Since 1977, Richard Neal has won 3 city council elections, 3 mayoral elections, and 18 United States House of Representatives elections.
Neal began his career in elected office after winning election in 1977 to the city council of Springfield, Massachusetts. After twice winning reelection to the city council (in 1979 and 1981), Neal was elected mayor of the city in 1983. He was twice reelected mayor, in 1985 and 1987.
In 1988, Neal was elected as a Democrat to represent Massachusetts 2nd district in the United States House of Representatives. He was reelected to this district eleven times. In 2012, he was redistricted to Massachusetts 1st district, to which he was elected. He has been reelected to this district six times, with his latest re-election occurring in 2024.
City council elections 1977 +1977 Springfield city councilors at-large electionCandidatesPrimaryGeneralelectionVotes%Votes% Vincent Di Monaco 9,507 7.39 16,174 8.34 Paul M. Kalill 8,702 6.77 15,552 8.02 Richard E. Neal 6,875 5.35 13,416 6.92 Philip A. Contant 5,689 4.43 12,867 6.63 Leonard J. Collamore 7,756 6.03 12,781 6.59 Paul R. Mason 6,169 4.80 12,624 6.51 Thomas J. Costello III 5,903 4.59 11,974 6.17 Rose Marie Coughlin 6,324 4.92 11,821 6.09 Robert T. Markel 3,881 3.02 11,414 5.88 James H. Bloom 6,572 5.11 11,359 5.86 Daniel M. Walsh III 5,972 4.65 10,638 5.48 James A. Murray 5,397 4.20 10,165 5.24 Donald C. Keavany 2,893 2.25 9,001 4.64 Peter J. Jurzynski 4,606 3.58 8,637 4.45 Romeo J. Cyr 4,993 3.88 8,171 4.21 Daniel J. Manning 3,880 3.02 6,611 3.41 Daniel E. O'Malley 3,769 2.93 6,485 3.34 Thomas J. Costello III 2,893 2.25 4,319 2.23 Francis P. Coughlin 2,866 2.23 Edward F. Cass 2,624 2.04 Sidney Chet Chernice 2,439 1.90 Theodore Piwowarczyk 1,892 1.47 Millicent V. Abner 1,827 1.42 Candice Early Lopes 1,625 1.26 Joseph B. Flynn Jr 1,594 1.24 Edward T. Sullivan 1,544 1.20 John A. Wanat 1,496 1.16 William A. Grant 1,421 1.11 Philip J. Glarneau 1,328 1.03 Sidney Silverman 978 0.76 Robert J. Wihbey 957 0.74 George Williams 949 0.74 August Lucia 897 0.70 Paul Sacharczyk 894 0.70 Joseph H. Kirby 538 0.42 Archibald Strong 473 0.37 David J. Peterson 453 0.35 Hindes 1 0.00 Total 128,577 100 194,009 100
1979 +1979 Springfield city councilors at-large electionCandidatesVotes% Richard E. Neal 15,902 9.93 Vincent DiMonaco 15,020 9.38 Brian Santaniello 14,828 9.26 Rose Marie Coughlin 14,420 9.00 Mary Hurley 13,337 8.33 Philip A. Contant 12,993 8.11 Robert T. Markel 11,679 7.29 Paul R. Mason 11,425 7.13 Peter J. Jurzynski 10,300 6.43 Phillip Hart 10,096 6.30 Morris Jones 6,358 3.97 Cesar Ruiz, Jr. 6,337 3.96 Thomas M. Moriarty 4,884 3.05 Daniel J. Manning 4,692 2.93 Thomas A. Bridges 3,243 2.02 Philip J. Galarneau 3,056 1.90 Alfred J. Rivers 1,634 1.02 Total 160,204 100
1981 +1981 Springfield city councilors at-large electionCandidatesPrimaryGeneralelectionVotes%Votes% Richard E. Neal 13,109 9.63 24,452 9.59 Mary Hurley 11,451 8.41 22,032 8.64 Vincent Dimonaco 10,903 8.01 21,790 8.55 Brian A. Santaniello 10,796 7.93 21,360 8.38 Rose Marie Coughlin 10,628 7.81 20,278 7.96 Andrew M. Scibelli 10,583 7.77 19,176 7.52 Robert T. Markel 8,656 6.36 18,618 7.30 Philip A. Contant 9,217 6.77 18,490 7.25 Paul R. Mason 9,879 7.26 17,103 6.71 Francis W. Bloom 7,295 5.36 16,801 6.59 Nicola "Nick" Gioscia 5,602 4.12 11,637 4.57 Michael F. Crowley 6,653 4.89 11,414 4.48 Miguel Rivas Jr. 3,881 2.85 7,349 2.88 Morris Jones 4,882 3.59 6,689 2.62 Harold F. Langford Jr. 3,237 2.38 6,113 2.40 Floyd Narcisse 3,277 2.41 5,390 2.12 Ernest R. Duteau 1,719 1.26 3,197 1.25 Alferd J. Rivers 1,560 1.15 3,031 1.19 Normand W. Oliver 1,552 1.14 Lewis M. Brown 1,255 0.92 Total 136,135 100 254,911 100
Mayoral elections 1983 +1983 Springfield, Massachusetts mayoral electionCandidatesPrimaryGeneralelectionVotes%Votes% Richard E. Neal 11,315 85.58 25,462 85.34 William G. Montana 1,113 8.42 4,373 14.66 Joseph D. Harrington 793 6.00 Total 13,221 100 29,835 100
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| colspan=16 | |- !Year !Winning candidate !Party !Pct !Opponent !Party !Pct !Opponent !Party !Pct !Opponent !Party !Pct !Opponent !Party !Pct |- |1988 | |Richard E. Neal | |Democratic | |80.23% | |Mark Augusti | |Peace, Jobs, Justice | |19.75% | colspan=2 | Write-ins | 0.07%
|1990 | |Richard E. Neal | |Democratic | |67.97% | colspan=2 | Write-ins | 32.01%
|1992 | |Richard E. Neal | |Democratic | |53.09% | | Anthony W. Ravosa | |Republican | | 31.07% | | Thomas R. Sheehan | | For the People | | 15.76% | colspan=2 | Write-ins | 0.08%
|1994 | |Richard E. Neal | |Democratic | |58.52% | | John M. Braire | | Republican | | 36.32% | | Kate Ross | | Natural Law | | 5.08% | colspan=2 | Write-ins | 0.08%
|1996 | |Richard E. Neal | |Democratic | |71.67% | | Mark Steele | | Republican | | 21.94% | | Scott Andrichak | | Independent | | 4.04% | | Richard Kaynor | | Natural Law | | 2.25% | colspan=2 | Write-ins | 0.10% |- |1998 | |Richard E. Neal | |Democratic | |98.94% | colspan=2 | Write-ins | 1.06%
|2000 | |Richard E. Neal | |Democratic | |98.91% | colspan=2 | Write-ins | 1.09%
|2002 | |Richard E. Neal | |Democratic | |99.13% | colspan=2 | Write-ins | 0.87%
|2004 | |Richard E. Neal | |Democratic | |98.73% | colspan=2 | Write-ins | 1.27%
|2006 | |Richard E. Neal | |Democratic | |99.27% | colspan=2 | Write-ins | 0.73%
|2008 | |Richard E. Neal | |Democratic | |98.47% | colspan=2 | Write-ins | 1.53%
|2010 | |Richard E. Neal | |Democratic | |57.32% | |Thomas A. Wesley | |Republican | | 42.61% | colspan=2 | Write-ins | 0.08%
| colspan=13 | |- !Year !Winning candidate !Party !Pct !Opponent !Party !Pct !Opponent !Party !Pct !Opponent !Party !Pct |- |2012 | |Richard E. Neal | |Democratic | |98.42% | colspan=2 | Write-ins | 1.58%
|2014 | |Richard E. Neal | |Democratic | |98.45% | colspan=2 | Write-ins | 1.55%
|2016 | |Richard E. Neal | |Democratic | |73.34% | |Frederick O. Mayock | | Independent | | 17.88% | | Thomas T. Simmons | |Libertarian | | 8.56% | colspan=2 | Write-ins | 0.22% |- |2018 | |Richard E. Neal | |Democratic | |97.64% | colspan=2 | Write-ins | 2.36%
|2020 | |Richard E. Neal | |Democratic | |96.51% | Alex Morse | Write-in | 0.45% | colspan=2 | Other write-ins | 3.04%
|2022 | |Richard E. Neal | |Democratic | |59.97 | |Dean Martilli | |Republican | | 37.32 | colspan=2 | Other write-ins | 0.14%
|2024 | |Richard E. Neal | |Democratic | |62.37 | |Nadia Milleron | |Independent | | 37.30 | colspan=2 | Other write-ins | 0.33%
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