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2002Final results

2002 election for Massachusetts House District 85

Massachusetts House of Representatives · Massachusetts

Pat Jehlen (D) won with 81.5% of the vote, defeating John Alan Roderick (Lib) by 63.0 points.

Pat JehlenDemocrat · winner · incumbent
81.5%9,292
18.5%2,111
11,403 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+36.01970R+6.91974D+50.91990D+61.81992D+50.71994D+62.72004

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