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1980 Massachusetts U.S. House District 8 Election
Massachusetts · 2 candidates
Jr. +56.8 pts · won by 93,212 votes
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr.DemocraticWINNER78.38%
128,689 votes
William A. BarnsteadRepublican21.61%
35,477 votes
Popular-vote totals for U.S. Senate elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).