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U.S. House, District 8: who gets your vote?

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Candidate
Robert Gerald Burke

Robert Gerald Burke

Running for U.S. House · Massachusetts District 8

NationalRepublican

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Stephen F. Lynch

Stephen F. Lynch

U.S. House · Massachusetts District 8

NationalDemocrat

Robert Gerald BurkeCandidateStephen F. LynchCurrent rep

Job fit

Robert Gerald Burke

Nothing found for this candidate yet.

Stephen F. Lynch

Offices held

  • In 1994, Congressman Lynch was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives. 1

Other work

  • He worked as a structural ironworker for 18 years 1

Education

  • He later received a law degree from Boston College Law School 1

Top issues

We haven't found stated positions for either candidate yet.

How they voted on top issues

Robert Gerald Burke

Nothing found for this candidate yet.

Stephen F. Lynch

  • Elections that are easy to vote in and hard to cheat → Making it easier to vote (4 of 4 votes) 2
  • What kids are taught in school → Teachers deciding, with lessons that include everyone (4 of 4 votes) 2
  • Fair trade and prices at the store → Free trade and lower tariffs (3 of 3 votes) 2

Who pays them

Robert Gerald Burke

Nothing found for this candidate yet.

Stephen F. Lynch

Where the campaign money came from3

small donorslarge donorslabor unionscompaniesindustry associationsOther kinds of donors
small donors$31Klarge donors$525Klabor unions$140Kcompanies$66Kindustryassociations$58KOther kinds ofdonors$32K$912K raised
$30,6673Small individual donors
$524,8753Large individual donors

Checks

Robert Gerald Burke

No voting record to check yet

Stephen F. Lynch

Checks run: missed votes · stock trades

🚨 Stock trades on file: 3 since 2016. 4

About red flags

These are Voter Choice's editorial choices, not a finding about any person. We flag: stock trading while in office, absences, money's influence in politics, and reported misuse of power or public funds. State and local items may come from local news, which can lean partisan. Take with a grain of salt. The judgment is yours.

Based on current data. May change in a future update.

Sources

  1. About | Congressman Stephen Lynch · checked 2026-10-15 used in: Experience
  2. Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04 used in: How they voted on top issues
  3. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
  4. House and Senate periodic transaction reports · disclosed through 2024-05-23 used in: Checks
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Rasheed Nicholas Walters
Candidate A

Rasheed Nicholas Walters

Independent

We don't have campaign money records for this race yet.

Sources

1 Background: Rasheed Nicholas Walters — biography (web text capture, 2026-10-20) · checked 2026-10-20

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Stephen F. Lynch
Candidate B

Stephen F. Lynch

DemocratShown above

🚩 $912K raised, 58% from large donors, 37% from organized interests. Group coverage unverified: filing cutoffs and receipt scope have not been reconciled. Named amounts are not a complete split of the filed PAC total.
Filed PAC total: $339,200.00 (37% of $911,617.09 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $295,799.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

🚨 Stock trades on file: 3 since 2016.

Their votes pushed for: cutting pollution and moving to clean energy, more legal ways in, and protection for people already here, government paying more of the bill.

Sources

1 Background: About | Congressman Stephen Lynch · checked 2026-10-15

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

3 STOCK Act trades: House and Senate periodic transaction reports · disclosed through 2024-05-23

4 Roll calls: Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04

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Robert Gerald Burke
Candidate C

Robert Gerald Burke

RepublicanShown above

No verified background on file for this candidate.

We don't have campaign money records for this race yet.

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