1984 general · November 6, 1984

1984 Massachusetts election results

Every race on Massachusetts's ballot in the 1984 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races210
Changed party9
Unopposed55%116 races
Incumbents defeated5

President

R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
MassachusettsRonald Reagan (R)2.8
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
MassachusettsJohn F. Kerry (D)10.1

U.S. House

D 10 · R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
MA-1Silvio Conte (R)45.9
MA-2Edward P. Boland (D)37.4
MA-3Joseph Early (D)34.8
MA-4Barney Frank (D)48.4
MA-5Chester Atkins (D)6.7
MA-6Nicholas Mavroules (D)43.9
MA-7Ed Markey (D)42.8
MA-8Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. (D)83.7
MA-9John Moakley (D)Unopposed
MA-10Gerry Studds (D)11.4
MA-11Brian Donnelly (D)Unopposed

Massachusetts State Senate

D 29 · R 8 · 2 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-BERKSHIREPeter C. Webber (R)38.2
BRISTOL 1John F. Parker (R)Unopposed
BRISTOL 2Thomas C. Norton (D)Unopposed
SD-BRISTOLPLYMOUTHWilliam Q. Maclean Jr. (D)Unopposed
SD-D02John P. Burke (D)5.6Incumbent lost
SD-D03Martin T. Reilly (D)Unopposed
SD-D10Mary L. Padula (R)7.2FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-D11Paul J. Sheehy (D)23.2
SD-D12Argeo Paul Cellucci (R)9.0Flipped
SD-D13Edward L. Burke (D)3.7Incumbent lost
SD-D15John A. Brennan (D)Unopposed
SD-D16Richard A. Kraus (D)Unopposed
SD-D18William R. Keating (D)43.1
SD-D19Walter J. Boverini (D)Unopposed
SD-D20Patricia McGovern (D)Unopposed
SD-D21Robert C. Buell (R)27.9
SD-D22Frederick E. Berry (D)Unopposed
SD-D23Carol C. Amick (D)Unopposed
SD-D24Nicholas J. Costello (D)Unopposed
SD-D26George Bachrach (D)Unopposed
SD-D27Salvatore R. Albano (D)Unopposed
SD-D28Michael Lopresti Jr. (D)Unopposed
SD-D29Royal L. Bolling Sr. (D)83.0
SD-D30William M. Bulger (D)Unopposed
SD-D32William B. Golden (D)17.7
SD-D40Paul V. Doane (R)2.7
SD-FRANKLINHAMPSHIREJohn W. Olver (D)Unopposed
SD-NORFOLKPaul D. Harold (D)Unopposed
SD-NORFOLKBRISTOLMIDDLESEXDavid H. Locke (R)28.5
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)25.8
SD-WORCESTERFRANKLINHAMPDENHAMPSHIRERobert D. Wetmore (D)41.9
SD-WORCESTERNORFOLKLouis P. Bertonazzi (D)Unopposed

Massachusetts House of Representatives

D 126 · R 34 · 7 changed party

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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; MIT Election Data and Science Lab