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1990 Massachusetts U.S. House District 4 Election

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Who won the 1990 Massachusetts U.S. House District 4 Election?

Barney Frank won the 1990 Massachusetts U.S. House District 4 Election. Barney Frank received 143,473 popular votes (62.41%). The main challenger was John R. Soto (32.82%).

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

Frank +29.6 pts · won by 68,019 votes
Barney FrankDemocraticWINNER62.41%
143,473 votes
John R. SotoRepublican32.82%
75,454 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 4.8% 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.