1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Massachusetts House District 72
Massachusetts House of Representatives · Massachusetts
John H. Loring (R) won with 50.5% of the vote, defeating Genevra R. Counihan (D) by 1.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
John H. LoringRepublican · winner · incumbent
50.5%7,346
Genevra R. CounihanDemocrat · incumbent
49.5%7,194
14,541 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