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1978Final results

1978 election for Massachusetts House of Representatives: Berkshire 4

Massachusetts House of Representatives · Massachusetts

Dennis J. Duffin (D) won re-election with 52.4% of the vote, defeating Lowell D. Thomas (R) by 4.8 points.

Dennis J. DuffinDemocrat · winner · incumbent
52.4%6,344
47.6%5,762
12,106 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+34.51972D+4.81978D+6.01980

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)