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1978 election for Massachusetts House District 48

Massachusetts House of Representatives · Massachusetts

Robert J. Rohan (D) won with 83.7% of the vote, defeating Robert E. Miner (R) by 67.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Robert J. RohanDemocrat · winner · incumbent
83.7%10,223
Robert E. MinerRepublican
16.3%1,998
12,221 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

EvenR+45.81974D+67.31978D+13.11990D+38.51996D+15.22000D+45.92002

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