Massachusetts general election, 2010

The Massachusetts general election, 2010 was held on November 2, 2010 throughout Massachusetts. Primary elections took place on September 14, 2010.

Neither of Massachusetts's two seats in the United States Senate was up for election in the 2010 general election. In January 2010, Republican Scott Brown won a special election to fill the seat of Ted Kennedy.

All of Massachusetts's ten seats in the United States House of Representatives are up for election in 2010. All of the incumbent Representatives are seeking re-election, with the exception of Bill Delahunt of District 10. Massachusetts is expected to lose one congressional seat in the redistricting that will follow the 2010 census.

All ten seats were won by Democrats.

All statewide offices were won by Democrats. The Senate and the House were overwhelmingly won by Democrats as well.

Governor Deval Patrick sought re-election. He was challenged by former Green-Rainbow Party co-chair Grace Ross in the Democratic primary, but she failed to get enough signatures on her nomination petition.

Former Harvard Pilgrim Health Care CEO Charlie Baker was the Republican candidate for Governor. Convenience store franchise owner Christy Mihos dropped out of the race after a poor showing at the 2010 Massachusetts Republican Convention.

State Treasurer Tim Cahill left the Democratic Party in September 2009 ran as an independent candidate.

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