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1982Final results

1982 election for Massachusetts Senate District D26

Massachusetts State Senate · Massachusetts

George Bachrach (D) won with 69.1% of the vote, defeating Marta T. Batmasian (R) by 46.3 points.

George BachrachDemocrat · winner · incumbent
69.1%34,237
22.8%11,293
8.1%3,999
49,530 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

EvenD+38.41976D+30.71980D+46.31982D+25.11990D+59.11996D+49.11998

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