2008 Massachusetts U.S. House District 4 Election

Massachusetts · 3 candidates · See every 2008 U.S. House race

Who won the 2008 Massachusetts U.S. House District 4 Election?

Barney Frank won the 2008 Massachusetts U.S. House District 4 Election. Barney Frank received 203,032 popular votes (64.3%). The main challenger was Earl Henry Sholley (23.94%).

See the full head-to-head between Frank and Sholley

Frank +40.4 pts · won by 127,461 votes

Barney Frank DemocraticWINNER64.3%

203,032 votes

Earl Henry Sholley Republican23.94%

75,571 votes

Susan F. AllenIndependent6.29%

19,848 votes

Other candidates received the remaining 5.5% 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.