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2002Final results

2002 election for Massachusetts House District 55

Massachusetts House of Representatives · Massachusetts

Gale D. Candaras (D) won with 59.9% of the vote, defeating Robert Collamore (R) by 19.8 points.

Gale D. CandarasDemocrat · winner · incumbent
59.9%9,051
40.1%6,054
15,105 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 2002

Races before and after

EvenD+28.11992D+56.01994D+19.82002D+26.22004D+17.72006D+29.62010

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