These are the candidates running in the Sept. 14 party primary elections for the 10 Massachusetts congressional races in 2010 (nonparty candidates have until Aug. 31 to file nomination papers with the Secretary of the Commonwealth).
1st District: John W. Olver, Democrat (i)
William L. Gunn Jr., Republican
2d District: Richard E. Neal, Democrat (i)
Jay S. Fleitman, Republican
Thomas A. Wesley, Republican
3d District: James P. McGovern, Democrat (i)
Robert J. Chipman, Republican
Robert Delle, Republican
Brian J. Herr, Republican
Martin A. Lamb, Republican
Michael P. Stopa, Republican
4th District: Barney Frank, Democrat (i)
Rachel Brown, Democrat
Sean DM Bielat, Republican
Earl H. Sholley, Republican
5th District: Nicola S. Tsongas, Democrat (i)
Jonathan A. Golnik, Republican
Sam S. Meas, Republican
Robert L. Shapiro, Republican
Thomas J. M. Weaver, Republican
6th District: John F. Tierney, Democrat (i)
Bill Hudak, Republican
Robert J. McCarthy Jr., Republican
7th District: Edward J. Markey, Democrat (i)
Gerry Dembrowski, Republican
Tom Tierney, Republican
8th District: Michael E. Capuano, Democrat (i)
(No challenger)
9th District: Stephen F. Lynch, Democrat (i)
MacDonald K. D’Allessandro, Democrat
Vernon Harrison, Republican
Keith P. Lepor, Republican
10th District: William R. Keating, Democrat
Robert A. O’Leary, Democrat
Robert E. Hayden, Republican
Raymond Kasperowicz, Republican
Joseph Daniel Malone, Republican
Jeffrey Davis Perry, Republican
(i) denotes incumbent
Source: Office of Secretary of the Commonwealth
