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1984Final results

1984 election for Massachusetts House District 131

Massachusetts House of Representatives · Massachusetts

Byron Rushing (D) won re-election with 74.0% of the vote, defeating James R. Young (R) by 48.1 points.

Byron RushingDemocrat · winner · incumbent
74.0%7,476
James R. YoungRepublican
25.9%2,621
10,101 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 1984

Races before and after

EvenD+34.31982D+48.11984D+12.71990

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)