Electoral history of Richard Neal

Since 1977, Richard Neal has won 3 city council elections, 3 mayoral elections, and 18 United States House of Representatives elections.

Neal began his career in elected office after winning election in 1977 to the city council of Springfield, Massachusetts. After twice winning reelection to the city council (in 1979 and 1981), Neal was elected mayor of the city in 1983. He was twice reelected mayor, in 1985 and 1987.

In 1988, Neal was elected as a Democrat to represent Massachusetts 2nd district in the United States House of Representatives. He was reelected to this district eleven times. In 2012, he was redistricted to Massachusetts 1st district, to which he was elected. He has been reelected to this district six times, with his latest re-election occurring in 2024.

Candidates	Primary^[1]		General election^[2]
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Vincent Di Monaco	9,507	7.39	16,174	8.34
Paul M. Kalill	8,702	6.77	15,552	8.02
Richard E. Neal	6,875	5.35	13,416	6.92
Philip A. Contant	5,689	4.43	12,867	6.63
Leonard J. Collamore	7,756	6.03	12,781	6.59
Paul R. Mason	6,169	4.80	12,624	6.51
Thomas J. Costello III	5,903	4.59	11,974	6.17
Rose Marie Coughlin	6,324	4.92	11,821	6.09
Robert T. Markel	3,881	3.02	11,414	5.88
James H. Bloom	6,572	5.11	11,359	5.86
Daniel M. Walsh III	5,972	4.65	10,638	5.48
James A. Murray	5,397	4.20	10,165	5.24
Donald C. Keavany	2,893	2.25	9,001	4.64
Peter J. Jurzynski	4,606	3.58	8,637	4.45
Romeo J. Cyr	4,993	3.88	8,171	4.21
Daniel J. Manning	3,880	3.02	6,611	3.41
Daniel E. O'Malley	3,769	2.93	6,485	3.34
Thomas J. Costello III	2,893	2.25	4,319	2.23
Francis P. Coughlin	2,866	2.23
Edward F. Cass	2,624	2.04
Sidney Chet Chernice	2,439	1.90
Theodore Piwowarczyk	1,892	1.47
Millicent V. Abner	1,827	1.42
Candice Early Lopes	1,625	1.26
Joseph B. Flynn Jr	1,594	1.24
Edward T. Sullivan	1,544	1.20
John A. Wanat	1,496	1.16
William A. Grant	1,421	1.11
Philip J. Glarneau	1,328	1.03
Sidney Silverman	978	0.76
Robert J. Wihbey	957	0.74
George Williams	949	0.74
August Lucia	897	0.70
Paul Sacharczyk	894	0.70
Joseph H. Kirby	538	0.42
Archibald Strong	473	0.37
David J. Peterson	453	0.35
Hindes	1	0.00
Total	128,577	100	194,009	100

Candidates	Votes	%
Richard E. Neal	15,902	9.93
Vincent DiMonaco	15,020	9.38
Brian Santaniello	14,828	9.26
Rose Marie Coughlin	14,420	9.00
Mary Hurley	13,337	8.33
Philip A. Contant	12,993	8.11
Robert T. Markel	11,679	7.29
Paul R. Mason	11,425	7.13
Peter J. Jurzynski	10,300	6.43
Phillip Hart	10,096	6.30
Morris Jones	6,358	3.97
Cesar Ruiz, Jr.	6,337	3.96
Thomas M. Moriarty	4,884	3.05
Daniel J. Manning	4,692	2.93
Thomas A. Bridges	3,243	2.02
Philip J. Galarneau	3,056	1.90
Alfred J. Rivers	1,634	1.02
Total	160,204	100

Candidates	Primary^[4]		General election^[5]
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Richard E. Neal	13,109	9.63	24,452	9.59
Mary Hurley	11,451	8.41	22,032	8.64
Vincent Dimonaco	10,903	8.01	21,790	8.55
Brian A. Santaniello	10,796	7.93	21,360	8.38
Rose Marie Coughlin	10,628	7.81	20,278	7.96
Andrew M. Scibelli	10,583	7.77	19,176	7.52
Robert T. Markel	8,656	6.36	18,618	7.30
Philip A. Contant	9,217	6.77	18,490	7.25
Paul R. Mason	9,879	7.26	17,103	6.71
Francis W. Bloom	7,295	5.36	16,801	6.59
Nicola "Nick" Gioscia	5,602	4.12	11,637	4.57
Michael F. Crowley	6,653	4.89	11,414	4.48
Miguel Rivas Jr.	3,881	2.85	7,349	2.88
Morris Jones	4,882	3.59	6,689	2.62
Harold F. Langford Jr.	3,237	2.38	6,113	2.40
Floyd Narcisse	3,277	2.41	5,390	2.12
Ernest R. Duteau	1,719	1.26	3,197	1.25
Alferd J. Rivers	1,560	1.15	3,031	1.19
Normand W. Oliver	1,552	1.14
Lewis M. Brown	1,255	0.92
Total	136,135	100	254,911	100

Candidates	Primary^[6]		General election^[7]
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Richard E. Neal	11,315	85.58	25,462	85.34
William G. Montana	1,113	8.42	4,373	14.66
Joseph D. Harrington	793	6.00
Total	13,221	100	29,835	100

Candidate	Votes	%
Richard E. Neal (incumbent)	19,382	92.12
Joseph D. Harrington	1,658	7.88
Total votes	21,040	100

Electoral history of Richard Neal

City council elections

1977

1979

1981

Mayoral elections

1983

1985

1987

Congressional elections

1988

1990

1992

1994

1996

1998

2000

2002

2004

2006

2008

2010

2012

2014

2016

2018

2020

2022

2024

References

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Candidate	Votes	%
Richard E. Neal (incumbent)	20,612	91.65
Joseph D. Harrington	1,879	8.36
Total votes	22,491	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard E. Neal	24,523	99.93
	Write-in	Other	18	0.07
Total votes			24,541	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard E. Neal	156,262	80.23
	Peace, Jobs Justice	Louis R. Godena	38,466	19.75
	Write-in	Other	52	0.03
Total votes			194,780	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard E. Neal (incumbent)	51,615	63.61
	Democratic	Theodore E. DiMauro	29,520	36.38
	Write-in	Other	5	0.01
Total votes			81,140	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard E. Neal (incumbent)	134,152	67.97
	Write-in	Other	63,169	32.01
Total votes			197,321	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard E. Neal (incumbent)	30,370	47.72
	Democratic	Kateri B. Walsh	21,709	34.11
	Democratic	Charles A. Platten, Jr.	11,513	18.09
	Write-in	Other	49	0.08
Total votes			63,641	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard E. Neal (incumbent)	131,215	53.09
	Republican	Anthony W. Ravosa	76,795	31.07
	For the People	Thomas R. Sheehan	38,963	15.76
	Write-in	Other	190	0.08
Total votes			247,163	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard E. Neal (incumbent)	25,472	99.82
	Write-in	Other	46	0.18
Total votes			25,518	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard E. Neal (incumbent)	117,178	58.52
	Republican	John M. Braire	72,732	36.32
	Natural Law	Kate Ross	10,167	5.08
	Write-in	Other	161	0.08
Total votes			200,238	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard E. Neal (incumbent)	11,048	99.01
	Write-in	Other	111	1.00
Total votes			11,159	100

1996 Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district election^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard E. Neal (incumbent)	162,995	71.67
	Republican	Mark Steele	49,885	21.94
	Independent	Scott Andrichak	9,181	4.04
	Natural Law	Richard Kaynor	5,124	2.25
	Write-in	Other	226	0.10
Total votes			227,411	100

2012 Massachusetts's 1st congressional district Democratic primary^[46]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard Neal (redistricted incumbent)	40,295	65.40
	Democratic	Andrea F. Nuciforo, Jr.	15,159	24.63
	Democratic	Bill Shein	6,059	9.85
	Write-in	Other	33	0.05
Total votes			61,546	100

2016 Massachusetts's 1st congressional district election^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard E. Neal (incumbent)	235,803	73.34
	Independent	Frederick O. Mayock	57,504	17.88
	Libertarian	Thomas T. Simmons	27,511	8.56
	Write-in	Other	721	0.22
Total votes			321,539	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard E. Neal (incumbent)	30,785	99.45
	Write-in	Other	169	0.55
Total votes			30,954	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard E. Neal (incumbent)	130,550	98.94
	Write-in	Other	1,393	1.06
Total votes			131,943	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard E. Neal (incumbent)	20,253	86.45
	Democratic	Joseph R. Fountain	3,149	13.44
	Write-in	Other	26	0.11
Total votes			23,428	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard E. Neal (incumbent)	196,670	98.91
	Write-in	Other	2,176	1.09
Total votes			198,846	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard E. Neal (incumbent)	47,369	99.45
	Write-in	Other	260	0.55
Total votes			47,629	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard E. Neal (incumbent)	153,387	99.13
	Write-in	Other	1,341	0.87
Total votes			154,728	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard E. Neal (incumbent)	29,707	99.14
	Write-in	Other	259	0.55
Total votes			29,966	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard E. Neal (incumbent)	217,682	98.73
	Write-in	Other	2,802	1.27
Total votes			220,484	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard E. Neal (incumbent)	60,953	99.27
	Write-in	Other	446	0.73
Total votes			61,399	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard E. Neal (incumbent)	164,939	98.65
	Write-in	Other	2,254	1.35
Total votes			167,193	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard E. Neal (incumbent)	30,017	98.82
	Write-in	Other	360	1.19
Total votes			30,377	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard E. Neal (incumbent)	234,369	98.47
	Write-in	Other	3,631	1.53
Total votes			238,000	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard E. Neal (incumbent)	31,053	98.68
	Write-in	Other	416	1.32
Total votes			31,469	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard E. Neal (incumbent)	122,708	57.32
	Republican	Thomas A. Wesley	91,209	42.61
	Write-in	Other	164	0.08
Total votes			214,081	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard E. Neal (redistricted incumbent)	261,936	98.42
	Write-in	Other	4,197	1.58
Total votes			266,133	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard Neal (incumbent)	44,857	98.45
	Write-in	Other	706	1.55
Total votes			45,563	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard E. Neal (incumbent)	167,612	97.97
	Write-in	Other	3,498	2.04
Total votes			171,110	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard Neal (incumbent)	49,696	70.64
	Democratic	Tahirah Amatul-Wadud	20,565	29.23
	Write-in	Other	93	0.13
Total votes			70,354	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard E. Neal (incumbent)	211,790	97.64
	Write-in	Other	5,110	2.36
Total votes			216,900	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard E. Neal (incumbent)	84,092	58.64
	Democratic	Alex Morse	59,110	41.22
	Write-in	Other	191	0.13
Total votes			143,393	100