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1980Final results

1980 election for Massachusetts House District 143

Massachusetts House of Representatives · Massachusetts

Raymond M. Lafontaine (D) won with 68.0% of the vote, defeating John A. Deveau (Cst) by 36.0 points.

Raymond M. LafontaineDemocrat · winner · incumbent
68.0%9,846
John A. DeveauConstitution
32.0%4,634
14,487 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 1980

Races before and after

EvenD+28.01974D+33.51976D+45.61978D+9.71982R+15.51990R+23.31992

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET