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1996Final results

1996 election for Massachusetts House District 58

Massachusetts House of Representatives · Massachusetts

Ellen Story (D) won with 83.2% of the vote, defeating Terry J. Franklin (Ind) by 66.3 points.

Ellen StoryDemocrat · winner · incumbent
83.2%9,044
16.8%1,830
10,874 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

EvenD+50.11980D+51.51984D+40.01986D+62.11990D+57.02004D+58.82010

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