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1996 election for Massachusetts House District 143

Massachusetts House of Representatives · Massachusetts

Brian Knuuttila (D) won with 52.3% of the vote, defeating Denise L. Macaloney (R) by 4.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Brian KnuuttilaDemocrat · winner
52.3%7,384
47.7%6,726
14,110 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+15.51990R+23.31992R+26.41994D+4.71996D+29.22002R+3.12010

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