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1980Final results

1980 election for Massachusetts House District 45

Massachusetts House of Representatives · Massachusetts

Iris Holland (R) won with 81.3% of the vote, defeating John J. Fitzgerald (D) by 62.7 points.

Iris HollandRepublican · winner · incumbent
81.3%13,776
18.7%3,160
16,936 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

EvenR+62.71980R+14.81994R+18.52002D+8.92008D+2.82010D+28.42026

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