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1982Final results

1982 election for Massachusetts House District 22

Massachusetts House of Representatives · Massachusetts

Denis Lawrence (D) won with 69.7% of the vote, defeating William Saltzman (Ind) by 39.4 points.

Denis LawrenceDemocrat · winner · incumbent
69.7%5,909
William SaltzmanIndependent
30.3%2,570
8,481 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 1982

Races before and after

EvenR+22.71968D+3.01970D+46.31974

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