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1968Final results

1968 election for Massachusetts State Senate: Worcester–Hampden–Hampshire

Massachusetts State Senate · Massachusetts

Philip A. Quinn (D) won re-election with 64.1% of the vote, defeating John L. Cook (R) by 28.2 points.

Philip A. QuinnDemocrat · winner · incumbent
64.1%37,426
John L. CookRepublican
35.9%20,945
58,372 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+28.21968D+10.81970

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)