Riding profile
MA-4
The question
MA-4: a safe seat for the Democrats?
Editorial read
MA-4, a mixed riding in MA, elected a member with the Democrats in the previous cycle, with a 41-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Democrats ahead at 73% vote share, against 27% for another party, and the probability of a close race is negligible.
Sitting member
AUCHINCLOSS, JAKE
Sits with Democrat
Who's running
The candidates
Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.
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Democrat Incumbent
Auchincloss, Jake
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Democrat Challenger
Leckey, Ihssane
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Democrat Challenger
Poulos, Jason
Current forecast
Democrat
Safe
- Probability
- 100%
- Mean margin (pts)
- 46.8
- P(close race)
- 0%
In context
How this riding stacks up
| Democrat | Other | Republican | |
|---|---|---|---|
| HereMA-4 | 73.4% | 26.6% | 0.1% |
| National averageUnited States | 51.9% +21.5 | 5.4% +21.1 | 46.6% −46.6 |
Nationwide averages computed across the 435 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).
Projection track
How the projection has moved
Previous election · US HOUSE_2024
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- Last model run
- Cycle
us_house_2026