1974 general · November 4, 1974

1974 Massachusetts House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Massachusetts House of Representatives district in the 1974 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 240 seats

After the electionD 191 · R 46 · 3 other
Races240
Changed party45
Unopposed52%125 races
Incumbents defeated10

Every district

D 191 · R 46 · Other 3

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Bernard Wilber (R)Unopposed
HD-2Howard C. Cahoon (R)Unopposed
HD-3Richard E. Kendall (D)Unopposed
HD-4Peter L. McDowell (R)19.0
HD-7Frank J. Matrango (D)Unopposed
HD-8Anthony P. McBride (D)Unopposed
HD-9William I. Kitterman (D)Unopposed
HD-10Donald R. Gaudette (D)Unopposed
HD-11Edward P. Coury (D)Unopposed
HD-12Thomas D. Lopes (D)Unopposed
HD-13Ronald Anthony Pina (D)Unopposed
HD-14Raymond S. Peck (D)Unopposed
HD-15William Q. Maclean Jr. (D)60.0
HD-16James A. Obrien Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-17John J. Long (D)24.2
HD-18Thomas C. Norton (D)Unopposed
HD-19Manuel Raposa Jr. (D)16.0
HD-20Carlton Viveiros (D)Unopposed
HD-21Matthew J. Kuss (D)19.5
HD-22Antone S. Aguiar Jr. (D)46.3
HD-23Theodore J. Aleixo Jr. (D)49.2Flipped
HD-24Richard R. Silva (R)Unopposed
HD-25David J. Lane (R)Unopposed
HD-26Francis W. Hatch Jr. (R)Unopposed
HD-27Kevin M. Burke (D)20.1FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-28Peter C. McCarthy (D)Unopposed
HD-29John E. Murphy (D)35.4
HD-30John G. King (D)35.4
HD-31Henry J. Odonnell (D)59.0Flipped
HD-32J. Michael Ruane (D)Unopposed
HD-33Norris W. Harris (R)23.0Flipped
HD-34Belden G. Bly Jr. (R)11.6
HD-35Robert C. Buell (R)7.9
HD-36Henry A. Walker (R)5.3Flipped
HD-37Bernard D. Flynn (D)3.0Incumbent lost
HD-38Francis Bevilacqua (D)Unopposed
HD-39David J. Swartz (D)18.4
HD-40A. David Rodham (R)7.2Flipped
HD-41Nicholas J. Buglione (D)39.4
HD-42Jonathan L. Healy (R)30.6
HD-43Edward Shortell (R)24.7
HD-44John B. Perry (D)4.1
HD-45Iris Holland (R)UnopposedFlipped
HD-46Edward W. Connelly (R)UnopposedFlipped
HD-47John F. Coffey (D)21.6
HD-48Peter A. Velis (R)45.8Flipped
HD-49Garreth J. Lynch (D)61.3
HD-50David M. Bartley (D)UnopposedFlipped
HD-51James E. Oleary (D)Unopposed
HD-52Rudy Chmura (D)UnopposedFlipped
HD-53Theodore J. Trudeau (R)23.5Flipped
HD-54Sean Cahillane (D)71.2
HD-55Arthur James McKenna (D)57.0
HD-56William P. Nagle Jr. (D)22.4
HD-57William A. Carey (D)4.8Incumbent lost
HD-58James R. Nolan (D)19.2
HD-59Michael J. Lombardi (D)Unopposed
HD-60Thomas H. D. Mahoney (D)31.9
HD-61Charles F. Flaherty (D)Unopposed
HD-62John J. Toomey (D)12.1
HD-63William A. Pickett (D)Unopposed
HD-64Vincent J. Piro (D)Unopposed
HD-65Marie E. Howe (D)Unopposed
HD-66Mary E. Fantasia (D)Unopposed
HD-67John F. Cusack (D)Unopposed
HD-68Eleanor M. Campobasso (D)54.4
HD-69Edward F. Galotti (D)Unopposed
HD-70Robert A. Manzelli (R)3.8Flipped
HD-71Richard Michael McGrath (D)10.7
HD-72Donald J. Manning (D)Unopposed
HD-73Richard E. Landry (D)Unopposed
HD-74Richard J. McGrath (D)22.1
HD-75Peter F. Harrington (D)Unopposed
HD-76David Mofenson (D)UnopposedFlipped
HD-77Lois G. Pines (D)68.6Flipped
HD-78Frederick N. Dellorusso (D)32.5
HD-79Angelo Marotta (D)33.6Flipped
HD-80Robert M. Penta (IND)15.9FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-81George Keverian (D)Unopposed
HD-82William F. Hogan (D)UnopposedFlipped
HD-83James S. Conway (D)Unopposed
HD-84Ed Markey (D)63.2Flipped
HD-85Sherman W. Saltmarsh (R)6.9Flipped
HD-86William G. Robinson (R)14.2Flipped
HD-87William G. Shaughnessy (D)0.3
HD-88Paul E. Means (D)2.4Incumbent lost
HD-89Anthony Michael Gallugi (D)33.0
HD-90Nils L. Nordberg (R)Unopposed
HD-91Daniel L. Joyce Jr. (D)UnopposedFlipped
HD-92Robert A. Vigneau (D)Unopposed
HD-93Lincoln P. Cole Jr. (R)Unopposed
HD-94Fred F. Cain (D)Unopposed
HD-95Carol C. Amick (D)27.7
HD-96Robert A. Cerasoli (D)51.3
HD-97Thomas F. Brownell (D)Unopposed
HD-98Joseph E. Brett (D)57.1
HD-99William D. Delahunt (D)28.2
HD-100William A. Connell Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-101Robert B. Ambler (D)11.8
HD-102Elizabeth N. Metayer (D)Unopposed
HD-103Andrew H. Card Jr. (R)27.2FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-104M. Joseph Manning (D)UnopposedFlipped
HD-105Joseph J. Semensi (D)53.0Flipped
HD-106Paul M. Goulston (D)24.0
HD-107Maurice E. Ronayne Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-108Charles M. McGowan (D)33.6
HD-109Gilbert W. Cox Jr. (R)18.7
HD-110Bruce H. Zeiser (R)28.5
HD-111Daniel J. Henderson (D)5.9
HD-112William J. Flynn Jr. (D)15.0Flipped
HD-113George C. Young (R)15.2Flipped
HD-114John R. Buckley (D)UnopposedFlipped
HD-115Robert W. Gillette (R)UnopposedFlipped
HD-116Alfred Almeida (D)UnopposedFlipped
HD-117Charles A. Mackenzie Jr. (R)3.8Flipped
HD-118Peter Y. Flynn (D)23.6
HD-119Robert S. Teahan (D)15.9Flipped
HD-120Philip W. Johnston (D)9.6Flipped
HD-121Gary D. Jones (D)3.8
HD-122Mark E. Lawton (D)Unopposed
HD-123Emanuel Gus Serra (D)67.1
HD-124Dennis Kearney (D)27.6
HD-125O. Roland Orlandi (D)35.7
HD-126Melvin H. King (D)Unopposed
HD-127Barney Frank (D)Unopposed
HD-128Elaine Noble (D)18.0
HD-129Raymond L. Flynn (D)Unopposed
HD-130Michael F. Flaherty (D)50.2
HD-131Doris Bunte (D)Unopposed
HD-132Mary H. Goode (D)Unopposed
HD-133Kevin W. Fitzgerald (D)63.8
HD-134John G. Kelleher (D)Unopposed
HD-135James J. Craven (D)Unopposed
HD-136Richard F. Finnigan (D)Unopposed
HD-137Royal J. Bolling Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-138Robert L. Fortes (D)Unopposed
HD-139Daniel F. Pokaski (D)75.9
HD-140John J. Finnegan (D)Unopposed
HD-141W. Paul White (D)Unopposed
HD-142H. Thomas Colo (D)Unopposed
HD-143Robert D. Wetmore (D)28.0
HD-144Edward D. Harrington Jr. (R)Unopposed
HD-145Henry R. Grenier (D)34.0
HD-146John F. Farland (D)13.4
HD-147William A. Starzec (D)Unopposed
HD-148Robert D. McNeil (D)Unopposed
HD-149Richard J. Dwinell (D)Unopposed
HD-150John R. Driscoll (R)5.6Flipped
HD-151Thomas E. Creighton (D)UnopposedFlipped
HD-152Leo R. Corazzini (D)21.4
HD-153Thomas F. Fallon (D)20.5
HD-154Angelo Picucci (D)Unopposed
HD-155Gerald P. Lombard (D)Unopposed
HD-156George J. Bourque (D)Unopposed
HD-157Raymond M. Lafontaine (D)UnopposedFlipped
HD-158Robert C. Reynolds (R)9.3Flipped
HD-159Richard A. Rogers (R)10.9Flipped
HD-160Louis P. Bertonazzi (D)79.5
BERKSHIRE 4Dennis J. Duffin (D)Unopposed
BERKSHIRE 5Joseph S. Scelsi (D)48.3
BERKSHIRE 6Sidney O. Curtiss (R)Unopposed
BRISTOL 15Raymond J. Bofetti (D)Unopposed
BRISTOL 16Donald T. Bliss (R)5.1
BRISTOL 17Max Volterra (D)Unopposed
BRISTOL 18John S. Ames III (R)Unopposed
DUKES 1Terrence P. McCarthy (IND)Unopposed
ESSEX 19Timothy Basset (D)UnopposedFlipped
ESSEX 20Thomas W. McGee (D)UnopposedFlipped
ESSEX 21Robert G. Phelan (D)UnopposedFlipped
ESSEX 22James E. Smith (D)46.5
ESSEX 23Arthur M. Khoury (D)Unopposed
ESSEX 24Wilfred P. Beauchesne (D)10.4
ESSEX 25Gerard A. Guilmette (D)Unopposed
ESSEX 26James P. Hurrell (D)Unopposed
ESSEX 27Gerald M. Cohen (D)4.5
FRANKLIN 3Thomas G. Simons (R)Unopposed
HAMPDEN 13Raymond A. Jordan (D)13.8
HAMPDEN 14James L. Grimaldi (D)Unopposed
HAMPDEN 15Anthony Scibelli (D)Unopposed
HAMPDEN 16Peter H. Lappin (D)24.6Flipped
HAMPDEN 17Richard H. Demers (D)Unopposed
HAMPDEN 18Francis C. Lapointe (D)Unopposed
HAMPDEN 19Joseph Garczynski Jr. (D)Unopposed
HAMPDEN 20Steve T. Chmura (D)Unopposed
HAMPSHIRE 4James G. Collins (D)38.8
MIDDLESEX 38Edward M. Dickson (R)Unopposed
MIDDLESEX 39Michael E. McLaughlin (D)49.3
MIDDLESEX 40Genevra R. Counihan (D)0.7
MIDDLESEX 41James J. Gaffney III (IND)0.5FlippedIncumbent lost
MIDDLESEX 42Nickolas Lambros (D)Unopposed
MIDDLESEX 43Bruce N. Freeman (R)Unopposed
MIDDLESEX 44Edward J. Early Jr. (D)18.5
MIDDLESEX 45Philip L. Shea (D)Unopposed
MIDDLESEX 46Robert B. Kennedy (D)Unopposed
MIDDLESEX 47Raymond F. Rourke (D)Unopposed
MIDDLESEX 48William Charles Mullin (D)11.6Incumbent lost
MIDDLESEX 49Felix R. Perrault (D)Unopposed
MIDDLESEX 50Bruce E. Wetherbee (D)13.9
MIDDLESEX 51Wilfred E. Balthazar (D)2.5
MIDDLESEX 52Joseph M. Navin (D)17.6
MIDDLESEX 53Ann C. Gannett (R)56.8
MIDDLESEX 54Walter T. Burke (D)Unopposed
MIDDLESEX 55Louis R. Nickinello (D)Unopposed
MIDDLESEX 56Barbara E. Gray (R)Unopposed
MIDDLESEX 57Robert Owens (D)Unopposed
MIDDLESEX 58Andrew S. Natsios (R)23.3
MIDDLESEX 59George R. Sprague (R)Unopposed
NANTUCKET 1Arthur L. Desrocher (R)Unopposed
NORFOLK 16Charles W. Long (R)26.3
NORFOLK 17Gregory W. Sullivan (D)22.1
NORFOLK 18Alan Paul Danovitch (R)30.8
NORFOLK 19Laurence R. Buxbaum (D)Unopposed
NORFOLK 20James Segel (D)17.8
NORFOLK 21John A. Businger (D)Unopposed
NORFOLK 22Philip Frank Filosa (D)2.0
NORFOLK 23Donat J. Laplante (D)29.5
NORFOLK 24George L. Woods Jr. (R)4.4Incumbent lost
PLYMOUTH 13Michael C. Creedon (D)Unopposed
PLYMOUTH 14Karen Swanson (D)4.4Incumbent lost
PLYMOUTH 15Peter George Asiaf (D)Unopposed
SUFFOLK 20Brian J. Donnelly (D)Unopposed
SUFFOLK 21Michael Paul Feeney (D)Unopposed
SUFFOLK 22Angelo M. Scaccia (D)34.1
SUFFOLK 23Francis X. Coppinger (D)Unopposed
SUFFOLK 24Michael Joseph Connolly (D)35.2
SUFFOLK 25Norman S. Weinberg (D)Unopposed
SUFFOLK 26John F. Melia (D)27.7
SUFFOLK 27Michael J. Daly (D)Unopposed
SUFFOLK 28Angelo Cataldo (D)Unopposed
SUFFOLK 29Francis D. Doris (D)Unopposed
SUFFOLK 30Alfred E. Saggese Jr. (D)16.5
SUFFOLK 31Robert F. Donovan (D)53.1
WORCESTER 20Thomas P. White (D)2.5
WORCESTER 21Robert J. Bohigian (D)Unopposed
WORCESTER 22Andrew Collaro (D)UnopposedFlipped
WORCESTER 23Charles J. Buffone (D)UnopposedFlipped
WORCESTER 24John Rucho (D)Unopposed
WORCESTER 25C. Vincent Shea (D)Unopposed
WORCESTER 26James A. Keefe Jr. (D)8.9
WORCESTER 27Charles F. Engdahl (D)Unopposed

Massachusetts House of Representatives

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner