1970Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1970 election for Massachusetts House District 157
Massachusetts House of Representatives · Massachusetts
David J. Lionett (R) won with 57.9% of the vote, defeating Theodore M. Herman (D) by 15.7 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
David J. LionettRepublican · winner
57.9%5,843
Theodore M. HermanDemocrat · incumbent
42.1%4,256
10,099 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 1970
The seat's recent races
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)