1976Final results

1976 election for Massachusetts House of Representatives: Norfolk 23

Massachusetts House of Representatives · Massachusetts

Donat J. Laplante (D) won re-election with 56.8% of the vote, defeating Rozalia Hidy (R) by 13.6 points.

Donat J. LaplanteDemocrat · winner · incumbent
56.8%5,787
Rozalia HidyRepublican
43.2%4,397
10,184 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 1976

The seat's recent races

EvenD+29.51974D+13.61976

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)