1974Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1974 election for Massachusetts House of Representatives: Hampden 16
Massachusetts House of Representatives · Massachusetts
Peter H. Lappin (D) won re-election with 62.3% of the vote, defeating Robert J. Picknally (R) by 24.6 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.
Peter H. LappinDemocrat · winner · incumbent
62.3%4,455
Robert J. PicknallyRepublican
37.7%2,696
7,151 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 1974
The seat's recent races
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)