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1980Final results

1980 election for Massachusetts House District 69

Massachusetts House of Representatives · Massachusetts

David B. Cohen (D) won with 79.7% of the vote, defeating Robert J. Spain (R) by 59.5 points.

David B. CohenDemocrat · winner · incumbent
79.7%12,145
Robert J. SpainRepublican
20.3%3,085
15,230 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+49.11978D+59.51980D+49.81988D+46.62004R+20.12016R+12.12020

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