Springfield: who represents it, and who is running

U.S. general election / Massachusetts state election (federal, state and county offices) votes on 2026-11-03. It elects per the Springfield Election Office's 2026 calendar: U.S. Senator (Markey seat, class 2); U.S. Representative MA-1; Governor and Lieutenant Governor (joint ticket); Attorney General; Secretary of State; Treasurer; Auditor; Governor's Councillor; State Senator (Hampden at city hall) and State Representative (10th Hampden at city hall; other House districts elsewhere in the city); District Attorney; Register of Probate; statewide ballot questions. No City of Springfield office..

Holding office21
the sitting council
On the ballot9
6 sitting members running again

The official candidate list ↗ · What Springfield is like — the /local page

Congressional district (city hall): Massachusetts's 1st congressional district (city hall at 42.10091,-72.58972) — Richard E. Neal (Democratic)

1

Mayor

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Domenic J. Sarno Elected Mayor Independent City of Springfield
2

City Councilor

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Brian Santaniello ✉️ Elected City Councilor Independent At-Large City of Springfield
Gerry Martin ✉️ Elected City Councilor Independent Ward 7 City of Springfield
Jose Delgado ✉️ Elected City Councilor Independent At-Large City of Springfield
Justin Hurst ✉️ Elected City Councilor Independent At-Large City of Springfield
Kateri Walsh ✉️ Elected City Councilor Independent At-Large City of Springfield
Lavar Click-Bruce ✉️ Elected City Councilor Independent Ward 5 City of Springfield
Malo L. Brown Elected City Councilor Independent Ward 4 City of Springfield
Maria Perez Elected City Councilor Independent Ward 1 City of Springfield
Melvin A. Edwards Elected City Councilor Independent Ward 3 City of Springfield
Michael A. Fenton ✉️ Elected City Councilor Independent Ward 2 City of Springfield
Tracye Whitfield ✉️ Elected City Councilor Independent At-Large City of Springfield
Victor G. Davila ✉️ Elected City Councilor Independent Ward 6 City of Springfield
Zaida Govan Elected City Councilor Independent Ward 8 City of Springfield
3

Governor

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Maura Healey Elected unofficial Governor → Running Democratic Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth
Michael Roger Minogue unofficial Governor Running Republican Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth
4

Lieutenant Governor

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Kimberley Driscoll Elected unofficial Lieutenant Governor → Running Democratic Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth
Shawn Oliver unofficial Lieutenant Governor Running Republican Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth
5

State Representative — 10th Hampden

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Carlos González ✉️ Elected unofficial State Representative → Running Democratic Massachusetts Legislature
6

State Senator — Hampden

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Adam Gómez ✉️ Elected unofficial State Senator → Running Democratic Massachusetts Legislature
7

U.S. Senator

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Elizabeth Warren Elected U.S. Senator Democratic @unitedstates congress-legislators legislators-current.json (CC0) (MA, class 1, term 2025-01-03 to 2031-01-03); senate.gov not used (HTTP 403 to robots.txt on 2026-10-22)
Edward J. Markey Elected unofficial U.S. Senator → Running Democratic @unitedstates congress-legislators legislators-current.json (CC0) (MA, class 2, term 2021-01-03 to 2027-01-03); candidacy from Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth
John Deaton unofficial U.S. Senator Running Republican Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth
8

U.S. Representative — MA-1

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Richard E. Neal Elected unofficial U.S. Representative → Running Democratic U.S. House of Representatives
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Notes on this record

How the lists were read, and what could not be.

  • Municipal: Mayor from the Mayor's Office page and 13 City Councilors (5 at-large, Wards 1-8) from the City Council Members page (https://www.springfield-ma.gov/cos/city-council-members), both retrieved 2026-10-29. The page header reads '2026-2027 ... Elected 2025 to a 2 Year Term', but its footer says last updated 2024-01-30 and it still labels Fenton (Ward 2) 'President' and Edwards (Ward 3) 'Vice President' while naming Whitfield President and Delgado Vice-President — treat the officer labels as uncertain. The page prints councilors' home addresses, phones and some personal emails; none recorded (only @springfieldcityhall.com emails kept). Springfield has no other city-wide elected office besides the School Committee (skipped). Municipal ballots are non-partisan: party null, partyShort 'None'.
  • Next Springfield municipal election: November 2027 (council two-year terms elected 2025; the Mayor's four-year term began after the 2023 election). No City of Springfield office is on the 2026-11-03 ballot; the Election Office calendar lists only state-election offices.
  • City hall (Census geocoder match for the City Hall street address, 42.10091,-72.58972) is in MA-1, Senate Hampden and House 10th Hampden per the 120th Congress and 2026 state legislative layers. Springfield lies wholly in MA-1 but is split among several state Senate and House districts (the Hampden Senate district itself covers only part of Springfield plus part of Chicopee); the other districts were not enumerated, and only city hall's legislators are recorded.
  • Candidates: the Secretary of the Commonwealth's 2026 State Election candidate list (sec.state.ma.us) is behind an Imperva/Incapsula JavaScript challenge (not bypassed; see BRIEF-SOURCES Massachusetts note). The Springfield Election Office (springfield-ma.gov/elections) posts a 2026 calendar of offices but no candidate list or specimen ballot. Nominees therefore come from PD43+ (electionstats.state.ma.us): certified 2026 State Primary (September 1) results, one row per party nominee; 2026 election ids found via the site's 'similar results' jump list from 2024 searches. Every running status resting on these is marked 'unofficial': true. Unenrolled/independent and minor-party candidates who filed nomination papers are NOT captured; write-ins and primary losers excluded.
  • 2026 ballot as captured: U.S. Senate — Markey (D, incumbent) vs John Deaton (R). MA-1 — Neal (D, incumbent; beat J. Whalen 53%-45% of votes cast in the primary), Republican primary 'No Nomination'. Governor — Healey (D, incumbent) vs Michael Roger Minogue (R); Lt. Governor — Driscoll (D, incumbent) vs Shawn Oliver (R). Senate Hampden — Gómez (D, incumbent), no Republican nominee. House 10th Hampden — González (D, incumbent), no Republican nominee. counts.unopposed = 3 (Neal, Gómez, González) means no other party's nominee from the primaries; unenrolled challengers could not be checked.
  • Federal: Neal from house.gov/representatives; Senators and terms from the CC0 @unitedstates legislators-current.json (senate.gov returned 403 to robots.txt on 2026-10-22, not retried). Governor/Lt. Governor incumbency from PD43+ 2022 general (154338); mass.gov not fetched. State legislators from malegislature.gov member lists (retrieved 2026-10-29); its Terms forbid photo use without consent, so no legislator photos linked.
  • Robots/terms: springfield-ma.gov (robots allows the pages used; Terms of Use: public record 'can be copied and used for any purpose'), electionstats.state.ma.us (robots allows all; terms link to blocked sec.state.ma.us), malegislature.gov (robots allows all; photos restricted), house.gov (robots allows /representatives), unitedstates.github.io (robots 404; CC0), geocoding.geo.census.gov (robots 404). No street address, phone or personal email in any person row. standsFor null for everyone (no candidate statements read).
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Sources

Prepared 2026-10-29. Nomination papers are never opened: they carry home addresses. After voting day a candidate list becomes a result; these rows are reconciled, not deleted.