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2000Final results

2000 election for Massachusetts House District 131

Massachusetts House of Representatives · Massachusetts

Byron Rushing (D) won with 78.6% of the vote, defeating Heather Michelle Ashcraft (Lib) by 57.2 points.

Byron RushingDemocrat · winner · incumbent
78.6%7,257
21.4%1,977
9,234 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 2000

Races before and after

EvenD+88.01976D+34.31982D+48.11984D+12.71990D+30.82012D+23.92016

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