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1978Final results

1978 election for Massachusetts House District 129

Massachusetts House of Representatives · Massachusetts

Doris Bunte (D) won with 95.0% of the vote, defeating Thomas Wheaton (R) by 89.9 points.

Doris BunteDemocrat · winner · incumbent
95.0%5,458
Thomas WheatonRepublican
5.0%290
5,748 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

EvenD+60.71968R+22.01970 special electionD+19.91970D+61.01972D+89.91978D+92.11980

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