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Races · house · 2020 · Massachusetts
house · open seat

Massachusetts house

Safe DD +33.7 forecast· 0 polls · 0 markets
Model's final pre-election call · win probabilitypoliagg-v34 · final pre-election call
99% Lynch (D)
1% (R)
R+15R+5TIEDD+5D+15
Model's predicted final margin D +33.7 · 80% CI D+21.7 → D+45.7
Actual result D+62.0 · backtest (race already called)
Momentum
insufficient data
Tipping-point P
0.0%
Decisive for chamber control
Market · D-side
Cross-platform consensus
News articles · 30d
no recent coverage
Where this race stands
Verified

Safe D · model 99% D

No recent polls or markets for this race. PVI baseline (D+15) suggests Safe D.

The poliagg-v34 ensemble forecasts D+33.7 with an 80% CI ranging from D+21.7 (10th pctile) to D+45.7 (90th pctile), giving D a 99% chance of winning.

CITATIONS · safe-d
Forecast · poliagg-v34
Predicted final margin
D +33.7
80% CI: D +21.7D +45.7 · win prob 99%
R+60R+30TIEDD+30D+60
Quality · inputs
Data quality · medium
Polls used0
Days to electionpassed
Actual resultD+62.0
Residual σ6.00pt
Generated7/1/2026

Endorsements · 35 total

Source · Wikipedia · 1 candidate with no endorsements yet
35Lynch · 100%
DStephen F. Lynch35 endorsers
Most notable · Charlie Baker · governor of Massachusetts (2015–present)
Other15
Organizations11
Elected officials7
Federal 3State 3Local 1
Newspapers2
IJonathan D. Lott0 endorsers
no endorsers yet
No endorsements found yet. Endorsements come from the candidate's Wikipedia article (when one exists) and update with the daily scrape.

Money raised · own committees

FEC Schedule E (independent expenditures) + candidate-committee totals · last filing 2020-08-28
Stephen F. LynchH2MA09072 ↗
Receipts
$911.2K
Disburse
$1.1M
Cash on hand
$1.2M
Debts
$0
No industry data.
No contributor data.

Outside spending · independent expenditures

FEC Schedule E (independent expenditures) + candidate-committee totals · 24/48-hr IE reports
IE total
$80.5K
D side
$9.8K · 12%
R side
$70.7K · 88%
Top spender
THE COMMITTEE FOR A…
For / against split
For Lynch $9.8K
Against Lynch $70.7K
SpenderSideAmountShareTarget
THE COMMITTEE FOR ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARER$70.7K88%against Stephen F. Lynch
MASSACHUSETTS NURSES ASSOCIATIOND$9.8K12%for Stephen F. Lynch

Editorial ratings · 3 raters

Cook · Sabato · Inside Elections · 538 · DDHQ et al.
Safe D3
The Cook Political Report
Safe D
Jul 1
Inside Elections
Safe D
Jun 1
Sabato's Crystal Ball
Safe D
Jul 1

Demographic crosstabs

age · education · race · gender
No demographic crosstabs published for this race yet. Most pollsters release only topline numbers; subgroup breakdowns (age, education, race, gender) appear here when a pollster publishes them.
Rating timeline
May 11, 2026Safe Dmodel
Verification trail
Polls verified0 / 0deterministic
Polls flaggednone
Markets ingested0 platformsnone listed
FEC filingssyncedcommittee + IE · 2020-08-28
Endorsements35 totalWikipedia scrape
News coverage< 5 articlesGoogle News
Method · bounds + percentage totals + date-order checks