Massachusetts State House 19th Worcester District

Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Kate Donaghue Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28

Kate DonaghueDemocratic · Incumbent4 years since first win

One candidate on the printed ballot.

Last election: Kate Donaghue (Democratic) won by 55.3 points, 2024
Earlier results: Kate Donaghue (Democratic) won by 35.0 points, 2022Louis P. Bertonazzi (Democratic) was unopposed, 1976, older linesAll 7 elections

Past results

Votes for listed candidates: 21,290
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Same as today

Massachusetts House of Representatives, 19th Worcester District, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticKate DonaghueWon	Democratic	16,49777.5%	77.5%
IndependentBoyd Stewart Conklin	Independent	4,73222.2%	22.2%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	610.3%	0.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 17,128
Election day: November 8, 2022
District map: Same as today

Massachusetts House of Representatives, 19th Worcester District, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticKate DonaghueWon	Democratic	11,56067.5%	67.5%
RepublicanJonathan I. Hostage	Republican	5,56032.5%	32.5%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	80.1%	0.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 10,068
Election day: November 2, 1976
District map: Older district map (1974 to 1977)

Massachusetts House of Representatives, 19th Worcester District, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticLouis P. BertonazziWon(incumbent)	Democratic	10,068100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 8,085
Election day: November 4, 1974
District map: Older district map (1974 to 1977)

Massachusetts House of Representatives, 19th Worcester District, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticLouis P. BertonazziWon(incumbent)	Democratic	7,25789.8%	89.8%
IndependentDominic A. Decapua	Independent	82810.2%	10.2%

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.

All elections (7 for this seat)

Votes for listed candidates: 21,290
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Same as today

Massachusetts House of Representatives, 19th Worcester District, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticKate DonaghueWon	Democratic	16,49777.5%	77.5%
IndependentBoyd Stewart Conklin	Independent	4,73222.2%	22.2%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	610.3%	0.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 17,128
Election day: November 8, 2022
District map: Same as today

Massachusetts House of Representatives, 19th Worcester District, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticKate DonaghueWon	Democratic	11,56067.5%	67.5%
RepublicanJonathan I. Hostage	Republican	5,56032.5%	32.5%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	80.1%	0.1%

No results on file 1977 to 2021

Votes for listed candidates: 10,068
Election day: November 2, 1976
District map: Older district map (1974 to 1977)

Massachusetts House of Representatives, 19th Worcester District, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticLouis P. BertonazziWon(incumbent)	Democratic	10,068100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 8,085
Election day: November 4, 1974
District map: Older district map (1974 to 1977)

Massachusetts House of Representatives, 19th Worcester District, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticLouis P. BertonazziWon(incumbent)	Democratic	7,25789.8%	89.8%
IndependentDominic A. Decapua	Independent	82810.2%	10.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 6,142
Election day: November 7, 1972
District map: Older district map (1968 to 1973)

Massachusetts House of Representatives, 19th Worcester District, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJohn RuchoWon	Democratic	5,07182.6%	82.6%
RepublicanRaymond V. Senco	Republican	1,07117.4%	17.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 5,676
Election day: November 3, 1970
District map: Older district map (1968 to 1973)

Massachusetts House of Representatives, 19th Worcester District, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticThomas F. FarrellWon(incumbent)	Democratic	4,82084.9%	84.9%
IndependentRaymond V. Senco	Independent	85615.1%	15.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 6,543
Election day: November 5, 1968
District map: Older district map (1968 to 1973)

Massachusetts House of Representatives, 19th Worcester District, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticThomas F. FarrellWon(incumbent)	Democratic	6,543100.0%	100.0%

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

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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.

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