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U.S. House · Massachusetts's 9th District

Southeastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod, including New Bedford, Fall River, Plymouth, Barnstable and the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket.

General election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

RESULT · UNOFFICIAL UNTIL CERTIFIED

Bill Keating, projected winner

CandidateVotesShare
Bill Keating213,58760.9%
Tyler Macallister137,28239.1%

About 99% of the expected vote counted. As of November 9. Winners take office next year. Counts can change until states certify. NBC News ↗

Sources re-checked September 25, 2026 · How we research

  • Incumbent Bill Keating defeated Craig Swallow in the September 1, 2026 Democratic primary. R. Tyler MacAllister won the Republican primary unopposed.[1]

On the November 3 ballot · 2 candidates

Bill KeatingDINCUMBENTPROJECTED WINNERU.S. Representative (since 2011)Full profile →R. Tyler MacAllisterRFull profile →

Issue evidence — side by side

Recorded votes, documented positions and candidates’ own words are shown with sources. “In their own words” quotes a candidate on the topic without inferring a stance. Votes describe specific bills or motions; they do not establish overall support or opposition to a broad issue. A dash means our research has no evidence on that topic, not that the candidate has no position.

Protect legal access to abortion

  • Bill Keating
    Recorded votes[38][39][40]

    Voted yes on Women's Health Protection Act of 2021 (H.R. 3755, 2021-09-24). Voted yes on Women's Health Protection Act of 2022 (H.R. 8296, 2022-07-15). Voted no on Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 36, 2017-10-03), which would have banned most abortions after 20 weeks.

  • R. Tyler MacAllister
    —

Stricter gun laws

  • Bill Keating
    Recorded votes[33][34][35][36]

    Voted yes on Bipartisan Background Checks Act (H.R. 8, 2019-02-27), which would have required background checks on most private gun sales. Voted yes on Assault Weapons Ban of 2022 (H.R. 1808, 2022-07-29), which would have banned the sale of many semiautomatic assault weapons. Voted yes on Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (S. 2938, 2022-06-24), which expanded background checks for buyers under 21 and funded state red-flag programs. Voted no on Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act (H.R. 38, 2017-12-06), which would have required states to honor other states' concealed-carry permits.

  • R. Tyler MacAllister
    Opposes[10]

    On his campaign ballot-positions page, says Massachusetts already had the strictest gun laws, objects to Chapter 135 of the Acts of 2024 (the firearms law on the Nov. 3, 2026 ballot as Question 9) and says he is voting to repeal it.

Expand immigration enforcement and deportations

  • Bill Keating
    Recorded votes[17][18][19][20][21][22][23]

    Voted no on Laken Riley Act (S. 5, 2025-01-22). Voted no on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which funded expanded immigration enforcement, detention and border operations. Voted no on Secure the Border Act of 2023 (H.R. 2, 2023-05-11). Voted yes on American Dream and Promise Act of 2019 (H.R. 6, 2019-06-04; 2021-03-18).

  • R. Tyler MacAllister
    —

Loosen zoning rules to build more housing

  • Bill Keating
    —
  • R. Tyler MacAllister
    In their own words[10]
    “We need starter homes badly; we get them by working with towns, not over them. Keep zoning local.”

    On his campaign site, explaining his NO vote on statewide Question 7 (single-family homes on small lots)

Raise taxes on high earners or corporations

  • Bill Keating
    Recorded votes[18][19][20][29][28]

    Voted no on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03; 2017-12-20), which made the 2017 individual tax rates, including the 37% top rate, permanent. Voted yes on Inflation Reduction Act (H.R. 5376, 2022-08-12), which added a 15% minimum tax on large corporations and a stock-buyback excise tax.

  • R. Tyler MacAllister
    —

Expand public health coverage

  • Bill Keating
    Recorded votes[18][19][20][25][26]

    Voted no on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which reduced federal Medicaid spending and added Medicaid work requirements. Voted yes on Breaking the Gridlock Act (H.R. 1834, 2026-01-08), which extended enhanced ACA premium subsidies. Voted no on American Health Care Act (H.R. 1628, 2017-05-04), which would have capped federal Medicaid funding and ended enhanced funding for the Medicaid expansion.

  • R. Tyler MacAllister
    —

Faster transition away from fossil fuels

  • Bill Keating
    Recorded votes[18][19][20][27][28]

    Voted no on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which phased out Inflation Reduction Act clean-energy tax credits. Voted yes on Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376, 2021-11-19; 2022-08-12), which would have funded clean-energy tax credits.

  • R. Tyler MacAllister
    In their own words[9]
    “No industrial wind farms in our fishing grounds, and no data centers draining our grid and our water.”

    On his campaign solutions page, under "Offshore Wind & Data Centers"

Raise the minimum wage

  • Bill Keating
    Recorded votes[37]

    Voted yes on Raise the Wage Act (H.R. 582, 2019-07-18).

  • R. Tyler MacAllister
    —

Broad tariffs on imported goods

  • Bill Keating
    Recorded votes[32]

    Voted yes on Resolution disapproving tariffs on Canada (H.J. Res. 72, 2026-02-11), which disapproved the tariffs on Canadian imports.

  • R. Tyler MacAllister
    —

Universal, publicly funded child care

  • Bill Keating
    Recorded votes[27]

    Voted yes on Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376, 2021-11-19), which would have funded universal pre-K and child-care subsidies.

  • R. Tyler MacAllister
    —

Require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote

  • Bill Keating
    Recorded votes[24]

    Voted no on SAVE Act (H.R. 22, 2025-04-10).

  • R. Tyler MacAllister
    —

Require Congress to approve U.S. military action abroad

  • Bill Keating
    Recorded votes[30][31]

    Voted yes on War Powers Resolution on Venezuela (H. Con. Res. 64, 2025-12-17), which would have directed the removal of U.S. forces from hostilities against Venezuela absent congressional authorization. Voted yes on War Powers Resolution directing removal of forces from Iran hostilities (H. Con. Res. 86, 2026-06-03), which directed the removal of U.S. forces from hostilities against Iran absent congressional authorization.

  • R. Tyler MacAllister
    —

Research notes & limits

Campaign site (solutions page and ballot-question positions page) read in full. The ballot page gives his positions on nine statewide questions; only those that map to guide issues were used. His offshore-wind line is recorded as a statement, not a climate stance; "back our local police" was left out as not about police funding or staffing. Federal key votes and FEC finance totals for Keating are added separately by script. MacAllister's biography comes from Ballotpedia and 2021-2023 local news reports; his current Select Board status is described inconsistently across sources.

Sources · 48

Researched 2026-09-25. Green citations are official government records.

  1. 1.United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts, 2026 · Ballotpedia Reference
  2. 2.Bill Keating · Ballotpedia Reference
  3. 3.Gun Safety · Office of Rep. Bill Keating Official record
  4. 4.Healthcare · Office of Rep. Bill Keating Official record
  5. 5.Women · Office of Rep. Bill Keating Official record
  6. 6.Environment · Office of Rep. Bill Keating Official record
  7. 7.Labor · Office of Rep. Bill Keating Official record
  8. 8.Energy | Congressman Bill Keating · Office of Rep. Bill Keating Official record
  9. 9.Solutions | Tyler Macallister for Congress · Macallister for Congress Candidate's own words
  10. 10.Where Tyler stands on the nine 2026 ballot questions · Macallister for Congress Candidate's own words
  11. 11.Bill Keating · Ballotpedia Reference
  12. 12.Bill Keating · Wikipedia · 2026-10-21 Reference
  13. 13.Report on the 2026 Democratic primary in the 9th District (Keating, Swallow) · The Provincetown Independent · 2026-08 News report
  14. 14.Massachusetts U.S. House District 9 election results 2026 · NBC News · 2026-11-09 News report
  15. 15.H.Con.Res. 38 (Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in the Islamic Republic of Iran.) — sponsors and cosponsors · Congress.gov Official record
  16. 16.H.Con.Res. 40 (Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.) — sponsors and cosponsors · Congress.gov Official record
  17. 17.Roll call: Laken Riley Act — final passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-01-22 Official record
  18. 18.Roll call: One Big Beautiful Bill Act — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-05-22 Official record
  19. 19.H.R. 1 (119th Congress) — One Big Beautiful Bill Act: text and summary · Congress.gov Official record
  20. 20.Roll call: One Big Beautiful Bill Act — final passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-07-03 Official record
  21. 21.Roll call: Secure the Border Act of 2023 — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2023-05-11 Official record
  22. 22.Roll call: American Dream and Promise Act of 2019 — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2019-06-04 Official record
  23. 23.Roll call: American Dream and Promise Act of 2021 — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2021-03-18 Official record
  24. 24.Roll call: SAVE Act — proof-of-citizenship voter registration · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-04-10 Official record
  25. 25.Roll call: Breaking the Gridlock Act — ACA subsidy extension · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2026-01-08 Official record
  26. 26.Roll call: American Health Care Act — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2017-05-04 Official record
  27. 27.Roll call: Build Back Better Act — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2021-11-19 Official record
  28. 28.Roll call: Inflation Reduction Act — final House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2022-08-12 Official record
  29. 29.Roll call: Tax Cuts and Jobs Act — final House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2017-12-20 Official record
  30. 30.Roll call: War Powers Resolution on Venezuela · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-12-17 Official record
  31. 31.Roll call: War Powers Resolution directing removal of forces from Iran hostilities · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2026-06-03 Official record
  32. 32.Roll call: Resolution disapproving tariffs on Canada · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2026-02-11 Official record
  33. 33.Roll call: Bipartisan Background Checks Act — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2019-02-27 Official record
  34. 34.Roll call: Assault Weapons Ban of 2022 — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2022-07-29 Official record
  35. 35.Roll call: Bipartisan Safer Communities Act — final House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2022-06-24 Official record
  36. 36.Roll call: Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2017-12-06 Official record
  37. 37.Roll call: Raise the Wage Act — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2019-07-18 Official record
  38. 38.Roll call: Women's Health Protection Act of 2021 — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2021-09-24 Official record
  39. 39.Roll call: Women's Health Protection Act of 2022 — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2022-07-15 Official record
  40. 40.Roll call: Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2017-10-03 Official record
  41. 41.R. Tyler MacAllister · Ballotpedia Reference
  42. 42.Solutions | Tyler Macallister for Congress · Macallister for Congress Candidate's own words
  43. 43.Macallister Wins Special Election · The Wanderer · 2021-07-28 News report
  44. 44.Macallister Reelected to Select Board · The Wanderer · 2023-05-17 News report
  45. 45.Political newcomer challenging Rep. Keating in Democratic primary · Cape & Islands NPR (WCAI) · 2026-08-26 News report
  46. 46.Report on the 2026 Democratic primary in the 9th District (Keating, Swallow) · The Provincetown Independent · 2026-08 News report
  47. 47.Keating wins Democratic nomination for a 9th term in Congress · New Bedford Light · 2026-09-02 News report
  48. 48.U.S. House · Massachusetts's 9th District results 2026 · NBC News News report