Massachusetts State House 18th Essex District
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Tram Nguyen Democratic (not a candidate in 2026) · Member list as of Oct 28
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general (different candidates): Tram Nguyen (D) 98.0
- Last election
- Tram Nguyen (Democratic) was unopposed, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
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Candidates on the ballot
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The current holder, Tram Nguyen, is not on the candidate list.
- Connor A. MurrayDemocratic
- Christopher C. ShepleyRepublican
Source: sec.state.ma.us, dated Oct 28
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History (17 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 19,392
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Massachusetts House of Representatives, 18th Essex District, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticTram NguyenWon Democratic 18,99898.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 3942.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,567
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Massachusetts House of Representatives, 18th Essex District, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticTram NguyenWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,81260.4% RepublicanJeffrey Peter Dufour Republican 7,73839.5% Scattered write-ins Write-in 170.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 27,656
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Massachusetts House of Representatives, 18th Essex District, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticTram NguyenWon(incumbent) Democratic 17,22462.3% RepublicanJeffrey Peter Dufour Republican 10,39337.6% Scattered write-ins Write-in 390.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,250
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Massachusetts House of Representatives, 18th Essex District, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticTram NguyenWon Democratic 11,66354.9% RepublicanJames J. Lyons Jr.(incumbent) Republican 9,58745.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,869
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Massachusetts House of Representatives, 18th Essex District, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJames J. Lyons Jr.Won(incumbent) Republican 14,21859.6% DemocraticOscar Camargo Democratic 9,61540.3% Scattered write-ins Write-in 360.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,584
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Massachusetts House of Representatives, 18th Essex District, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJames J. Lyons Jr.Won(incumbent) Republican 12,584100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,111
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Massachusetts House of Representatives, 18th Essex District, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJames J. Lyons Jr.Won(incumbent) Republican 11,81051.1% DemocraticBarbara A. Litalien Democratic 11,30148.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,476
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Massachusetts House of Representatives, 18th Essex District, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJames J. Lyons Jr.Won Republican 8,77053.2% DemocraticBarbara A. Litalien(incumbent) Democratic 7,69446.7% Scattered write-ins Write-in 120.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,253
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Massachusetts House of Representatives, 18th Essex District, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBarbara A. LitalienWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,98059.1% RepublicanLawrence Brennan Republican 8,27340.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,804
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Massachusetts House of Representatives, 18th Essex District, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBarbara A. LitalienWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,76559.2% RepublicanLawrence Brennan Republican 6,03940.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,297
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Massachusetts House of Representatives, 18th Essex District, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBarbara A. LitalienWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,22658.2% RepublicanMaria Marasco Republican 8,07141.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,380
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Massachusetts House of Representatives, 18th Essex District, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBarbara A. LitalienWon Democratic 7,27750.6% RepublicanKathleen R. Sachs Republican 6,34144.1% OtherAlfred J. Depietro Other 7625.3% - No results on file 1977 to 2001
- Votes for listed candidates
- 10,264
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
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- Older district map (1974 to 1977)
Massachusetts House of Representatives, 18th Essex District, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticNicholas J. BuglioneWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,264100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,370
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
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- Older district map (1974 to 1977)
Massachusetts House of Representatives, 18th Essex District, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticNicholas J. BuglioneWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,53369.7% RepublicanRaffi Takesian Republican 2,83730.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,138
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1968 to 1973)
Massachusetts House of Representatives, 18th Essex District, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticFrancis BevilacquaWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,16355.3% RepublicanRobert W. Costello Republican 4,97544.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,237
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
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- Older district map (1968 to 1973)
Massachusetts House of Representatives, 18th Essex District, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticFrancis BevilacquaWon(incumbent) Democratic 4,80752.0% RepublicanRobert W. Costello Republican 4,43048.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,460
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1968 to 1973)
Massachusetts House of Representatives, 18th Essex District, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticFrancis BevilacquaWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,29460.2% RepublicanErnest C. Wilson Jr. Republican 4,16639.8%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1968 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Massachusetts State House 18th Essex District, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/ma/house/18th-essex. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:ma/sldl:18th_essex
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026