Tracy Lovvorn, 48, also challenged McGovern unsuccessfully in 2018. Lovvorn has never previously held a political office.

She’s a licensed physical therapist who founded a private practice outpatient physical therapy clinic in Grafton, her hometown.

Caroline Colarusso is the Republican nominee running for US Congress in the 5th Congressional District of Massachusetts.

She is a sitting Stoneham selectwoman and the only Republican elected to the board in the last six years.

Colarusso, a postmaster, worked for the U.S. Postal Service for 27 years and rose to the level of senior management.

Colarusso graduated from Emmanuel College in Boston.

Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton, 41, has served as the representative of Massachusetts’ 6th Congressional District since January 2015.

He graduated from Harvard College in 2001 and joined the U.S. Marine Corps a few months before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. He rose to the rank of captain during the Iraq War and returned from active duty in 2008.

Moulton has master’s degrees in business and public policy from Harvard.

Billerica’s John Paul Moran is the Republican nominee running for U.S. Congress in the 6th Congressional District of Massachusetts.

Moran’s campaign website describes him as an entrepreneur, business owner, MIT space telescope scientist, gay conservative, NCAA athlete, realtor and founder of the nonprofit Grand Opportunity USA.

He is also a founding member of the RNC’s Conservative Youth Coalition board.

Moran earned his Master of Business Administration at Boston University.

Rep. Ayanna Pressley, 46, has served as the U.S. Representative for Massachusetts’ 7th Congressional District since January 2019. Pressley is the first woman of color to be elected to Congress from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Pressley’s website touts her work for introducing legislation to ensure fair compensation for low-wage workers, to support survivors of sexual assault and harassment and to fundamentally reimagine the criminal legal system. Her website highlights her advocacy on behalf of immigrant communities, fight to protect reproductive rights and holding the White House accountable.

Before being elected to Congress, Pressley had served as an at-large representative on the Boston City Council since her election in 2009 and as a staff member for U.S. Sen. John Kerry.

Pressley grew up in Chicago and eventually moved to Boston to attend Boston University but never graduated, because she had to leave school to support her family after her mother lost her job.

Roy Owens is running as an independent to represent the 7th Congressional District.

Owens is the pastor of the Walthall Chapel Church of God in Christ, a Pentecostal church in Boston.

He previously sought election to the Massachusetts House of Representatives, the Boston City Council and the State Senate, but was unsuccessful.

Owens has worked as a teacher in the Boston Public Schools system and as a social worker for the Department of Public Welfare.

He has earned degrees from Roxbury Community College and the University of Massachusetts Boston. He also earned a certificate from the Gordon Seminary.

Jon Lott, an educator from Stoughton, is running as an independent and will appear on ballots as a member of the Healthcare Environment Stability party.

Lott is a 2014 graduate of the University of Vermont. He has taught Latin at a school in Needham and previously in Connecticut.

Democratic incumbent Rep. Bill Keating has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2011, representing the former 10th Congressional District of Massachusetts. Most of the 10th District was reincorporated into the 9th District after Massachusetts lost a congressional seat as a result of the 2010 Census. His current district encompasses the state’s South Shore, South Coast, Cape Cod and the Islands of Martha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket.

Prior to his election to Congress, Keating was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and then the Norfolk District Attorney.

Keating attended Boston College where he received his B.A. and Masters in Business Administration. He paid for his education by working as a letter carrier for the United States Postal Service.

Republican Helen Brady has worked for the Boston Symphony Orchestra as Boston Pops Business Director for more than three decades.

Brady was cleared to appear on the ballot by the Supreme Judicial Court, overturning a decision from the State Ballot Law Commission that blocked her access based on how a third-party vendor for her campaign collected and submitted electronic nomination signatures.

The mother of four is a graduate of Weymouth South High School and UMass-Amherst, where she met her husband.

She previously ran unsuccessfully for the office of Auditor of the Commonwealth in 2018.

Retired physical education teacher and coach Mike Manley will appear on ballots as a candidate of the Coach Team America party. According to his campaign website, Manley has objections to both of the major parties.

Manley was a gym teacher and coach for 50 years in New York City.