Which New England congressional districts were held by Republicans in the 2024 election?

1. New England’s baseline: Democrats dominate Massachusetts and Connecticut

Massachusetts entered the 2024 cycle as a solidly Democratic House delegation: multiple sources note Democrats running and winning across all nine Massachusetts districts, and Ballotpedia records that in several Massachusetts districts “no candidates filed for the Republican Party primary,” demonstrating a lack of GOP infrastructure for House pickups there ^{[1] [2]}. Connecticut’s five districts were likewise described in pre/post‑election coverage as held by incumbents who are Democrats ^[6]. Those facts show the structural headwind Republicans faced across New England in 2024 ^{[1] [2] [6]}.

2. New Hampshire was the only New England state with visibly competitive GOP bids

New Hampshire’s two congressional races drew the most attention from Republicans in New England. The state’s 2nd District was an open contest after Democratic incumbent Annie Kuster did not seek re‑election, producing a crowded field including Republican Lily Tang Williams and Democrat Maggie Goodlander (reporting describes the open race and the contested primaries) ^{[3] [4] [5]}. Ballotpedia documents a high number of GOP filings in New Hampshire—20 Republicans across two districts—underscoring that New Hampshire was the focal point of any Republican hope in New England in 2024 ^[5].

3. What the supplied sources say — and what they don’t

The sources included detailed previews, candidate lists and primary results (New Hampshire Bulletin, Ballotpedia, WBUR) but none of the selected items provides a post‑election, district‑by‑district roster explicitly naming any New England House seat that Republicans held after November 2024. WBUR and local outlets covered hotly contested races in New Hampshire but the pieces in the dataset stop short of declaring a GOP‑held New England seat in the final 2024 House delegation ^{[3] [4] [5]}. Therefore the direct answer to “Which New England congressional districts were held by Republicans in the 2024 election?” is: available sources do not mention any specific New England district as being held by a Republican after the 2024 elections ^{[1] [2] [3]}.

4. Competing perspectives and why confusion persists

Some later commentary frames New Hampshire as the start of a Republican “comeback” in New England, pointing to narrower margins and improved GOP performance in individual races (opinion/analysis pieces cite closer results in NH‑1 and GOP share gains) ^[7]. That perspective differs from structural assessments that emphasize Democratic lock on Massachusetts delegations and Connecticut incumbents ^{[1] [6]}. The divergence reflects two separate narratives in the sources: one emphasizing party control of delegations (structural reality), the other highlighting signs of GOP momentum in particular swing districts (electoral dynamics) ^{[1] [7]}.

5. Limitations, open questions and where to look next

The dataset provided lacks an authoritative post‑November 2024 AP or official House roll‑call snapshot showing the final partisan composition of New England’s delegation; therefore I cannot definitively list individual districts that ended up Republican beyond saying the supplied reporting does not identify any (available sources do not mention final Republican‑held New England districts) ^{[3] [1] [2]}. For a definitive roster consult the Associated Press seat calls, the official Clerk of the House list, or contemporaneous state secretary of state results for each New England state; those authoritative post‑election tallies are not included among the documents provided here.

Sources cited: WBUR (New Hampshire coverage) ^[3]; Massachusetts and Connecticut House election pages ^{[2] [6]}; New Hampshire Bulletin candidate coverage ^[4]; Ballotpedia New Hampshire and Massachusetts pages ^{[5] [1]}; Boston Herald analysis noting NH vote patterns ^[7].