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. Massachusetts's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.