1980Final results
1980 election for Massachusetts Senate District D12
Massachusetts State Senate · Massachusetts
Chester Atkins (D) won with 65.1% of the vote, defeating Frank J. Valianti (R) by 30.2 points.
Chester AtkinsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
65.1%42,353
Frank J. ValiantiRepublican
34.9%22,717
65,071 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