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The Massachusetts Senate race
Massachusetts’ contested 2026 general election for the U.S. Senate is scheduled for Nov. 3, 2026. The field includes 10 candidates: four Democrats, three Republicans, two independents and one candidate with an “Other” designation.
The candidate entries identify each person’s name and political affiliation. Edward Sen. Markey is also identified as the incumbent. No documented policy positions are on file for any candidate, so the party and affiliation labels do not establish where they stand on specific issues.
Candidates in the race
Each candidate currently has the same campaign-finance status: no figures are on file for funds raised, funds spent or cash on hand.
- William Francis Mr. Gates, Democrat: No biography is on file. The entry lists no campaign-finance figures or documented policy positions.
- Edward Sen. Markey, Democrat: Markey is identified as the incumbent. No biography, campaign-finance figures or documented policy positions are on file.
- Seth Moulton, Democrat: No biography is on file. The entry lists no campaign-finance figures or documented policy positions.
- Alexander Rikleen, Democrat: No biography is on file. The entry lists no campaign-finance figures or documented policy positions.
- Joseph Tache, Other: No biography is on file. The entry lists no campaign-finance figures or documented policy positions.
- Shiva DR Ayyadurai, Independent: No biography is on file. The entry lists no campaign-finance figures or documented policy positions.
- Nathan Alexander Bech, Republican: No biography is on file. The entry lists no campaign-finance figures or documented policy positions.
- Morgan Gifford Dawicki, Independent: No biography is on file. The entry lists no campaign-finance figures or documented policy positions.
- John Deaton, Republican: No biography is on file. The entry lists no campaign-finance figures or documented policy positions.
- Gavin Solomon, Republican: No biography is on file. The entry lists no campaign-finance figures or documented policy positions.
What the candidate labels mean
Moulton, Gates, Markey and Rikleen are listed as Democrats. Bech, Deaton and Solomon are listed as Republicans. Ayyadurai and Dawicki are listed as independents, while Tache carries the “Other” designation.
Those labels identify each candidate’s political affiliation in the race. They are not a substitute for stated positions on taxes, health care, immigration, foreign policy or other matters that may come before the U.S. Senate. With no documented positions on file, no issue stance can be attributed to Moulton or any of the other nine candidates.
The same limit applies to campaign money. Because no amounts are on file for any candidate, the field cannot be compared by fundraising, spending or cash on hand.
Election information
The election is a general election for a Massachusetts seat in the U.S. Senate. It is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026, and the race is contested.
Candidate records can change during an election cycle as campaign-finance figures, biographical details and policy statements are formally recorded. Voters can track those categories separately: biography describes a candidate’s background, campaign-finance figures show reported money activity, and documented positions describe where a candidate stands on public questions. None of those categories currently distinguishes one candidate in this field from another, apart from Markey’s designation as the incumbent.
