1990Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1990 election for Massachusetts House District 117
Massachusetts House of Representatives · Massachusetts
Michael J. Sullivan (R) won with 54.2% of the vote, defeating Robert Emmet Hayes (D) by 8.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Michael J. SullivanRepublican · winner
54.2%9,347
Robert Emmet HayesDemocrat · incumbent
45.8%7,900
17,247 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 1990
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET