1968Final results
1968 election for Massachusetts House of Representatives: Essex 20
Massachusetts House of Representatives · Massachusetts
A. Edward Talbot (R) won re-election with 52.2% of the vote, defeating Edward Ryan Theobald (D) by 4.4 points.
A. Edward TalbotRepublican · winner · incumbent
52.2%4,895
Edward Ryan TheobaldDemocrat
47.8%4,485
9,380 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1968
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)