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2004Final results

2004 election for Massachusetts Senate District SUFFOLKNORFOLK

Massachusetts State Senate · Massachusetts

Marian Walsh (D) won with 64.1% of the vote, defeating Robert W. Joyce (Ind) by 28.3 points.

Marian WalshDemocrat · winner · incumbent
64.1%43,245
Robert W. JoyceIndependent
35.9%24,183
67,428 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 2004

Races before and after

EvenD+48.41994D+37.52006D+35.42010

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