1990Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1990 election for Massachusetts Senate District D15
Massachusetts State Senate · Massachusetts
Richard R. Tisei (R) won with 54.1% of the vote, defeating Michael E. Festa (D) by 16.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Richard R. TiseiRepublican · winner
54.1%34,464
Michael E. FestaDemocrat
37.2%23,699
Paul J. MaisanoIndependent
8.8%5,599
63,762 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