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1998Final results

1998 election for Massachusetts Senate District D39

Massachusetts State Senate · Massachusetts

Therese Murray (D) won with 66.2% of the vote, defeating Steve Pitney (R) by 32.4 points.

Therese MurrayDemocrat · winner · incumbent
66.2%38,018
Steve PitneyRepublican
33.8%19,422
57,440 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+21.81994D+32.41998D+29.92000D+16.02002D+15.42004D+4.92010

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