1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Massachusetts Senate District D26
Massachusetts State Senate · Massachusetts
George Bachrach (Ind) won with 46.1% of the vote, defeating Francis X. McCann (D) by 3.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
George BachrachIndependent · winner
46.1%27,243
Francis X. McCannDemocrat · incumbent
42.3%25,001
George C. Leslie Jr.Republican
11.6%6,843
59,088 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