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1990 general · November 6, 1990

1990 Massachusetts election results

Every race on Massachusetts's ballot in the 1990 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races211
Changed party32
Unopposed27%58 races
Incumbents defeated16

U.S. Senate

D 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
MassachusettsJohn F. Kerry (D)13.6

Governors

R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
MassachusettsWilliam F. Weld (R)3.3Flipped

U.S. House

D 10 · R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
MA-1Silvio Conte (R)52.3
MA-2Richard Neal (D)Unopposed
MA-3Joseph Early (D)Unopposed
MA-4Barney Frank (D)29.6
MA-5Chester Atkins (D)4.2
MA-6Nicholas Mavroules (D)28.2
MA-7Ed Markey (D)Unopposed
MA-8Joseph Kennedy (D)46.2
MA-9John Moakley (D)35.8
MA-10Gerry Studds (D)6.6
MA-11Brian Donnelly (D)Unopposed

Massachusetts State Senate

D 23 · R 15 · 11 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-BERKSHIREFRANKLINHAMPDENHAMPSHIREJane Marie Swift (R)4.4
BRISTOL 1Thomas C. Norton (D)Unopposed
BRISTOL 2William Q. Maclean Jr. (D)Unopposed
SD-BRISTOLPLYMOUTHErving H. Wall Jr. (R)6.8FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-D02Martin J. Dunn (D)32.8
SD-D03Brian P. Lees (R)4.5FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-D10Mary L. Padula (R)19.0Incumbent lost
SD-D11Nancy Achin Sullivan (R)9.0FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-D12Robert A. Durand (D)0.4Flipped
SD-D13Lois G. Pines (D)36.4
SD-D15Richard R. Tisei (R)16.9Flipped
SD-D16Robert A. Havern III (D)11.2
SD-D19Walter J. Boverini (D)15.4
SD-D20Patricia McGovern (D)19.0
SD-D21Robert C. Buell (R)12.2
SD-D22Frederick E. Berry (D)8.9
SD-D23Lucile P. Hicks (R)32.1Flipped
SD-D24James P. Jajuga (D)20.8
SD-D26Mike Barrett (D)25.1
SD-D27Charles E. Shannon (R)1.6FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-D28Michael Lopresti Jr. (D)23.3
SD-D29Bill Owens (D)45.0
SD-D30William M. Bulger (D)24.6
SD-D32Robert L. Hedlund Jr. (R)15.2Flipped
SD-D39Edward P. Kirby (R)Unopposed
SD-D40Henri Rauschenbach (R)Unopposed
SD-FRANKLINHAMPSHIREJohn W. Olver (D)30.7
SD-MIDDLESEXNORFOLKWORCESTEREdward L. Burke (D)4.5
SD-NORFOLKPaul D. Harold (D)31.2
SD-NORFOLKBRISTOLWilliam R. Keating (D)22.4
SD-NORFOLKBRISTOLMIDDLESEXDavid H. Locke (R)Unopposed
SD-PLYMOUTHMichael C. Creedon (D)6.4Flipped
SD-SUFFOLKESSEXMIDDLESEXThomas F. Birmihgham (D)45.2
SUFFOLKNORFOLK 1Christopher M. Lane (R)4.1FlippedIncumbent lost
SUFFOLKNORFOLK 2W. Paul White (D)25.8
SD-WORCESTERArthur E. Chase (R)10.8FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-WORCESTERFRANKLINHAMPDENHAMPSHIRERobert D. Wetmore (D)4.0
SD-WORCESTERNORFOLKLouis P. Bertonazzi (D)14.7

Massachusetts House of Representatives

D 121 · R 38 · Other 1 · 20 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: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse); Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab