1986 Massachusetts U.S. House District 9 Election

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Who won the 1986 Massachusetts U.S. House District 9 Election?

John Joseph Moakley won the 1986 Massachusetts U.S. House District 9 Election. John Joseph Moakley received 110,026 popular votes (73.71%). The main challenger was Robert W. Horan (14.26%).

See the full head-to-head between Moakley and Horan

Moakley +59.4 pts · won by 88,734 votes

John Joseph Moakley DemocraticWINNER73.71%

110,026 votes

Robert W. HoranIndependent14.26%

21,292 votes

Other candidates received the remaining 12.0% 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.