1996 general · November 5, 1996

1996 Massachusetts House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Massachusetts House of Representatives district in the 1996 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 160 seats

After the electionD 130 · R 29 · 1 other
Races160
Changed party10
Unopposed64%102 races
Incumbents defeated2

Every district

D 130 · R 29 · Other 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Thomas N. George (R)13.8
HD-2John C. Klimm (D)40.0
HD-3Thomas S. Cahir (D)Unopposed
HD-4Shirley A. Gomes (R)43.7
HD-6Eric T. Turkington (D)Unopposed
HD-7Daniel E. Bosley (D)Unopposed
HD-8Shaun P. Kelly (R)34.6
HD-9Peter J. Larkin (D)Unopposed
HD-10Barbara C. Hyland (R)19.9
HD-11John A. Lepper (R)Unopposed
HD-12James H. Fagan (D)Unopposed
HD-13Philip Travis (D)Unopposed
HD-14Joan M. Menard (D)Unopposed
HD-15David B. Sullivan (D)Unopposed
HD-16Robert Correia (D)Unopposed
HD-17Michael Rodrigues (D)Unopposed
HD-18John F. Quinn (D)Unopposed
HD-19William M. Straus (D)Unopposed
HD-20Robert M. Koczera (D)Unopposed
HD-21Joseph McIntyre (D)Unopposed
HD-22Antonio Cabral (D)Unopposed
HD-23Kevin Poirier (R)42.0
HD-24Kevin L. Finnegan (R)27.2
HD-25Harriet L. Stanley (D)27.1
HD-26Brian S. Dempsey (D)Unopposed
HD-27Forrester A. Clark Jr. (R)10.0
HD-28Anthony J. Verga (D)Unopposed
HD-29Michael P. Cahill (D)70.3
HD-30J. Michael Ruane (D)Unopposed
HD-31Douglas W. Petersen (D)Unopposed
HD-32Steven Angelo (D)42.7
HD-33Robert F. Fennell (D)Unopposed
HD-34Thomas M. McGee (D)Unopposed
HD-35John P. Slattery (D)Unopposed
HD-36Theodore C. Speliotis (D)16.0
HD-37Donna Fournier Cuomo (R)Unopposed
HD-38Arthur J. Broadhurst (D)Unopposed
HD-39M. Paul Iannuccillo (D)Unopposed
HD-40Barry Finegold (D)4.0Flipped
HD-42Stephen Kulik (D)Unopposed
HD-43John F. Merrigan (D)Unopposed
HD-44Patrick F. Landers III (D)Unopposed
HD-45Mary S. Rogeness (R)Unopposed
HD-46Daniel F. Keenan (D)28.7
HD-47Cele Hahn (R)Unopposed
HD-48Evelyn G. Chesky (D)38.5
HD-49Walter A. Defilippi (R)Unopposed
HD-50Thomas M. Petrolati (D)Unopposed
HD-51Joseph F. Wagner (D)Unopposed
HD-52Dennis M. Murphy (D)Unopposed
HD-53Anthony Scibelli (D)Unopposed
HD-54Paul E. Caron (D)Unopposed
HD-55Benjamin Swan (D)Unopposed
HD-56William P. Nagle Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-57Nancy Flavin (D)Unopposed
HD-58Ellen Story (D)66.3
HD-59Robert S. Hargraves (R)Unopposed
HD-60Geoffrey D. Hall (D)Unopposed
HD-61Patricia A. Walrath (D)Unopposed
HD-62Stephen P. Leduc (D)14.9
HD-63Douglas W. Stoddart (R)Unopposed
HD-64John H. Stasik (D)22.0
HD-65John A. Stefanini (D)52.5
HD-66Barbara Gardner (D)46.8
HD-67David F. Gately (IND)Unopposed
HD-68Peter J. Koutoujian (D)Unopposed
HD-69David B. Cohen (D)Unopposed
HD-70Kay S. Khan (D)52.7
HD-71Susan W. Pope (R)15.9
HD-72Pamela P. Resor (D)28.7
HD-73Jay R. Kaufman (D)36.8
HD-74Carol C. Cleven (R)39.9
HD-75Thomas A. Golden Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-76Edward A. Lelacheur (D)Unopposed
HD-77Kevin J. Murphy (D)8.2
HD-78James R. Miceli (D)53.7
HD-79Brad Jones (R)33.3
HD-80Brian M. Cressta (R)22.0
HD-81Charles A. Murphy (D)1.6Flipped
HD-82William G. Greene Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-83Jim Marzilli (D)Unopposed
HD-84Anne M. Paulsen (D)54.1
HD-85Alice K. Wolf (D)Unopposed
HD-86Alvin E. Thompson (D)6.5
HD-87Timothy J. Toomey Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-88Pat Jehlen (D)69.0
HD-89Edward G. Connolly (D)Unopposed
HD-90Rachel Kaprielian (D)Unopposed
HD-91Carol A. Donovan (D)46.3
HD-92Paul C. Casey (D)Unopposed
HD-93Patrick C. Guerriero (R)36.4
HD-94Christopher G. Fallon (D)Unopposed
HD-95Vincent Paul Ciampa (D)Unopposed
HD-96Michael G. Bellotti (D)Unopposed
HD-97Arthur Stephen Tobin (D)Unopposed
HD-98Ron Mariano (D)Unopposed
HD-99Paul R. Haley (D)44.5
HD-100Joseph C. Sullivan (D)Unopposed
HD-101Bill Galvin (D)Unopposed
HD-102Brian A. Joyce (D)Unopposed
HD-103Louis L. Kafka (D)45.8
HD-104Jo Ann Sprague (R)Unopposed
HD-105James E. Vallee (D)Unopposed
HD-106Mary Anne Lewis (D)Unopposed
HD-107John Rogers (D)Unopposed
HD-108Lida E. Harkins (D)25.1
HD-109John A. Locke (R)Unopposed
HD-110John A. Businger (D)11.0
HD-111Joseph R. Gallitano (D)5.8FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-112Ruth W. Provost (D)2.1Flipped
HD-113Mary Jeanette Murray (R)Unopposed
HD-114Frank M. Hynes (D)38.2
HD-115Janet W. Obrien (D)28.8
HD-116Francis L. Marini (R)20.8
HD-117Kathleen M. Teahan (D)7.5Flipped
HD-118Jacqueline Lewis (R)Unopposed
HD-119Thomas P. Kennedy (D)54.7
HD-120Christine E. Canavan (D)Unopposed
HD-121Geraldine Creedon (D)Unopposed
HD-122Thomas J. Obrien (D)23.9Flipped
HD-123Emanuel Gus Serra (D)Unopposed
HD-124Eugene L. Oflaherty (D)Unopposed
HD-125Salvatore F. Dimasi (D)Unopposed
HD-126John A. Hart Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-127Charlotte Golar Richie (D)37.7
HD-128Shirley Owenshicks (D)Unopposed
HD-129Gloria Fox (D)Unopposed
HD-130Paul C. Demakis (D)30.7
HD-131Byron Rushing (D)Unopposed
HD-132David T. Donnelly (D)Unopposed
HD-133John E. McDonough (D)Unopposed
HD-134Thomas M. Finneran (D)Unopposed
HD-135James T. Brett (D)Unopposed
HD-136Angelo M. Scaccia (D)16.8
HD-137Kevin W. Fitzgerald (D)Unopposed
HD-138William G. Reinstein (D)Unopposed
HD-139Kevin Honan (D)Unopposed
HD-140Steven A. Tolman (D)Unopposed
HD-141Robert A. Deleo (D)Unopposed
HD-142Harold M. Lane Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-143Brian Knuuttila (D)4.7Flipped
HD-144Emile J. Goguen (D)Unopposed
HD-145Mary Jane Simmons (D)Unopposed
HD-146David H. Tuttle (R)15.6Flipped
HD-147David M. Peters (R)Unopposed
HD-148Paul Frost (R)2.4Flipped
HD-149Paul Kujawski (D)31.5
HD-150George N. Peterson Jr. (R)21.5
HD-151Marie C. Parente (D)Unopposed
HD-152Ronald W. Gauch (R)Unopposed
HD-153Harold P. Naughton Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-154Harriette L. Chandler (D)Unopposed
HD-155William J. McManus II (D)Unopposed
HD-156Vincent A. Pedone (D)Unopposed
HD-157Guy W. Glodis (D)55.3
HD-158John J. Binienda Sr. (D)Unopposed
BERKSHIRE 4Christopher J. Hodgkins (D)Unopposed
HAMPDEN 13Gale D. Candaras (D)34.3FlippedIncumbent lost
MIDDLESEX 38Anthony P. Giglio (D)Unopposed
MIDDLESEX 39Colleen Garry (D)41.4

Massachusetts House of Representatives

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