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1986 general · November 4, 1986

1986 Massachusetts State Senate election results, district by district

Every Massachusetts State Senate district in the 1986 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 40 seats

After the electionD 32 · R 8
Races37
Changed party1
Unopposed59%22 races
Incumbents defeated3

Every district

D 30 · R 7

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-BERKSHIREPeter C. Webber (R)Unopposed
BRISTOL 1John F. Parker (R)47.9
BRISTOL 2Thomas C. Norton (D)Unopposed
SD-BRISTOLPLYMOUTHWilliam Q. Maclean Jr. (D)Unopposed
SD-D02John P. Burke (D)9.3Incumbent lost
SD-D03Martin T. Reilly (D)Unopposed
SD-D10John Patrick Houston (D)2.5FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-D11Paul J. Sheehy (D)Unopposed
SD-D12Argeo Paul Cellucci (R)Unopposed
SD-D13Lois G. Pines (D)8.0Incumbent lost
SD-D15John A. Brennan (D)Unopposed
SD-D16Richard A. Kraus (D)44.1
SD-D18William R. Keating (D)Unopposed
SD-D19Walter J. Boverini (D)Unopposed
SD-D20Patricia McGovern (D)Unopposed
SD-D21Robert C. Buell (R)Unopposed
SD-D22Frederick E. Berry (D)34.7
SD-D23Carol C. Amick (D)39.7
SD-D24Nicholas J. Costello (D)Unopposed
SD-D26Mike Barrett (D)30.3
SD-D27Salvatore R. Albano (D)42.5
SD-D28Michael Lopresti Jr. (D)Unopposed
SD-D29Royal L. Bolling Sr. (D)15.6
SD-D30William M. Bulger (D)Unopposed
SD-D32William B. Golden (D)Unopposed
SD-D40Paul V. Doane (R)36.3
SD-FRANKLINHAMPSHIREJohn W. Olver (D)51.0
SD-NORFOLKPaul D. Harold (D)Unopposed
SD-NORFOLKBRISTOLMIDDLESEXDavid H. Locke (R)Unopposed
PLYMOUTH 1Anna P. Buckley (D)Unopposed
PLYMOUTH 2Edward P. Kirby (R)31.6
SD-SUFFOLKESSEXMIDDLESEXFrancis D. Doris (D)Unopposed
SUFFOLKNORFOLK 1Arthur Joseph Lewis Jr. (D)41.7
SUFFOLKNORFOLK 2Joseph B. Walsh (D)Unopposed
SD-WORCESTERThomas P. White (D)38.7
SD-WORCESTERFRANKLINHAMPDENHAMPSHIRERobert D. Wetmore (D)Unopposed
SD-WORCESTERNORFOLKLouis P. Bertonazzi (D)Unopposed

Massachusetts State Senate

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