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1976Final results

1976 election for Massachusetts Senate District D15

Massachusetts State Senate · Massachusetts

John A. Brennan (D) won with 62.0% of the vote, defeating John T. Cinella Jr. (R) by 23.9 points.

John A. BrennanDemocrat · winner
62.0%36,883
38.0%22,649
59,534 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

Races before and after

EvenD+55.11972D+55.21974D+23.91976R+16.91990R+45.92000D+19.52004

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