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1974Final results

1974 election for Massachusetts Senate District D12

Massachusetts State Senate · Massachusetts

Chester Atkins (D) won with 69.9% of the vote, defeating George F. Rohan (R) by 39.8 points.

Chester AtkinsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
69.9%31,993
George F. RohanRepublican
30.1%13,766
45,769 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

Races before and after

EvenD+44.91972D+39.81974D+39.31976D+30.21980D+32.91982R+9.01984

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