1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Massachusetts House District 142
Massachusetts House of Representatives · Massachusetts
James Harrington (R) won with 56.8% of the vote, defeating Dennis J. Baker (D) by 13.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
James HarringtonRepublican · winner
56.8%8,327
Dennis J. BakerDemocrat · incumbent
43.1%6,321
14,649 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