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2012Final results

2012 election for Massachusetts House District 153

Massachusetts House of Representatives · Massachusetts

Colleen Garry (D) won with 58.6% of the vote, defeating Cathy Richardson (R) by 17.1 points.

Colleen GarryDemocrat · winner · incumbent
58.6%12,076
41.4%8,543
20,619 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 2012

Races before and after

EvenD+45.62000D+29.12004D+21.72010D+17.12012D+7.52014D+26.42018

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