# Massachusetts House of Representatives' 9th Norfolk district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 9th Norfolk district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of Norfolk County. Republican Shawn Dooley of Norfolk represented the district from 2014-2023. Now Marcus S. Vaughn, a Wrentham Republican, holds the seat.

## Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:
* part of Medfield
* part of Millis
* Norfolk
* Plainville
* part of Walpole
* Wrentham
The district geographic boundary overlapped with those of the Massachusetts Senate's Bristol and Norfolk district and Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex district. After the 2022 redistricting much of the district is represented by the newly created Norfolk, Worcester, and Middlesex district.

### Former locales

The district previously covered:
* Avon, circa 1927
* Holbrook, circa 1927
* Randolph, circa 1872, 1927

## Representatives

* Jonathan Wales, circa 1858
* Daniel Howard, circa 1859
* Albert E. Miller, circa 1888
* Elijah Baron Stowe, circa 1888
* Clarence F. Telford, circa 1951
* Edna Telford, 1955-1960
* M. Joseph Manning, 1975-1979
* Francis H. Woodward, 1979-1991
* Jo Ann Sprague, 1991-1999
* Scott P. Brown, 1999-2004
* Richard J. Ross, 2005-2011
* Daniel Winslow, 2011-2013
* Shawn C. Dooley, 2014-2023
* Marcus S. Vaughn, 2023–present

## Electoral history

The 9th Norfolk has been represented by the Republican Party since the 1992 General Election. A special general election was held on January 7, 2014 due to Daniel Winslow's (R) resignation on September 29, 2013, from the state house to join Rimini Street as senior vice president and general counsel.

### 2022

| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| Marcus Vaughn | Republican Party | 10,534 | 50.8 |
| Kevin Kalkut | Democratic Party | 10,174 | 49.1 |
| Write-ins | Write-ins | 12 | 0.1 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | 582 | – |
| Total | Total | 21,302 | 100 |

### 2020

| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| Shawn Dooley | Republican Party | 15,862 | 58.5 |
| Brian Hamlin | Democratic Party | 11,243 | 41.5 |
| Write-ins | Write-ins | 12 | 0 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | 1,303 | – |
| Total | Total | 28,420 | 100 |

### 2018

| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| Shawn Dooley | Republican Party | 12,029 | 58.7 |
| Brian Hamlin | Democratic Party | 8,437 | 41.2 |
| Write-ins | Write-ins | 14 | 0.1 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | 671 | – |
| Total | Total | 21,151 | 100 |

### 2016

| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| Shawn Dooley | Republican Party | 14,427 | 60.9 |
| Brian Hamlin | Democratic Party | 9,267 | 39.1 |
| Write-ins | Write-ins | 13 | 0.1 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | 1,398 | – |
| Total | Total | 25,105 | 100 |

### 2014 general

| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| Shawn Dooley | Republican Party | 12,734 | 99.0 |
| Write-ins | Write-ins | 123 | 1 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | 4,557 | – |
| Total | Total | 17,414 | 100 |

### 2014 special

| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| Shawn Dooley | Republican Party | 1,922 | 61.1 |
| Christopher G. Timson | Unenrolled | 659 | 20.9 |
| Edward J. McCormick, III | Democratic Party | 566 | 18.0 |
| Write-ins | Write-ins | 1 | 0 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | 3 | – |
| Total | Total | 3,151 | 100 |

### 2012

| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| Daniel Winslow | Republican Party | 18,091 | 99.1 |
| Write-ins | Write-ins | 158 | 0.9 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | 5,283 | – |
| Total | Total | 23,532 | 100 |

### 2010

| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| Daniel Winslow | Republican Party | 11,081 | 67.5 |
| Stanley J. Nacewicz | Democratic Party | 5,323 | 32.4 |
| Write-ins | Write-ins | 17 | 0.1 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | 1,098 | – |
| Total | Total | 17,519 | 100 |

### 2008

| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| Richard J. Ross | Republican Party | 12,688 | 61.3 |
| Thomas Joseph Roache | Unenrolled | 7,974 | 38.5 |
| Write-ins | Write-ins | 31 | 0.1 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | 1,444 | – |
| Total | Total | 22,137 | 100 |

### 2006

| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| Richard J. Ross | Republican Party | 12,564 | 99.1 |
| Write-ins | Write-ins | 118 | 0.9 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | 3,728 | – |
| Total | Total | 16,410 | 100 |

### 2004

| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| Richard J. Ross | Republican Party | 10,940 | 56.2 |
| John J. McFeeley | Democratic Party | 8,502 | 43.7 |
| Write-ins | Write-ins | 18 | 0.1 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | 1,269 | – |
| Total | Total | 20,729 | 100 |

### 2002

| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| Scott Brown (politician) | Republican Party | 11,956 | 99.4 |
| Write-ins | Write-ins | 78 | 0.6 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | 3,645 | – |
| Total | Total | 15,679 | 100 |