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2014Final results

2014 election for Massachusetts Senate District 8

Massachusetts State Senate · Massachusetts

Anne M. Gobi (D) won with 50.4% of the vote, defeating Michael J. Valanzola (R) by 0.7 points.

Anne M. GobiDemocrat · winner
50.4%27,847
49.6%27,449
55,296 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 2014

Races before and after

EvenD+0.72014D+8.82016D+9.82018D+5.72020

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