1976 general · November 2, 1976

1976 Massachusetts House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Massachusetts House of Representatives district in the 1976 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 194 · R 43 · 3 other
Races240
Changed party11
Unopposed53%127 races
Incumbents defeated11

Every district

D 194 · R 43 · Other 3

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Thomas K. Lynch (D)20.2FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-2Howard C. Cahoon (R)53.2
HD-3Richard E. Kendall (D)Unopposed
HD-4Peter L. McDowell (R)Unopposed
HD-7Frank J. Matrango (D)Unopposed
HD-8Anthony P. McBride (D)2.2
HD-9Thomas R. Lussier (D)6.7
HD-10Roger R. Goyette (D)13.9
HD-11Edward P. Coury (D)Unopposed
HD-12Thomas D. Lopes (D)14.1
HD-13Ronald Anthony Pina (D)Unopposed
HD-14Raymond S. Peck (D)Unopposed
HD-15William Q. Maclean Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-16Henry S. Gillet Jr. (D)17.5
HD-17John J. Long (D)Unopposed
HD-18Thomas C. Norton (D)Unopposed
HD-19Manuel Raposa Jr. (D)15.5
HD-20Carlton Viveiros (D)Unopposed
HD-21Matthew J. Kuss (D)33.2
HD-22Antone S. Aguiar Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-23Theodore J. Aleixo Jr. (D)37.8
HD-24Richard R. Silva (R)Unopposed
HD-25David J. Lane (R)51.3
HD-26Francis W. Hatch Jr. (R)Unopposed
HD-27Kevin M. Burke (D)Unopposed
HD-28Peter C. McCarthy (D)Unopposed
HD-29John E. Murphy (D)44.7
HD-30John G. King (D)Unopposed
HD-31Bruce J. McLaughlin (D)Unopposed
HD-32J. Michael Ruane (D)Unopposed
HD-33Norris W. Harris (R)15.0
HD-34Belden G. Bly Jr. (R)12.3
HD-35Robert C. Buell (R)25.4
HD-36Henry A. Walker (R)15.5
HD-37Bernard D. Flynn (D)15.8
HD-38Francis Bevilacqua (D)44.7
HD-39David J. Swartz (D)33.8
HD-40A. David Rodham (R)32.6
HD-41Nicholas J. Buglione (D)Unopposed
HD-42Jonathan L. Healy (R)Unopposed
HD-43Edward Shortell (R)Unopposed
HD-44John B. Perry (D)24.3
HD-45Iris Holland (R)Unopposed
HD-46Edward W. Connelly (R)20.9
HD-47John F. Coffey (D)Unopposed
HD-48Peter A. Velis (R)Unopposed
HD-49Garreth J. Lynch (D)Unopposed
HD-50Francis E. Rogers (D)Unopposed
HD-51Robert J. Rohan (D)Unopposed
HD-52Rudy Chmura (D)Unopposed
HD-53Theodore J. Trudeau (R)Unopposed
HD-54Sean Cahillane (D)Unopposed
HD-55Arthur James McKenna (D)Unopposed
HD-56William P. Nagle Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-57William A. Carey (D)Unopposed
HD-58James R. Nolan (D)Unopposed
HD-59Michael J. Lombardi (D)Unopposed
HD-60Thomas H. D. Mahoney (D)32.8
HD-61Charles F. Flaherty (D)Unopposed
HD-62Saundra Graham (IND)15.2FlippedIncumbent lost
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)47.4
HD-68Eleanor M. Campobasso (D)Unopposed
HD-69Joseph T. Maguire (D)29.8
HD-70Robert L. Nardone (D)3.3FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-71Salvatore Ciccarelli (D)18.1Incumbent lost
HD-72Donald J. Manning (D)8.2
HD-73William F. Stanley (D)45.3
HD-74A. Joseph Denucci (D)40.8
HD-75Peter F. Harrington (D)37.2
HD-76David Mofenson (D)46.7
HD-77Lois G. Pines (D)36.4
HD-78John R. Granara (D)Unopposed
HD-79Angelo Marotta (D)27.5
HD-80Michael J. McGlynn (D)1.7FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-81George Keverian (D)Unopposed
HD-82Michael J. Devito (D)Unopposed
HD-83Edwin C. Lucey (D)Unopposed
HD-84John C. McNeil (D)64.7
HD-85Sherman W. Saltmarsh (R)Unopposed
HD-86William G. Robinson (R)Unopposed
HD-87William G. Shaughnessy (D)Unopposed
HD-88Paul E. Means (D)24.5
HD-89Anthony Michael Gallugi (D)28.9
HD-90Nils L. Nordberg (R)Unopposed
HD-91Nicholas Paleologos (D)38.4
HD-92Robert A. Vigneau (D)Unopposed
HD-93Lincoln P. Cole Jr. (R)Unopposed
HD-94Fred F. Cain (D)Unopposed
HD-95Carol C. Amick (D)Unopposed
HD-96Robert A. Cerasoli (D)Unopposed
HD-97Thomas F. Brownell (D)Unopposed
HD-98Michael W. Morrissey (D)67.8
HD-99James A. Sheets (D)Unopposed
HD-100Mark Fitzsimmons (D)40.6
HD-101Robert B. Ambler (D)Unopposed
HD-102Elizabeth N. Metayer (D)Unopposed
HD-103Andrew H. Card Jr. (R)39.9
HD-104M. Joseph Manning (D)Unopposed
HD-105Joseph J. Semensi (D)51.9
HD-106Paul M. Goulston (D)Unopposed
HD-107John B. Galvin (D)28.5
HD-108Robert F. X. Casey (D)12.4
HD-109Robert F. Larkin Jr. (D)6.5Flipped
HD-110Royall H. Switzler (R)15.2
HD-111Caroline J. Stouffer (D)11.7
HD-112William J. Flynn Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-113Mary Jeanette Murray (R)7.8
HD-114Paul F. X. Moriarty (D)39.3
HD-115Robert W. Gillette (R)18.1
HD-116Alfred Almeida (D)Unopposed
HD-117Charles N. Decas (R)4.4
HD-118Peter Y. Flynn (D)64.2
HD-119Robert S. Teahan (D)50.0
HD-120Philip W. Johnston (D)34.8
HD-121Stanley E. Barnicoat (R)1.0FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-122Mark E. Lawton (D)Unopposed
HD-123Emanuel Gus Serra (D)Unopposed
HD-124Dennis Kearney (D)66.4
HD-125O. Roland Orlandi (D)Unopposed
HD-126Melvin H. King (D)Unopposed
HD-127Barney Frank (D)58.3
HD-128Elaine Noble (D)59.8
HD-129Raymond L. Flynn (D)Unopposed
HD-130Michael F. Flaherty (D)Unopposed
HD-131Doris Bunte (D)86.4
HD-132Mary H. Goode (D)13.2
HD-133Kevin W. Fitzgerald (D)Unopposed
HD-134Richard L. Walsh (D)43.7
HD-135James J. Craven (D)31.5
HD-136Richard F. Finnigan (D)Unopposed
HD-137Royal J. Bolling Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-138Robert L. Fortes (D)22.9
HD-139Daniel F. Pokaski (D)Unopposed
HD-140John J. Finnegan (D)Unopposed
HD-141W. Paul White (D)83.9
HD-142H. Thomas Colo (D)21.5
HD-143Dennis J. Baker (D)33.5
HD-144Edward D. Harrington Jr. (R)Unopposed
HD-145Henry R. Grenier (D)18.0
HD-146John F. Farland (D)Unopposed
HD-147A. James Whitney (D)Unopposed
HD-148Robert D. McNeil (D)Unopposed
HD-149Richard J. Dwinell (D)46.7
HD-150John R. Driscoll (R)26.0
HD-151Richard T. Moore (D)41.9
HD-152Leo R. Corazzini (D)Unopposed
HD-153Thomas F. Fallon (D)Unopposed
HD-154Angelo Picucci (D)Unopposed
HD-155Gerald P. Lombard (D)Unopposed
HD-156George J. Bourque (D)Unopposed
HD-157Raymond M. Lafontaine (D)Unopposed
HD-158Walter E. Bickford (D)5.2FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-159Richard A. Rogers (R)Unopposed
HD-160Louis P. Bertonazzi (D)Unopposed
BERKSHIRE 4Dennis J. Duffin (D)Unopposed
BERKSHIRE 5Joseph S. Scelsi (D)43.3
BERKSHIRE 6Sidney O. Curtiss (R)Unopposed
BRISTOL 15Raymond J. Bofetti (D)8.4
BRISTOL 16Kevin Poirier (R)19.2
BRISTOL 17Max Volterra (D)Unopposed
BRISTOL 18Leon J. Lombardi (R)8.8
DUKES 1Terrence P. McCarthy (IND)1.6
ESSEX 19Timothy Basset (D)Unopposed
ESSEX 20Thomas W. McGee (D)Unopposed
ESSEX 21Robert G. Phelan (D)Unopposed
ESSEX 22James E. Smith (D)51.6
ESSEX 23Arthur M. Khoury (D)Unopposed
ESSEX 24Wilfred P. Beauchesne (D)10.1
ESSEX 25Gerard A. Guilmette (D)49.3
ESSEX 26Joseph N. Hermann (D)43.8
ESSEX 27Gerald M. Cohen (D)Unopposed
FRANKLIN 3Thomas G. Simons (R)Unopposed
HAMPDEN 13Raymond A. Jordan (D)51.1
HAMPDEN 14James L. Grimaldi (D)46.3
HAMPDEN 15Anthony Scibelli (D)Unopposed
HAMPDEN 16Richard P. Roche (D)Unopposed
HAMPDEN 17Richard H. Demers (D)Unopposed
HAMPDEN 18Francis C. Lapointe (D)6.8
HAMPDEN 19Kenneth M. Lemanski (D)20.7Incumbent lost
HAMPDEN 20William D. Mullins (D)87.9Incumbent lost
HAMPSHIRE 4James G. Collins (D)Unopposed
MIDDLESEX 38Edward M. Dickson (R)Unopposed
MIDDLESEX 39Michael J. Rea Jr. (D)35.2
MIDDLESEX 40Genevra R. Counihan (D)4.2
MIDDLESEX 41James J. Gaffney III (IND)33.8
MIDDLESEX 42Nickolas Lambros (D)33.9
MIDDLESEX 43Bruce N. Freeman (R)Unopposed
MIDDLESEX 44Leo J. Farley Jr. (D)Unopposed
MIDDLESEX 45Philip L. Shea (D)Unopposed
MIDDLESEX 46Robert B. Kennedy (D)41.3
MIDDLESEX 47Edward A. Lelacheur (D)Unopposed
MIDDLESEX 48John H. Loring (R)5.1FlippedIncumbent lost
MIDDLESEX 49Felix R. Perrault (D)25.4
MIDDLESEX 50Bruce E. Wetherbee (D)29.7
MIDDLESEX 51Argeo Paul Cellucci (R)7.2Flipped
MIDDLESEX 52Joseph M. Navin (D)Unopposed
MIDDLESEX 53Ann C. Gannett (R)Unopposed
MIDDLESEX 54Walter T. Burke (D)Unopposed
MIDDLESEX 55Louis R. Nickinello (D)Unopposed
MIDDLESEX 56Barbara E. Gray (R)19.0
MIDDLESEX 57Andrew J. Rogers (D)Unopposed
MIDDLESEX 58Andrew S. Natsios (R)Unopposed
MIDDLESEX 59George R. Sprague (R)Unopposed
NANTUCKET 1John Sydney Conway (R)Unopposed
NORFOLK 16Charles W. Long (R)14.8
NORFOLK 17Gregory W. Sullivan (D)Unopposed
NORFOLK 18Francis H. Woodward (D)14.5FlippedIncumbent lost
NORFOLK 19William R. Keating (D)50.7
NORFOLK 20James Segel (D)Unopposed
NORFOLK 21John A. Businger (D)Unopposed
NORFOLK 22Philip Frank Filosa (D)15.0
NORFOLK 23Donat J. Laplante (D)13.6
NORFOLK 24Charles F. McNally (D)12.6Flipped
PLYMOUTH 13Michael C. Creedon (D)Unopposed
PLYMOUTH 14Karen Swanson (D)13.3
PLYMOUTH 15Peter George Asiaf (D)Unopposed
SUFFOLK 20Brian J. Donnelly (D)Unopposed
SUFFOLK 21Michael Paul Feeney (D)34.3
SUFFOLK 22Angelo M. Scaccia (D)Unopposed
SUFFOLK 23Charles Robert Doyle (D)Unopposed
SUFFOLK 24Michael Joseph Connolly (D)Unopposed
SUFFOLK 25Norman S. Weinberg (D)Unopposed
SUFFOLK 26John F. Melia (D)22.5
SUFFOLK 27Bill Galvin (D)Unopposed
SUFFOLK 28Angelo Cataldo (D)64.8
SUFFOLK 29Francis D. Doris (D)63.1
SUFFOLK 30Alfred E. Saggese Jr. (D)Unopposed
SUFFOLK 31Richard A. Voke (D)70.0
WORCESTER 20Thomas P. White (D)29.0
WORCESTER 21Robert J. Bohigian (D)Unopposed
WORCESTER 22Andrew Collaro (D)Unopposed
WORCESTER 23Charles J. Buffone (D)Unopposed
WORCESTER 24John Rucho (D)13.7
WORCESTER 25C. Vincent Shea (D)39.2
WORCESTER 26James A. Keefe Jr. (D)Unopposed
WORCESTER 27Charles F. Engdahl (D)36.4

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