1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Massachusetts House District 106
Massachusetts House of Representatives · Massachusetts
Deborah R. Cochran (R) won with 50.4% of the vote, defeating Robert F. X. Casey (D) by 0.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Deborah R. CochranRepublican · winner
50.4%7,553
Robert F. X. CaseyDemocrat · incumbent
49.6%7,419
14,972 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 1978
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET