Certified returns for every federal race in Massachusetts in 2012, as published by the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. 10 of 10 congressional races match the totals printed in the Clerk's own recapitulation.
President
Presidential electors — votes by party line
Party line
Votes
Share
Democratic
1,921,290
60.3%
Republican
1,188,314
37.3%
Libertarian
30,920
1.0%
Green-Rainbow
20,691
0.6%
Blank/Scattering
16,429
0.5%
All Others
6,552
0.2%
Total
3,184,196
The Clerk reports presidential returns by the party line of each slate of electors. Candidate-level results are on the 2012 election page.
U.S. Senate
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elizabeth A. Warren
Democrat
1,696,346
53.3%
Scott P. Brown
Republican
1,458,048
45.8%
All Others
2,159
0.1%
Blank/Scattering
27,643
0.9%
Total
3,184,196
U.S. House of Representatives
District 1
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Richard E. Neal
Democrat
261,936
77.8%
All Others
4,197
1.2%
Blank/Scattering
70,422
20.9%
Total
336,555
District 2
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
James P. McGovern
Democrat
259,257
75.6%
All Others
4,078
1.2%
Blank/Scattering
79,401
23.2%
Total
342,736
District 3
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Niki Tsongas
Democrat
212,119
63.3%
Jonathan A. Golnik
Republican
109,372
32.6%
All Others
262
0.1%
Blank/Scattering
13,358
4.0%
Total
335,111
District 4
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Joseph P. Kennedy III
Democrat
221,303
59.3%
Sean Bielat
Republican
129,936
34.8%
David A. Rosa
Independent
10,741
2.9%
All Others
265
0.1%
Blank/Scattering
10,869
2.9%
Total
373,114
District 5
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Edward J. Markey
Democrat
257,490
70.7%
Tom Tierney
Republican
82,944
22.8%
All Others
675
0.2%
Blank/Scattering
23,092
6.3%
Total
364,201
District 6
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
John F. Tierney
Democrat
180,942
46.4%
Richard R. Tisei
Republican
176,612
45.3%
Daniel Fishman
Libertarian
16,739
4.3%
All Others
514
0.1%
Blank/Scattering
15,045
3.9%
Total
389,852
District 7
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Michael E. Capuano
Democrat
210,794
73.9%
Karla Romero
Independent
41,199
14.4%
All Others
843
0.3%
Blank/Scattering
32,298
11.3%
Total
285,134
District 8
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Stephen F. Lynch
Democrat
263,999
71.0%
Joe Selvaggi
Republican
82,242
22.1%
All Others
570
0.2%
Blank/Scattering
24,883
6.7%
Total
371,694
District 9
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
William R. Keating
Democrat
212,754
55.1%
Christopher Sheldon
Republican
116,531
30.2%
Daniel S. Botelho
Independent
32,655
8.5%
All Others
465
0.1%
Blank/Scattering
23,394
6.1%
Total
385,799
Source
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 2012 — Official source · Archived copy SHA-256 008405203a2f7fd9258852de449309b430fb0c7dc441ba08b2480845d8413616
Shares are of all votes listed for the race, including write-ins and, where a state reports them, blank and void ballots.