Municipal elections in Suffolk County, Massachusetts (2018)

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2018 Suffolk County elections
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Election dates
Filing deadline: May 29, 2018
Primary election: September 4, 2018
General election: November 6, 2018
Election stats
Offices up: District attorney, Register of deeds, Clerk of courts
Total seats up: 5
Election type: Partisan
Other municipal elections
U.S. municipal elections, 2018
Suffolk County, Massachusetts, held general elections for district attorney, register of deeds, and clerk of courts on November 6, 2018. If a race had multiple candidates for a party nomination, a primary was held on September 4, 2018. The deadline for candidates to file to run in this election was May 29, 2018.

Elections

District attorney

General election candidates

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates

Register of deeds

General election candidates

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates

Clerk of courts

Criminal business

General election candidates

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates

Civil business

General election candidates

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates

Supreme judicial

General election candidates

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Massachusetts elections, 2018

About the county

Demographics

The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.

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Demographic Data for Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Suffolk County Massachusetts
Population 722,023 6,547,629
Land area (sq mi) 58 7,800
Race and ethnicity**
White 55.2% 78.1%
Black/African American 22.4% 7.6%
Asian 8.9% 6.6%
Native American 0.3% 0.2%
Pacific Islander 0.1% 0%
Two or more 6.6% 3.3%
Hispanic/Latino 22.9% 11.8%
Education
High school graduation rate 86.3% 90.8%
College graduation rate 46.1% 43.7%
Income
Median household income $69,669 $81,215
Persons below poverty level 18.2% 10.3%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.


Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

There are no Pivot Counties in Massachusetts. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton (D) won Massachusetts with 60 percent of the vote. Donald Trump (R) received 32.8 percent. In presidential elections between 1789 and 2016, Massachusetts voted Republican 36.2 percent of the time and Democratic 34.4 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Massachusetts voted Democratic all five times.[1]

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Massachusetts. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[2][3]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 135 out of 160 state House districts in Massachusetts with an average margin of victory of 31.6 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 141 out of 160 state House districts in Massachusetts with an average margin of victory of 34.1 points. Clinton won 21 districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 25 out of 160 state House districts in Massachusetts with an average margin of victory of 4.1 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 19 out of 160 state House districts in Massachusetts with an average margin of victory of 5.5 points. Trump won five districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.

See also

Suffolk County, Massachusetts Massachusetts Municipal government Other local coverage
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