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1982Final results

1982 election for Massachusetts House District 87

Massachusetts House of Representatives · Massachusetts

Peter A. Vellucci (D) won with 83.1% of the vote, defeating Larry W. Beeferman (Ind) by 66.3 points.

Peter A. VellucciDemocrat · winner
83.1%7,921
16.9%1,607
9,528 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+13.71968D+57.61970 special electionD+59.71980D+68.61986D+46.32006D+18.02014

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