United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 2024

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U.S. Senate, Massachusetts
	Democratic primary; Republican primary; General election
Election details
	Filing deadline: May 7, 2024
	Primary: September 3, 2024; General: November 5, 2024
How to vote
	Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Voting in Massachusetts
Race ratings
	Cook Political Report: Solid Democratic; Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic; Inside Elections: Solid Democratic
Ballotpedia analysis
	U.S. Senate battlegrounds; U.S. House battlegrounds; Federal and state primary competitiveness; Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2024
See also
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Massachusetts 2024 elections

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Voters in Massachusetts will elect one member to the U.S. Senate in the general election on November 5, 2024. The primary is September 3, 2024. The filing deadline is May 7, 2024.

The election will fill the Class I Senate seat held by Elizabeth Warren (D), who first took office in 2013.

For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:

Candidates and election results

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General election

The primary will occur on September 3, 2024. The general election will occur on November 5, 2024. Additional general election candidates will be added here following the primary.

General election for U.S. Senate Massachusetts

Louis Marino, Brandon James Griffin, and Shiva Ayyadurai are running in the general election for U.S. Senate Massachusetts on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate
		Louis Marino (L)
		Brandon James Griffin (Workers Party)
		Shiva Ayyadurai (Independent)

	There are no incumbents in this race.
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Massachusetts

Incumbent Elizabeth Warren is running in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Massachusetts on September 3, 2024.

		Candidate
		Elizabeth Warren

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Massachusetts

Zakhai Akiba, Robert Antonellis, Rebekah Etique, and Aaron Packard are running in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Massachusetts on September 3, 2024.

		Candidate
		Zakhai Akiba
		Robert Antonellis
		Rebekah Etique
		Aaron Packard

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Voting information

See also: Voting in Massachusetts

Ballotpedia will publish the dates and deadlines related to this election as they are made available.

Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses

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Survey responses from candidates in this race

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Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Elizabeth Warren	Democratic Party	$15,116,745	$22,541,145	$3,668,288	As of September 30, 2023
Zakhai Akiba	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Robert Antonellis	Republican Party	$10,526	$16,080	$-2,329	As of December 31, 2023
Rebekah Etique	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Aaron Packard	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Louis Marino	Libertarian Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Brandon James Griffin	Workers Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Shiva Ayyadurai	Independent	$7,465	$65,588	$0	As of April 1, 2022
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). * According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election. * Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

Race ratings: U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts, 2024
Race tracker	Race ratings
	January 2, 2024	December 19, 2023	December 12, 2023	December 5, 2023
The Cook Political Report	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Safe Democratic	Safe Democratic	Safe Democratic	Safe Democratic
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates, 2024
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Signature formula	Filing fee	Filing fee formula	Filing deadline	Source
Massachusetts	U.S. Senate	All parties	10,000	Fixed number	N/A	N/A	5/7/2024	Source
Massachusetts	U.S. Senate	Unaffiliated	10,000	Fixed number	N/A	N/A	8/27/2024	Source

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Edward J. Markey (D)	66.2	2,357,809
	Kevin O'Connor (R)	33.0	1,177,765
	Shiva Ayyadurai (R) (Write-in)	0.6	21,134
	Other/Write-in votes	0.2	7,428

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,564,136
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	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Edward J. Markey	55.4	782,694
	Joseph Kennedy III	44.5	629,359
	Other/Write-in votes	0.1	1,935

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,413,988
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	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Kevin O'Connor	59.7	158,590
	Shiva Ayyadurai	39.4	104,782
	Other/Write-in votes	0.8	2,245

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 265,617
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Candidate	%	Votes
Vermin Supreme (Write-in)	0.8	27
Other/Write-in votes	99.2	3,390

**U.S. Senate, Massachusetts General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Ed Markey Incumbent	59%	1,289,944
	Republican	Brian Herr	36.2%	791,950
	Write-in	Other	0.1%	3,078
	Blank	None	4.7%	101,819
Total Votes				2,186,791
Source: Massachusetts Secretary of State Official Results

Vote totals may be incomplete for this race.
	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,417
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	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Elizabeth Warren (D)	60.3	1,633,371
	Geoff Diehl (R)	36.2	979,210
	Shiva Ayyadurai (Independent)	3.4	91,710
	Other/Write-in votes	0.1	2,799

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,707,090 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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