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1986Final results

1986 election for Massachusetts Senate District D26

Massachusetts State Senate · Massachusetts

Mike Barrett (D) won with 56.0% of the vote, defeating William P. Monahan (Ind) by 30.3 points.

Mike BarrettDemocrat · winner
56.0%24,200
25.7%11,094
18.3%7,907
43,204 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+38.41976D+30.71980D+46.31982D+25.11990D+59.11996D+49.11998

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