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1986 Massachusetts U.S. House District 4 Election

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Who won the 1986 Massachusetts U.S. House District 4 Election?

Barney Frank won the 1986 Massachusetts U.S. House District 4 Election. Barney Frank received 134,387 popular votes (80.55%). The main challenger was Thomas D. DeVisscher (10.1%).

See the full head-to-head between Frank and DeVisscher

Frank +70.5 pts · won by 117,530 votes
Barney FrankDemocraticWINNER80.55%
134,387 votes
Thomas D. DeVisscheramerican10.1%
16,857 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 9.4% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for U.S. House elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.