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November 01, 2004
Massachusetts | Congressional Races

I mentioned earlier that Massachusetts has 10 Congressional Districts but only SIX of those are being contested - Richard Neal in the 2nd, Michael Capuano of the 8th and Stephen Lynch (no relation) of the 9th are all running unopposed. EDIT: John Olver in the 1st is also running unopposed.

To get an idea of how much of a fight the remaining 7 Democratic incumbents will get from their Republican challengers - consider that OpenSecrets.org shows the incumbent Democrats raising about $9.6 million compared to just $531,082 for the challengers.

One sided races haven’t stopped the incumbents from airing plenty of ads though. Some are positioning themselves for possible runs at higher office (like Ed Markey who may try for the Senate or Governor’s office in 2 years) or just increasing name recognition in newly reorganized congressional districts (like Jim McGovern who has spent about $1 million even though he’ll win his race easily).



Posted by Chris at November 1, 2004 06:22 PM | TrackBack
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