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1988Final results

1988 election for Massachusetts Senate District D26

Massachusetts State Senate · Massachusetts

Mike Barrett (D) won with 66.1% of the vote, defeating Alice H. Nakashian (Ind) by 32.1 points.

Mike BarrettDemocrat · winner · incumbent
66.1%38,048
33.9%19,539
57,588 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 1988

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