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1976 general · November 2, 1976

1976 Massachusetts State Senate election results, district by district

Every Massachusetts State Senate 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 · 40 seats

After the electionD 33 · R 7
Races38
Changed party1
Unopposed61%23 races
Incumbents defeated1

Every district

D 31 · R 7

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-BERKSHIREJohn H. Fitzpatrick (R)11.5
BRISTOL 1Mary L. Fonseca (D)Unopposed
SD-BRISTOLPLYMOUTHGeorge Rogers (D)Unopposed
SD-BRISTOLPLYMOUTHNORFOLKRobert E. McCarthy (D)31.3
SD-CAPEPLYMOUTHISLANDSJohn F. Aylmer (R)Unopposed
SD-D02Roger L. Bernashe (D)Unopposed
SD-D03Stanley John Zarod (D)Unopposed
SD-D08Robert A. Hall (R)Unopposed
SD-D09Gerard Damico (D)35.5
SD-D10Daniel J. Foley (D)Unopposed
SD-D11B. Joseph Tully (D)41.7
SD-D12Chester Atkins (D)39.3
SD-D13David H. Locke (R)4.7FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-D15John A. Brennan (D)23.9
SD-D16Samuel Rotondi (D)50.8
SD-D18Joseph F. Timilty (D)51.2
SD-D19Walter J. Boverini (D)Unopposed
SD-D20William X. Wall (D)Unopposed
SD-D21William L. Saltonstall (R)48.3
SD-D22Kevin B. Harrington (D)Unopposed
SD-D23Ronald C. Mackenzie (R)0.4
SD-D24Sharon M. Pollard (D)Unopposed
SD-D26Francis X. McCann (D)38.4
SD-D27Denis L. McKenna (D)Unopposed
SD-D28Michael Lopresti Jr. (D)Unopposed
SD-D29Bill Owens (D)Unopposed
SD-D30William M. Bulger (D)55.0
SD-D32Allan R. McKinnon (D)Unopposed
SD-D35John F. Parker (R)Unopposed
SD-FRANKLINHAMPSHIREHAMPDENJohn W. Olver (D)28.6
SD-HAMPDENBERKSHIREAlan D. Sisitsky (D)Unopposed
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-WORCESTERFRANKLINHAMPDENHAMPSHIRERobert D. Wetmore (D)31.2
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