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1968Final results

1968 election for Massachusetts Senate District D18

Massachusetts State Senate · Massachusetts

Berly W. Cohen (D) won with 74.8% of the vote, defeating Patrick E. McKenna (R) by 49.5 points.

Berly W. CohenDemocrat · winner · incumbent
74.8%35,161
25.2%11,868
47,029 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

EvenD+49.51968D+47.11972D+51.21976D+61.21978D+43.11984D+31.11994

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET