1990Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1990 election for Massachusetts Senate District D27
Massachusetts State Senate · Massachusetts
Charles E. Shannon (R) won with 50.8% of the vote, defeating Salvatore R. Albano (D) by 1.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Charles E. ShannonRepublican · winner
50.8%29,621
Salvatore R. AlbanoDemocrat · incumbent
49.2%28,700
58,321 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