1970Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1970 election for Massachusetts House District 78
Massachusetts House of Representatives · Massachusetts
Bradford Pottle (R) won with 43.8% of the vote, defeating Hugh J. Morgan Jr. (D) by 2.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Bradford PottleRepublican · winner
43.8%4,446
Hugh J. Morgan Jr.Democrat · incumbent
41.3%4,188
William D. HealyIndependent
14.9%1,513
10,147 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
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET