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1986Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1986 election for Massachusetts House District 152

Massachusetts House of Representatives · Massachusetts

Peter Blute (R) won with 54.5% of the vote, defeating Roberta A. Goldman (D) by 8.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Peter BluteRepublican · winner
54.5%7,011
Roberta A. GoldmanDemocrat · incumbent
45.5%5,860
12,871 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 1986

Races before and after

EvenD+21.41974D+28.71982D+0.61984R+8.91986R+4.81992R+21.62010

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