1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Massachusetts House District 151
Massachusetts House of Representatives · Massachusetts
Marie C. Parente (Ind) won with 51.2% of the vote, defeating Salvatore P. Cimino (D) by 2.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Marie C. ParenteIndependent · winner
51.2%8,562
Salvatore P. CiminoDemocrat · incumbent
48.8%8,161
16,723 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET