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1996 election for Massachusetts House District 122

Massachusetts House of Representatives · Massachusetts

Thomas J. Obrien (D) won with 61.9% of the vote, defeating Richard M. Bagdasarian (R) by 23.9 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Thomas J. ObrienDemocrat · winner
61.9%9,985
38.1%6,139
16,124 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 1996

Races before and after

EvenR+12.61994D+23.91996D+25.41998D+51.42000D+39.02004D+1.72006

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET