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2016 Massachusetts House of Representatives election

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2016 Massachusetts House of Representatives election

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All 160 seats in the Massachusetts House of Representatives
81 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Robert DeLeo Bradley Jones Jr.
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since January 27, 2009 November 21, 2002
Leader's seat 19th Suffolk 20th Middlesex
Last election 125 seats 35 seats
Seats before 126 34
Seats won 125 35
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1

Results:
     Democratic hold
     Republican hold      Republican gain

Speaker before election

Robert DeLeo
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Robert DeLeo
Democratic

The 2016 Massachusetts House of Representatives election was a legislative election for the Massachusetts House of Representatives. It was held on November 8, 2016, during the 2016 United States general elections, and during the state primaries. There was no significant change in the composition of the legislature, with incumbent Democrat legislators remaining mostly unopposed except in districts with a sizeable Republican voting bases.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Massachusetts House of Representatives elections, 2016". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 8, 2023.