1980 general · November 4, 1980

1980 Massachusetts House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Massachusetts House of Representatives district in the 1980 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 160 seats

After the electionD 128 · R 31 · 1 other
Races160
Changed party8
Unopposed56%89 races
Incumbents defeated5

Every district

D 128 · R 31 · Other 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Haden G. Greenhalgh (R)6.5
HD-2Thomas K. Lynch (D)18.5
HD-3Jeremiah F. Cahir (D)42.0
HD-7Frank J. Matrango (D)11.9
HD-8Thomas R. Lussier (D)9.2
HD-9Joseph S. Scelsi (D)Unopposed
HD-10Leon J. Lombardi (R)Unopposed
HD-11Stephen J. Karol (D)4.0
HD-12Theodore J. Aleixo Jr. (D)38.5
HD-13Antone S. Aguiar Jr. (D)19.7
HD-14Joan M. Menard (D)Unopposed
HD-15Thomas C. Norton (D)Unopposed
HD-16Robert Correia (D)Unopposed
HD-17Charles E. Silvia (D)Unopposed
HD-18Roger L. Tougas (D)40.9
HD-19Walter Silveira Jr. (D)16.3
HD-20Roger R. Goyette (D)1.6
HD-21David Robert Nelson (D)UnopposedFlipped
HD-22Denis Lawrence (D)26.8
HD-23Kevin Poirier (R)Unopposed
HD-24Nicholas J. Costello (D)Unopposed
HD-25John Gray (R)Unopposed
HD-26Frank A. Emilio (D)7.7Incumbent lost
HD-27Forrester A. Clark Jr. (R)13.7
HD-28Richard R. Silva (R)Unopposed
HD-29Frederick John Monahan (D)6.3
HD-30J. Michael Ruane (D)Unopposed
HD-31Lawrence R. Alexander (D)40.4
HD-32Steven Angelo (D)36.5Flipped
HD-33Timothy Basset (D)Unopposed
HD-34Thomas W. McGee (D)Unopposed
HD-35Theodore C. Speliotis (D)Unopposed
HD-36John E. Murphy (D)Unopposed
HD-37Joseph N. Hermann (D)Unopposed
HD-38Nicholas J. Buglione (D)Unopposed
HD-39Kevin Blanchette (D)Unopposed
HD-40Gerald M. Cohen (D)Unopposed
HD-42Jonathan L. Healy (R)49.5
HD-43William D. Benson (D)38.0
HD-44William E. Moriarty (D)18.2Incumbent lost
HD-45Iris Holland (R)62.7
HD-46Edward W. Connelly (R)19.2
HD-47Steven D. Pierce (R)Unopposed
HD-48Robert J. Rohan (D)Unopposed
HD-49Walter A. Defilippi (R)6.4
HD-50William D. Mullins (D)Unopposed
HD-51Kenneth M. Lemanski (D)64.4
HD-52Arthur James McKenna (D)Unopposed
HD-53Anthony Scibelli (D)Unopposed
HD-54Rudy Chmura (D)0.3
HD-55Raymond A. Jordan (D)35.5
HD-56William P. Nagle Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-57William A. Carey (D)UnopposedFlipped
HD-58James G. Collins (D)50.1
HD-59Bruce E. Wetherbee (D)Unopposed
HD-60Walter E. Bickford (D)Unopposed
HD-61Argeo Paul Cellucci (R)Unopposed
HD-62Joseph M. Navin (D)8.3
HD-63Louis R. Nickinello (D)Unopposed
HD-64Barbara E. Gray (R)Unopposed
HD-65Andrew J. Rogers (D)Unopposed
HD-66Andrew S. Natsios (R)Unopposed
HD-67Peter G. Trombley (D)38.4
HD-68A. Joseph Denucci (D)Unopposed
HD-69David B. Cohen (D)59.5
HD-70Susan D. Schur (D)19.6
HD-71Lucile P. Hicks (R)6.4
HD-72John H. Loring (R)Unopposed
HD-73Stephen W. Doran (D)5.2FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-74Bruce N. Freeman (R)Unopposed
HD-75Nickolas Lambros (D)37.6
HD-76Edward A. Lelacheur (D)47.7
HD-77Timothy M. Rourke (D)32.7
HD-78James R. Miceli (D)Unopposed
HD-79Mike Barrett (D)32.1
HD-80Alfred A. Minahan Jr. (D)52.2
HD-81Robert A. Vigneau (D)Unopposed
HD-82Michael J. Rea Jr. (D)37.9
HD-83John F. Cusack (D)Unopposed
HD-84Mary Jane Gibson (D)Unopposed
HD-85Charles F. Flaherty (D)66.7
HD-86Saundra Graham (D)58.3
HD-87Michael J. Lombardi (D)59.7
HD-88Vincent J. Piro (D)59.9
HD-89Marie E. Howe (D)Unopposed
HD-90Salvatore Ciccarelli (D)31.0
HD-91Nicholas Paleologos (D)Unopposed
HD-92Sherman W. Saltmarsh (R)Unopposed
HD-93William G. Robinson (R)Unopposed
HD-94John C. McNeil (D)Unopposed
HD-95Michael J. McGlynn (D)Unopposed
HD-96Michael W. Morrissey (D)Unopposed
HD-97Thomas F. Brownell (D)Unopposed
HD-98Robert A. Cerasoli (D)38.4
HD-99Robert B. Ambler (D)Unopposed
HD-100Elizabeth N. Metayer (D)48.2
HD-101John H. Flood (D)39.4
HD-102M. Joseph Manning (D)Unopposed
HD-103William R. Keating (D)42.5
HD-104Francis H. Woodward (D)Unopposed
HD-105Charles F. McNally (D)Unopposed
HD-106Deborah R. Cochran (R)11.5
HD-107Gregory W. Sullivan (D)Unopposed
HD-108Ellen M. Canavan (R)17.3Flipped
HD-109Royall H. Switzler (R)25.9
HD-110John A. Businger (D)Unopposed
HD-111Peter Forman (R)22.7Flipped
HD-112Charles N. Decas (R)26.1
HD-113Mary Jeanette Murray (R)20.0
HD-114Philip W. Johnston (D)13.8
HD-115William J. Flynn Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-116Charles W. Mann (R)16.2
HD-117Andrew H. Card Jr. (R)Unopposed
HD-118Allan R. Chiocca (D)4.3
HD-119Mark E. Lawton (D)36.7
HD-120Michael C. Creedon (D)Unopposed
HD-121Peter George Asiaf (D)Unopposed
HD-123Emanuel Gus Serra (D)71.3
HD-124Richard A. Voke (D)Unopposed
HD-125Salvatore F. Dimasi (D)Unopposed
HD-126Michael F. Flaherty (D)Unopposed
HD-127Daniel F. Pokaski (D)Unopposed
HD-128Royal J. Bolling Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-129Doris Bunte (D)92.1
HD-130Thomas J. Valley (D)18.3
HD-131Melvin H. King (D)Unopposed
HD-132Charles Robert Doyle (D)1.5
HD-133Richard L. Walsh (D)Unopposed
HD-134James J. Craven (D)42.9
HD-135W. Paul White (D)Unopposed
HD-136John J. Finnegan (D)Unopposed
HD-137Thomas M. Finneran (D)Unopposed
HD-138Angelo M. Scaccia (D)Unopposed
HD-139Kevin W. Fitzgerald (D)Unopposed
HD-140Thomas M. Gallagher (D)Unopposed
HD-141Bill Galvin (D)Unopposed
HD-142James Harrington (R)Unopposed
HD-143Raymond M. Lafontaine (D)36.0
HD-144George J. Bourque (D)Unopposed
HD-145Angelo Picucci (D)Unopposed
HD-146Henry R. Grenier (D)Unopposed
HD-147A. James Whitney (D)Unopposed
HD-148Paul Kollios (D)16.4
HD-149Richard T. Moore (D)Unopposed
HD-150John R. Driscoll (R)Unopposed
HD-151Marie C. Parente (IND)2.4FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-152Leo R. Corazzini (D)Unopposed
HD-153Thomas F. Fallon (D)Unopposed
HD-154Thomas P. White (D)27.7
HD-155Robert J. Bohigian (D)23.5
HD-156Andrew Collaro (D)Unopposed
HD-157William J. Glodis Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-158Robert D. McNeil (D)51.4
BERKSHIRE 4Dennis J. Duffin (D)6.0
HD-CAPEISLANDHoward C. Cahoon (R)Unopposed
HAMPDEN 13Robert L. Howarth (R)1.1FlippedIncumbent lost
MIDDLESEX 38Angelo Marotta (D)Unopposed
MIDDLESEX 39George Keverian (D)Unopposed
SUFFOLK 20Alfred E. Saggese Jr. (D)Unopposed
SUFFOLK 21Angelo Cataldo (D)Unopposed

Massachusetts House of Representatives

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