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2000 election for Massachusetts House District 3

Massachusetts House of Representatives · Massachusetts

Matthew C. Patrick (D) won with 55.8% of the vote, defeating Dave Vieira (R) by 11.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Matthew C. PatrickDemocrat · winner
55.8%13,285
Dave VieiraRepublican
44.2%10,508
23,793 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+40.21992D+47.01994R+2.71998D+11.72000D+0.12002D+6.72004

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