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1988 general · November 8, 1988

1988 Massachusetts State Senate election results, district by district

Every Massachusetts State Senate district in the 1988 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 31 · R 9
Races38
Changed party2
Unopposed47%18 races
Incumbents defeated1

Every district

D 30 · R 8

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 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