Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

James P. McGovern

Official portrait of James P. McGovern
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Massachusetts’s 2nd district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
Worcester, MA
Born
1959
In Congress
House since 1997 · 29 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
MCGOVERN, JAMES P. MR.
Next election
General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Massachusetts with the current district highlighted

Massachusetts, District 2

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. House · Massachusetts District 2IncumbentWon the general election (66.2%)

FEC candidate ID H4MA03022 · Principal campaign committee: RE-ELECT MCGOVERN COMMITTEE

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Massachusetts District 2$1,013,810.25General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Massachusetts District 2$1,097,317.30Won the general election (68.6%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Massachusetts District 2$1,116,203.86Won the general election (66.2%)
2019–2020U.S. House · Massachusetts District 2$1,056,341.59Won the general election (100%)
Total raised$1,116,203.86
Total spent$1,013,771.59
Cash on hand$367,378.70
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $768,498.04PACs and other committees: $346,650.00Party committees: $100.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $955.82
  • Individual contributions$768,498.0469%
  • PACs and other committees$346,650.0031%
  • Party committees$100.000%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$955.820%

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

83 committees reported giving $345,012.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting James P. McGovern$18.68
  • Independent expenditures opposing James P. McGovern$0.00
  • Company and union communications to members about James P. McGovern$6,138.14

FEC totals for the 2022 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Massachusetts U.S. House, District 2, 2022 · 2 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
James P. McGovern (D)$1,116,203.86$367,378.702022-12-31
Jeff Sossa-Paquette (R)$140,906.35$4,232.452022-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DNovember 23, 2021
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DApril 14, 2022
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DDecember 2, 2021
  • PoliticoSolid DApril 5, 2022
  • RCPSafe DJune 9, 2022
  • Fox NewsSolid DJuly 11, 2022
  • DDHQSolid DJuly 20, 2022
  • 538Solid DJune 30, 2022
  • The EconomistSafe DSeptember 28, 2022

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: RE-ELECT MCGOVERN COMMITTEE.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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