1968Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1968 election for Massachusetts Senate District D03
Massachusetts State Senate · Massachusetts
Stanley John Zarod (D) won with 44.0% of the vote, defeating Maurice A. Donahue (D) by 7.2 points.
Stanley John ZarodDemocrat · winner
44.0%36,486
Maurice A. DonahueDemocrat · incumbent
36.8%30,487
James A. DowdsRepublican
19.2%15,869
82,842 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: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET