1982Final results
1982 election for Massachusetts Senate District D12
Massachusetts State Senate · Massachusetts
Chester Atkins (D) won with 66.5% of the vote, defeating Frank J. Valianti (R) by 32.9 points.
Chester AtkinsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
66.5%35,232
Frank J. ValiantiRepublican
33.5%17,774
53,008 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET