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1978 general · November 7, 1978

1978 Massachusetts State Senate election results, district by district

Every Massachusetts State Senate district in the 1978 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 40 seats

After the electionD 34 · R 6
Races37
Changed party4
Unopposed43%16 races
Incumbents defeated2

Every district

D 31 · R 6

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-BERKSHIREJohn H. Fitzpatrick (R)1.9
BRISTOL 1John F. Parker (R)UnopposedFlipped
BRISTOL 2Mary L. Fonseca (D)Unopposed
SD-BRISTOLPLYMOUTHRobert M. Hunt (D)13.7
SD-D02Alan D. Sisitsky (D)1.7
SD-D03Stanley John Zarod (D)22.0
SD-D10Robert A. Hall (R)1.2FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-D11B. Joseph Tully (D)Unopposed
SD-D12Chester Atkins (D)Unopposed
SD-D13Jack H. Backman (D)7.5FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-D15John A. Brennan (D)Unopposed
SD-D16Samuel Rotondi (D)42.0
SD-D18Joseph F. Timilty (D)61.2
SD-D19Walter J. Boverini (D)Unopposed
SD-D20William X. Wall (D)34.2
SD-D21Robert C. Buell (R)13.5
SD-D22John G. King (D)52.6
SD-D23Carol C. Amick (D)36.2Flipped
SD-D24Sharon M. Pollard (D)45.7
SD-D26Francis X. McCann (D)70.4
SD-D27Denis L. McKenna (D)52.9
SD-D28Michael Lopresti Jr. (D)Unopposed
SD-D29Bill Owens (D)Unopposed
SD-D30William M. Bulger (D)Unopposed
SD-D32Allan R. McKinnon (D)31.4
SD-D40John F. Aylmer (R)Unopposed
SD-FRANKLINHAMPSHIREJohn W. Olver (D)Unopposed
SD-NORFOLKPaul D. Harold (D)64.7
SD-NORFOLKBRISTOLMIDDLESEXDavid H. Locke (R)17.0
PLYMOUTH 1Anna P. Buckley (D)Unopposed
PLYMOUTH 2Robert E. McCarthy (D)33.2
SD-SUFFOLKESSEXMIDDLESEXFrancis D. Doris (D)Unopposed
SUFFOLKNORFOLK 1Arthur Joseph Lewis Jr. (D)Unopposed
SUFFOLKNORFOLK 2Joseph B. Walsh (D)63.5
SD-WORCESTERGerard Damico (D)Unopposed
SD-WORCESTERFRANKLINHAMPDENHAMPSHIRERobert D. Wetmore (D)Unopposed
SD-WORCESTERNORFOLKLouis P. Bertonazzi (D)45.5

Massachusetts State Senate

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner