1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1996 election for Massachusetts House District 148
Massachusetts House of Representatives · Massachusetts
Paul Frost (R) won with 37.1% of the vote, defeating Edward Jeffrey Newcombe (D) by 2.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Paul FrostRepublican · winner
37.1%6,409
Edward Jeffrey NewcombeDemocrat
34.6%5,991
Daniel Paul DowdIndependent
28.3%4,896
17,296 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET