Massachusetts Eighth Governor’s Council District

District

Demographics

Population 827,998
Area (square miles) 2,958
Below Poverty 14%
College Degree 24%
Minority 29%
White 71%
Black 5%
Asian 3%
Hispanic 17%
White Working-Class 33%

Elections

Date
Democratic
Republican
Third-Party
2024-11-05 Tara J. Jacobs (D-North Adams) 100%



2022-11-08 Tara J. Jacobs (D-North Adams) 62% John M. Comerford (R-Palmer) 38%

2020-11-03 Mary E. Hurley (D-East Longmeadow) 100%



2018-11-06 Mary E. Hurley (D-East Longmeadow) 75%

Mike Franco (U-Holyoke) 25%
2016-11-08 Mary E. Hurley (D-East Longmeadow) 100%



2014-11-04 Michael J. Albano (D-Longmeadow) 100%



2012-11-06 Michael J. Albano (D-Longmeadow) 69% Michael Franco (R-Holyoke) 31%

2010-11-02 Thomas T. Merrigan (D-Greenfield) 63% Michael Franco (R-Chicopee) 37%

2008-11-04 Thomas T. Merrigan (D-Greenfield) 70% Michael Franco (R-East Longmeadow) 30%

2006-11-07 Thomas T. Merrigan (D-Greenfield) 59% Michael Franco (R-Holyoke) 21% Michael T. Kogut (U-Springfield) 20%
2004-11-02 Peter Vickery (D-Amherst) 63%

Aaron W. Wilson (U-Holyoke) 37%
2002-11-05 Edward M. O'Brien (D) 100%



2000-11-07 Edward M. O'Brien (D) 71% Marshall T. Moriarty (R) 29%

1998-11-03 Edward M. O'Brien (D) 65% Robert A. Magovern (R) 28% Abraham Kasparian, Jr. (Other) 8%
1996-11-05 Edward M. O'Brien (D) 100%



1994-11-08 Edward M. O'Brien (D) 100%



1992-11-03 Edward M. O'Brien (D) 70% Ward B. Carlstrom (R) 30%

1990-11-06 Edward M. O'Brien (D) 100%