district       incumbent       party  first elected       results                                    candidates
0  massachusetts 1      john olver  democratic           1991  re - elected        john olver (d) 69% peter abair (r) 30%
1  massachusetts 2    richard neal  democratic           1988  re - elected                    richard neal (d) unopposed
2  massachusetts 3    jim mcgovern  democratic           1996  re - elected                    jim mcgovern (d) unopposed
3  massachusetts 4    barney frank  democratic           1980  re - elected    barney frank (d) 71% martin travis (r) 21%
4  massachusetts 5    marty meehan  democratic           1992  re - elected                    marty meehan (d) unopposed
5  massachusetts 6  john f tierney  democratic           1996  re - elected  john f tierney (d) 71% paul mccarthy (r) 29%
6  massachusetts 7       ed markey  democratic           1976  re - elected                       ed markey (d) unopposed
7  massachusetts 8    mike capuano  democratic           1998  re - elected                    mike capuano (d) unopposed
8  massachusetts 9     joe moakley  democratic           1972  re - elected   joe moakley (d) 78% janet jeghelian (r) 20%

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