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1984Final results

1984 election for Massachusetts House of Representatives: Capeisland

Massachusetts House of Representatives · Massachusetts

Howard C. Cahoon (R) won re-election with 55.8% of the vote, defeating Dennis Pearl (D) by 11.6 points.

Howard C. CahoonRepublican · winner · incumbent
55.8%13,171
Dennis PearlDemocrat
44.2%10,429
23,600 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

EvenR+29.81982R+11.61984R+21.01986

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

The candidates

Howard C. Cahoon (R)Dennis Pearl (D)