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1998Final results

1998 election for Massachusetts House District 35

Massachusetts House of Representatives · Massachusetts

John P. Slattery (D) won with 59.8% of the vote, defeating Mark F. Vainas (R) by 19.7 points.

John P. SlatteryDemocrat · winner · incumbent
59.8%8,471
Mark F. VainasRepublican
40.2%5,685
14,156 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 1998

Races before and after

EvenD+17.91978D+29.41990D+48.81992D+19.71998D+19.92002D+32.32004

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