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2012Final results

2012 election for Massachusetts House District 156

Massachusetts House of Representatives · Massachusetts

Randy Hunt (R) won with 56.2% of the vote, defeating R. Patrick Ellis (D) by 12.3 points.

Randy HuntRepublican · winner · incumbent
56.2%12,483
43.8%9,747
22,230 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+75.41992D+63.22000R+12.32012R+25.52014R+14.42018R+4.32020

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