1980Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Massachusetts Senate District D02
Massachusetts State Senate · Massachusetts
John P. Burke (D) won with 53.5% of the vote, defeating Alan D. Sisitsky (D) by 7.1 points.
John P. BurkeDemocrat · winner · incumbent
53.5%44,561
Alan D. SisitskyDemocrat · incumbent
46.4%38,666
83,358 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