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1982 general · November 2, 1982

1982 Massachusetts State Senate election results, district by district

Every Massachusetts State Senate district in the 1982 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 40 seats

After the electionD 33 · R 7
Races37
Changed party0
Unopposed57%21 races
Incumbents defeated2

Every district

D 31 · R 6

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-BERKSHIREPeter C. Webber (R)8.3
BRISTOL 1John F. Parker (R)Unopposed
BRISTOL 2Mary L. Fonseca (D)Unopposed
SD-BRISTOLPLYMOUTHWilliam Q. Maclean Jr. (D)Unopposed
SD-D02John P. Burke (D)16.2
SD-D03Martin T. Reilly (D)Unopposed
SD-D10Daniel J. Foley (D)7.6
SD-D11Philip L. Shea (D)Unopposed
SD-D12Chester Atkins (D)32.9
SD-D13Jack H. Backman (D)4.1Incumbent lost
SD-D15John A. Brennan (D)Unopposed
SD-D16Richard A. Kraus (D)Unopposed
SD-D18Joseph F. Timilty (D)Unopposed
SD-D19Walter J. Boverini (D)Unopposed
SD-D20Patricia McGovern (D)Unopposed
SD-D21Robert C. Buell (R)12.6
SD-D22Frederick E. Berry (D)Unopposed
SD-D23Carol C. Amick (D)29.5
SD-D24Sharon M. Pollard (D)Unopposed
SD-D26George Bachrach (D)46.3
SD-D27Denis L. McKenna (D)Unopposed
SD-D28Michael Lopresti Jr. (D)75.4
SD-D29Royal L. Bolling Sr. (D)7.6Incumbent lost
SD-D30William M. Bulger (D)Unopposed
SD-D32Allan R. McKinnon (D)25.4
SD-D40Paul V. Doane (R)Unopposed
SD-FRANKLINHAMPSHIREJohn W. Olver (D)47.7
SD-NORFOLKPaul D. Harold (D)Unopposed
SD-NORFOLKBRISTOLMIDDLESEXDavid H. Locke (R)11.3
PLYMOUTH 1Anna P. Buckley (D)Unopposed
PLYMOUTH 2Edward P. Kirby (R)13.7
SD-SUFFOLKESSEXMIDDLESEXFrancis D. Doris (D)Unopposed
SUFFOLKNORFOLK 1Arthur Joseph Lewis Jr. (D)Unopposed
SUFFOLKNORFOLK 2Joseph B. Walsh (D)Unopposed
SD-WORCESTERGerard Damico (D)Unopposed
SD-WORCESTERFRANKLINHAMPDENHAMPSHIRERobert D. Wetmore (D)23.5
SD-WORCESTERNORFOLKLouis P. Bertonazzi (D)59.5

Massachusetts State Senate

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner