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1974 general · November 4, 1974

1974 Massachusetts State Senate election results, district by district

Every Massachusetts State Senate 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 · 40 seats

After the electionD 33 · R 7
Races38
Changed party6
Unopposed63%24 races
Incumbents defeated1

Every district

D 32 · R 6

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-BERKSHIREJohn H. Fitzpatrick (R)10.0Flipped
BRISTOL 1Mary L. Fonseca (D)UnopposedFlipped
SD-BRISTOLPLYMOUTHGeorge Rogers (D)15.6
SD-BRISTOLPLYMOUTHNORFOLKRobert E. McCarthy (D)17.7
SD-CAPEPLYMOUTHISLANDSJohn F. Aylmer (R)Unopposed
SD-D02Roger L. Bernashe (D)Unopposed
SD-D03Stanley John Zarod (D)Unopposed
SD-D08Robert A. Hall (R)23.7Flipped
SD-D09John J. Conte (D)Unopposed
SD-D10Daniel J. Foley (D)Unopposed
SD-D11B. Joseph Tully (D)Unopposed
SD-D12Chester Atkins (D)39.8
SD-D13Jack H. Backman (D)1.4FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-D15Stephen J. McGrail (D)55.2
SD-D16John W. Bullock (D)30.4
SD-D18Joseph F. Timilty (D)Unopposed
SD-D19Walter J. Boverini (D)Unopposed
SD-D20William X. Wall (D)Unopposed
SD-D21William L. Saltonstall (R)Unopposed
SD-D22Kevin B. Harrington (D)Unopposed
SD-D23Ronald C. Mackenzie (R)79.4Flipped
SD-D24James P. Rurak (D)46.8Flipped
SD-D26Francis X. McCann (D)Unopposed
SD-D27Denis L. McKenna (D)Unopposed
SD-D28Michael Lopresti Jr. (D)64.6
SD-D29Bill Owens (D)57.9
SD-D30William M. Bulger (D)Unopposed
SD-D32Allan R. McKinnon (D)Unopposed
SD-D35John F. Parker (R)Unopposed
SD-FRANKLINHAMPSHIREHAMPDENJohn W. Olver (D)32.5
SD-HAMPDENBERKSHIREAlan D. Sisitsky (D)44.6
SD-NORFOLKArthur H. Tobin (D)Unopposed
SD-PLYMOUTHNORFOLKAnna P. Buckley (D)Unopposed
SD-SUFFOLKESSEXMIDDLESEXJoseph J. C. Dicarlo (D)Unopposed
SUFFOLKNORFOLK 1Arthur Joseph Lewis Jr. (D)Unopposed
SUFFOLKNORFOLK 2Joseph B. Walsh (D)Unopposed
SD-WORCESTERFRANKLINHAMPDENHAMPSHIREFrederic W. Schlosstein Jr. (D)Unopposed
SD-WORCESTERNORFOLKJames A. Kelly Jr. (D)Unopposed

Massachusetts State Senate

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