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2024 Massachusetts U.S. House District 2 Election

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Who won the 2024 Massachusetts U.S. House District 2 Election?

James P. McGovern won the 2024 Massachusetts U.S. House District 2 Election. James P. McGovern received 251,441 popular votes (64.58%). The main challenger was Cornelius Shea (29.3%).

See the full head-to-head between McGovern and Shea

McGovern +35.3 pts · won by 137,376 votes
James P. McGovernDemocraticWINNER64.58%
251,441 votes
Cornelius SheaIndependent29.3%
114,065 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 6.1% 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.