1990Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1990 election for Massachusetts House District 36
Massachusetts House of Representatives · Massachusetts
Sally Kerans (D) won with 51.6% of the vote, defeating Douglas A. Bean (R) by 8.8 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Sally KeransDemocrat · winner
51.6%8,847
Douglas A. BeanRepublican
42.8%7,335
Thomas BachiniIndependent
5.6%961
17,143 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