Massachusetts 82026 HOUSE POLLS

2026 Massachusetts 8th District House Forecast:

The Pollsmax 2026 Massachusetts 8th District House forecast currently gives Democrat Stephen Lynch a 99.9% chance of defeating Republican Robert Burke. Pollsmax projects Lynch to receive 74.2% of the vote compared with 25.8% for Burke, a projected Democratic margin of 48.4 percentage points. The model currently rates the race as Solid Democratic. The forecast is updated using 100,000 simulations incorporating polling and race fundamentals. See the Pollsmax forecast methodology.

The 2026 Massachusetts 8th District House election features Democrat Stephen Lynch and Republican Robert Burke. Incumbent Representative Stephen Lynch is seeking reelection to a fourteenth term. In 2024, Kamala Harris won Massachusetts' 8th congressional district by 8.5%, and the election for the district's House seat is rated as solid Democratic in 2026.