Tuesday is election day, but for many on the ballot, the outcome has been known for months.

Nearly half the Massachusetts legislature will win their seats this year without facing an opponent in the primary or general elections. Same goes for five of the state’s nine members of the U.S. House.

“It’s not my fault that I don’t have an opponent,” laughs U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern, a Democrat. “If I were a tea party conservative, I’d run against me because of what I stand for.”

The other congressman representing the western half of Massachusetts, Richard Neal, also faces no competition.

It’s a different story in Connecticut, where all five of the state’s U.S. representatives have opponents.