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Massachusetts’s 5th District

U.S. House · MA-5

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Democrats a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 57.7 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: under 1%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 78.7%

    Katherine M. Clark, incumbent

  • Other 21.0%

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Democrat Other Republican
MA-5 78.7%21.0%0.3%
National averageUnited States 54.5%+24.2 1.2%+19.8 44.2%−44.0

Simple average of the 435 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over7.5% (± 0.3)

Share of all citizens aged 18 and over (ACS 2020–2024 estimate). Not a share of registered or actual voters.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, citizen voting-age population by race and ethnicity, ACS 2020–2024, 119th Congress districts

Current member

Katherine M. Clark · Democrat

Primary results

Held September 1, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Katherine M. Clark 0.0%

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Katherine M. Clark

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Democrats won by 51.0 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 57.7 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • MA-7 Democrat, safe seat
  • MA-3 Democrat, safe seat
  • MA-8 Democrat, safe seat
  • MA-6 Democrat, safe seat
  • MA-4 Democrat, safe seat
  • MA-2 Democrat, safe seat

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. AZ-2Republican52%5.7-point gap
  2. KY-6Republican53%5.8-point gap
  3. VA-1Republican58%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated