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1970 election for Massachusetts House District 91

Massachusetts House of Representatives · Massachusetts

Chester Atkins (D) won with 58.5% of the vote, defeating George F. Rohan (R) by 17.0 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Chester AtkinsDemocrat · winner
58.5%6,434
George F. RohanRepublican
41.5%4,564
10,998 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

EvenD+38.41976D+40.91984D+9.01990D+22.61992R+21.12014R+9.82016

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