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1996Final results

1996 election for Massachusetts House District 23

Massachusetts House of Representatives · Massachusetts

Kevin Poirier (R) won with 71.0% of the vote, defeating Kevin J. Doyle (D) by 42.0 points.

Kevin PoirierRepublican · winner · incumbent
71.0%11,864
29.0%4,840
16,704 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+37.31978R+58.41984R+56.81994R+42.01996R+30.42000R+29.22004

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