2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Massachusetts House District 3
Massachusetts House of Representatives · Massachusetts
Dave Vieira (R) won with 53.9% of the vote, defeating Matthew C. Patrick (D) by 7.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Dave VieiraRepublican · winner
53.9%10,036
Matthew C. PatrickDemocrat · incumbent
46.0%8,567
18,609 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 2010
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET