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1996 general · November 5, 1996

1996 Massachusetts election results

Every race on Massachusetts's ballot in the 1996 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races211
Changed party14
Unopposed60%127 races
Incumbents defeated3

President

D 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
MassachusettsBill Clinton (D)33.4

U.S. Senate

D 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
MassachusettsJohn F. Kerry (D)7.5

U.S. House

D 10 · 2 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
MA-1John W. Olver (D)5.5
MA-2Richard Neal (D)49.7
MA-3Jim McGovern (D)7.6Flipped
MA-4Barney Frank (D)43.3
MA-5Martin Meehan (D)Unopposed
MA-6John F. Tierney (D)0.1Flipped
MA-7Ed Markey (D)39.7
MA-8Joseph Kennedy (D)68.6
MA-9John Moakley (D)44.5
MA-10William Delahunt (D)12.6

Massachusetts State Senate

D 32 · R 7 · 2 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-BERKSHIREHAMPDENHAMPSHIREFRANKLINAndrea F. Nuciforo Jr. (D)13.4Flipped
BRISTOL 1Thomas C. Norton (D)Unopposed
BRISTOL 2Mark Montigny (D)Unopposed
SD-D02Brian P. Lees (R)6.1Incumbent lost
SD-D03Linda J. Melconian (D)Unopposed
SD-D08Matthew John Amorello (R)Unopposed
SD-D09Robert A. Bernstein (D)Unopposed
SD-D10Robert A. Antonioni (D)Unopposed
SD-D11Steven C. Panagiotakos (D)49.8
SD-D12Robert A. Durand (D)42.8
SD-D13Lois G. Pines (D)Unopposed
SD-D15Richard R. Tisei (R)Unopposed
SD-D16Robert A. Havern III (D)Unopposed
SD-D18Marian Walsh (D)Unopposed
SD-D19Edward J. Clancy Jr. (D)Unopposed
SD-D20John D. Obrien Jr. (D)Unopposed
SD-D21Bruce Tarr (R)42.4
SD-D22Frederick E. Berry (D)39.6
SD-D23Susan Fargo (D)5.4Flipped
SD-D24James P. Jajuga (D)Unopposed
SD-D26Warren E. Tolman (D)59.1
SD-D27Charles E. Shannon (R)Unopposed
SD-D28Robert E. Travaglini (D)61.1
SD-D29Dianne Wilkerson (D)Unopposed
SD-D30Stephen Lynch (D)Unopposed
SD-D32Michael W. Morrissey (D)Unopposed
SD-D39Therese Murray (D)Unopposed
SD-D40Henri Rauschenbach (R)51.2
SD-HAMPSHIREFRANKLINStanley C. Rosenberg (D)Unopposed
SD-MIDDLESEXNORFOLKWORCESTERDavid P. Magnani (D)16.8
SD-MIDDLESEXSUFFOLKESSEXThomas F. Birmihgham (D)Unopposed
SD-NORFOLKBRISTOLMIDDLESEXCheryl A. Jacques (D)31.4
SD-NORFOLKBRISTOLPLYMOUTHWilliam R. Keating (D)Unopposed
PLYMOUTHBRISTOL 1Marc R. Pacheco (D)42.4
PLYMOUTHBRISTOL 2Robert S. Creedon Jr. (D)25.2
SD-PLYMOUTHNORFOLKRobert L. Hedlund Jr. (R)14.8
SD-SUFFOLKNORFOLKW. Paul White (D)Unopposed
SD-WORCESTERHAMPDENHAMPSHIREFRANKLINStephen M. Brewer (D)Unopposed
SD-WORCESTERNORFOLKRichard T. Moore (D)Unopposed

Massachusetts House of Representatives

D 130 · R 29 · Other 1 · 10 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: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab