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2026 results · Massachusetts · Massachusetts 9th District

Bill Keating, the Democrat, wins re-election in Massachusetts's 9th District

Kamala Harris carried the district by 10.7 points in 2024; this year's count is a 11.1-point move toward the Democrats.

Massachusetts 9th District: votes counted for each candidate
CandidateVotesShareShare of the vote
Bill KeatingDemocrat, incumbent213,58760.9%
R. Tyler MacallisterRepublican137,28239.1%

Called by Call the Map, Nov 4, 10:46 AM EST · 98% counted.

About 98% of the expected vote counted350,869 votesCount last changed Nov 7, 1:08 PM EST · checked Nov 7, 5:03 PM ESTSource: the official state and county counts, gathered by civicAPI

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About the seat

Massachusetts's 9th District takes in all or part of 6 counties. The Democrats held it before this election. Its voters went D+10.7 for president in 2024. Its move from that vote, 11.1 points toward the Democrats, ranks 4 of 5 among the state's districts, counting from the largest move toward the Democrats.

2024 president
D+10.7
2024 House race, same lines
D+13.0
Move from 2024, rank in state
4 of 5
  1. Plymouth County44%
  2. Barnstable County34%
  3. Bristol County17%
  4. Dukes County2%
  5. Nantucket County1%
  6. Norfolk County1%

Shares are of the votes counted this year. The 2024 House figure is the same district, on the same lines.

What the count shows

Added together, the 6 counties compared moved 11.1 points toward the Democrats from the 2024 presidential vote.

The counties compared cast 76% as many votes as in 2024, from 82% in Norfolk County to 69% in Nantucket County.

Dukes County moved most: D+52.5 for president in 2024, D+71.2 this year

The 6 counties with the largest moves from the 2024 presidential vote, among those with 2,000 or more votes for president in 2024 and a quarter of that counted. Each line runs from the 2024 margin to this year’s.

CountyR+80EvenD+80Move
Dukes County8,747 votes18.8 pts → D
Bristol County60,209 votes13.9 pts → D
Nantucket County4,942 votes13.1 pts → D
Plymouth County154,429 votes11.6 pts → D
Barnstable County118,326 votes8.1 pts → D
Norfolk County4,216 votes2.1 pts → D

2024 president 2026

Plymouth County added 16,269 net votes for Keating against the 2024 margin, 60% of the district's change

Across the 6 counties compared, the margin moved by 27,035 votes toward Keating: this year’s lead in votes against the 2024 presidential lead in votes, county by county. The figure counts voters who changed sides and differences in who turned out alike; the count cannot tell them apart.

  1. Plymouth County+16,269 Keating
  2. Bristol County+8,065 Keating
  3. Barnstable County+3,231 Keating
  4. Norfolk County+216 Macallister
  5. Dukes County+161 Macallister
  6. Nantucket County+153 Macallister

Massachusetts’s ballot

All of Massachusetts’s resultsBallot measures

StatewideDemocrats won all 5 of Massachusetts's statewide races.

  1. U.S. SenateEdward J. MarkeyD+31.2
  2. GovernorMaura HealeyD+27.2
  3. Attorney GeneralAndrea Joy CampbellD+31.1
  4. Secretary of the CommonwealthWilliam Francis GalvinD+42.5
  5. TreasurerDeborah B. GoldbergD+31.8

U.S. HouseBefore the election D 9–0, now D 9–0, counting the leaders in 3 uncalled seats

  1. D+30.9Neal
  2. Won unopposedMcGovern
  3. D+36.8Trahan
  4. D+32.8Auchincloss
  5. Won unopposedClark
  6. D+26.8Koh
  7. Won unopposedPressley
  8. D+42.6Lynch
  9. D+21.7Keating

won leads, still counting changed party. Margins are the leader’s share minus the runner-up’s, in points.

Every count on this page is the official count, from the state and its counties. Counts are unofficial until the state certifies them. The 2024 comparison is the presidential vote, Kamala Harris against Donald Trump, on the same ground. Margins are the Democrat minus the Republican, in points of all votes.