1990Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1990 election for Massachusetts Governor
Governor · Massachusetts
William F. Weld (R) won with 51.7% of the vote, defeating John Silber (D) by 3.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
William F. WeldRepublican · winner
51.7%1,175,817
John SilberDemocrat
48.3%1,099,878
2,275,695 votes
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1990
Races before and after
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET