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1996 general · November 5, 1996

1996 Massachusetts State Senate election results, district by district

Every Massachusetts State Senate district in the 1996 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 40 seats

After the electionD 32 · R 8
Races39
Changed party2
Unopposed62%24 races
Incumbents defeated1

Every district

D 32 · R 7

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-BERKSHIREHAMPDENHAMPSHIREFRANKLINAndrea F. Nuciforo Jr. (D)13.4Flipped
BRISTOL 1Thomas C. Norton (D)Unopposed
BRISTOL 2Mark Montigny (D)Unopposed
SD-D02Brian P. Lees (R)6.1Incumbent lost
SD-D03Linda J. Melconian (D)Unopposed
SD-D08Matthew John Amorello (R)Unopposed
SD-D09Robert A. Bernstein (D)Unopposed
SD-D10Robert A. Antonioni (D)Unopposed
SD-D11Steven C. Panagiotakos (D)49.8
SD-D12Robert A. Durand (D)42.8
SD-D13Lois G. Pines (D)Unopposed
SD-D15Richard R. Tisei (R)Unopposed
SD-D16Robert A. Havern III (D)Unopposed
SD-D18Marian Walsh (D)Unopposed
SD-D19Edward J. Clancy Jr. (D)Unopposed
SD-D20John D. Obrien Jr. (D)Unopposed
SD-D21Bruce Tarr (R)42.4
SD-D22Frederick E. Berry (D)39.6
SD-D23Susan Fargo (D)5.4Flipped
SD-D24James P. Jajuga (D)Unopposed
SD-D26Warren E. Tolman (D)59.1
SD-D27Charles E. Shannon (R)Unopposed
SD-D28Robert E. Travaglini (D)61.1
SD-D29Dianne Wilkerson (D)Unopposed
SD-D30Stephen Lynch (D)Unopposed
SD-D32Michael W. Morrissey (D)Unopposed
SD-D39Therese Murray (D)Unopposed
SD-D40Henri Rauschenbach (R)51.2
SD-HAMPSHIREFRANKLINStanley C. Rosenberg (D)Unopposed
SD-MIDDLESEXNORFOLKWORCESTERDavid P. Magnani (D)16.8
SD-MIDDLESEXSUFFOLKESSEXThomas F. Birmihgham (D)Unopposed
SD-NORFOLKBRISTOLMIDDLESEXCheryl A. Jacques (D)31.4
SD-NORFOLKBRISTOLPLYMOUTHWilliam R. Keating (D)Unopposed
PLYMOUTHBRISTOL 1Marc R. Pacheco (D)42.4
PLYMOUTHBRISTOL 2Robert S. Creedon Jr. (D)25.2
SD-PLYMOUTHNORFOLKRobert L. Hedlund Jr. (R)14.8
SD-SUFFOLKNORFOLKW. Paul White (D)Unopposed
SD-WORCESTERHAMPDENHAMPSHIREFRANKLINStephen M. Brewer (D)Unopposed
SD-WORCESTERNORFOLKRichard T. Moore (D)Unopposed

Massachusetts State Senate

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner