Mary Keefe Secures Victory In 15th Worcester District House Race: 2026 MA Election

This story was updated as election results became available.

WORCESTER, MA —Polls officially closed at 8 p.m. in the 2026 Massachusetts State Election.

State Rep. Mary Keefe ran for another term in the 15th Worcester District House Seat, according to election results from AP reported by WCVB. She was the only candidate listed in the race.

The district includes parts of Wards 3, 4, 6, and 10 in the City of Worcester.

Keefe, a seven-term incumbent in the district, secured the Democratic nomination in the Sept. 1 State Primary, after facing Ronald B. Waddell Jr., who is the cofounder of Legendary Legacies, a Worcester nonprofit with former gang members and men returning from incarceration. There was no Republican candidate on the ballot.

Election-night totals are unofficial and remain subject to local certification, according to the Secretary of the Commonwealth.

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More On The Candidate

Keefe has represented the 15th Worcester District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives since 2013, following her first election in 2012.

Before joining the Legislature, she spent 12 years as executive director of the Pleasant Street Neighborhood Network Center, a grassroots organization focused on supporting working families, immigrants and neighborhood businesses, according to her official biography.

During her time in office, Keefe has focused on criminal justice reform, affordable housing, education and labor protections. She helped develop legislation that contributed to Massachusetts' 2018 criminal justice reform law and was a lead sponsor of the Student Opportunity Act, signed into law in 2019.

Keefe has lived in downtown Worcester for more than three decades. She graduated from Massachusetts College of Art and previously worked as an art educator at the Worcester Art Museum.

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