Riding profile

MA-4

US House district — MA · Mixed · us ma

The question

MA-4: a safe seat for the Democrats?

Current forecast

Democrat

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
47.2
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 73.6%

    Jake Auchincloss incumbent

  • Other 26.4%

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. FL-22Democrat68 %1.1 pt margin
  2. AZ-2Republican57 %1.1 pt margin
  3. OH-10Democrat60 %1.1 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Democrat Other
HereMA-4 73.6%26.4%
National averageUnited States 54.3% +19.3 5.1% +21.3

Nationwide averages computed across the 435 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

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 74% vote share, against 26% for another party, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

AUCHINCLOSS, JAKE

Sits with Democrat

Primary race

Primary results

Held Sep 1, 2026 · Official count — not yet certified

Democratic primary

Winner

Jake Auchincloss 0.0%

Republican primary

Winner

Thomas Stalcup 100.0%

Official source →

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Auchincloss, Jake

  • Republican Challenger

    Stalcup, Thomas Phd

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Democrat
Margin
40.6 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+6.6 pts
Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026