U.S. Representative — Massachusetts District 2
Massachusetts
SOLE IDENTITY-COMPLETE FEC RECORDJames P. McGovernDEM · FEC H4MA03022
READING THIS ENTRYResearching public records
How to interpret this record
2026 Federal Candidate Filing Gaps by Permanent Seat
A useful public record has an identity, a scope and a source. Research becomes more reliable when those elements travel with the number or statement being discussed.
Write down the claim first
Identify exactly what you want to know: who holds an office, whether someone appears on a ballot, what a committee reported spending, or how a member voted on a question. Each claim calls for a different source. A biography, a campaign website and a financial report can all be useful without answering the same question.
Keep identity, scope and date together
Record the entity identifier, jurisdiction, election or reporting period and source publication. These details prevent a correct fact from being attached to the wrong person, place or time. A name-only match can be misleading, especially when campaigns or institutions have changed names or when a person has sought several offices.
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Where is the federal
filing field thin?
Electionpedia compares permanent 2026 federal seats with identity-complete FEC filing records. This can reveal research gaps. It cannot prove that a race is uncontested, that nobody is running, or that any filer qualified for the ballot.
4752026 House + Class 2 Senate seats reviewed
0no identity-complete FEC record
1one identity-complete FEC record
474multiple FEC records
Why this page does not say “uncontested”
FEC registration is a federal finance filing system. States and local authorities determine ballot access, and a person may appear on an official ballot without crossing the FEC registration threshold. These are filing-field signals, not official candidate lists.
One record in the current FEC file
1 permanent seats to verify with election authorities
Open the filer, the permanent office, and the official source before drawing any conclusion about competition.
Source layer: official FEC 2026 candidate master and summary bulk files · verified 2026-10-16. Coverage includes identity-complete public filing records, not state-certified ballots.