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2000 Massachusetts U.S. House District 6 Election

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Who won the 2000 Massachusetts U.S. House District 6 Election?

John F. Tierney won the 2000 Massachusetts U.S. House District 6 Election. John F. Tierney received 205,324 popular votes (67.58%). The main challenger was Paul McCarthy (27.48%).

See the full head-to-head between Tierney and McCarthy

Tierney +40.1 pts · won by 121,823 votes
John F. TierneyDemocraticWINNER67.58%
205,324 votes
Paul McCarthyRepublican27.48%
83,501 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 4.9% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for U.S. House elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.