1978Final results
1978 election for Massachusetts Senate District D03
Massachusetts State Senate · Massachusetts
Stanley John Zarod (D) won with 61.0% of the vote, defeating John M. Lovejoy (Lib) by 22.0 points.
Stanley John ZarodDemocrat · winner · incumbent
61.0%22,859
John M. LovejoyLibertarian
39.0%14,604
37,463 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