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1988 general · November 8, 1988

1988 Massachusetts election results

Every race on Massachusetts's ballot in the 1988 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races211
Changed party6
Unopposed60%126 races
Incumbents defeated3

President

D 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
MassachusettsMichael Dukakis (D)7.9

U.S. Senate

D 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
MassachusettsEdward Kennedy (D)31.0

U.S. House

D 10 · R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
MA-1Silvio Conte (R)65.4
MA-2Richard Neal (D)60.5
MA-3Joseph Early (D)Unopposed
MA-4Barney Frank (D)40.6
MA-5Chester Atkins (D)68.2
MA-6Nicholas Mavroules (D)39.4
MA-7Ed Markey (D)Unopposed
MA-8Joseph Kennedy (D)60.8
MA-9John Moakley (D)Unopposed
MA-10Gerry Studds (D)33.3
MA-11Brian Donnelly (D)61.6

Massachusetts State Senate

D 30 · R 8 · 2 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-BERKSHIREFRANKLINHAMPDENHAMPSHIREPeter C. Webber (R)Unopposed
BRISTOL 1Thomas C. Norton (D)UnopposedFlipped
BRISTOL 2William Q. Maclean Jr. (D)Unopposed
SD-BRISTOLPLYMOUTHTheodore J. Aleixo Jr. (D)Unopposed
SD-D02John P. Burke (D)Unopposed
SD-D03Linda J. Melconian (D)9.8
SD-D10Mary L. Padula (R)10.6FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-D11Paul J. Sheehy (D)Unopposed
SD-D12Argeo Paul Cellucci (R)Unopposed
SD-D13Lois G. Pines (D)Unopposed
SD-D15John A. Brennan (D)Unopposed
SD-D16Richard A. Kraus (D)32.1
SD-D19Walter J. Boverini (D)43.5
SD-D20Patricia McGovern (D)36.2
SD-D21Robert C. Buell (R)Unopposed
SD-D22Frederick E. Berry (D)39.1
SD-D23Carol C. Amick (D)33.4
SD-D24Nicholas J. Costello (D)28.1
SD-D26Mike Barrett (D)32.1
SD-D27Salvatore R. Albano (D)Unopposed
SD-D28Michael Lopresti Jr. (D)59.5
SD-D29Bill Owens (D)Unopposed
SD-D30William M. Bulger (D)58.4
SD-D32William B. Golden (D)40.9
SD-D39Edward P. Kirby (R)28.8
SD-D40Henri Rauschenbach (R)7.6
SD-FRANKLINHAMPSHIREJohn W. Olver (D)45.7
SD-MIDDLESEXNORFOLKWORCESTEREdward L. Burke (D)39.4
SD-NORFOLKPaul D. Harold (D)Unopposed
SD-NORFOLKBRISTOLWilliam R. Keating (D)47.1
SD-NORFOLKBRISTOLMIDDLESEXDavid H. Locke (R)Unopposed
SD-PLYMOUTHNorman T. Buitta (R)42.5
SD-SUFFOLKESSEXMIDDLESEXFrancis D. Doris (D)Unopposed
SUFFOLKNORFOLK 1Arthur Joseph Lewis Jr. (D)13.6
SUFFOLKNORFOLK 2W. Paul White (D)17.5
SD-WORCESTERThomas P. White (D)Unopposed
SD-WORCESTERFRANKLINHAMPDENHAMPSHIRERobert D. Wetmore (D)Unopposed
SD-WORCESTERNORFOLKLouis P. Bertonazzi (D)Unopposed

Massachusetts House of Representatives

D 129 · R 31 · 4 changed party

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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; MIT Election Data and Science Lab