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2008Final results

2008 election for Massachusetts House District 2

Massachusetts House of Representatives · Massachusetts

Demetrius Atsalis (D) won with 70.3% of the vote, defeating Carl D. Yingling (Ind) by 40.6 points.

Demetrius AtsalisDemocrat · winner · incumbent
70.3%12,359
Carl D. YinglingIndependent
29.7%5,224
17,583 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 2008

Races before and after

EvenD+45.92000D+7.42002D+18.02004D+11.92006D+18.02010D+24.32022

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