1990 Massachusetts U.S. House District 9 Election

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Who won the 1990 Massachusetts U.S. House District 9 Election?

John Joseph Moakley won the 1990 Massachusetts U.S. House District 9 Election. John Joseph Moakley received 124,534 popular votes (61.96%). The main challenger was Robert W. Horan (26.2%).

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

Moakley +35.8 pts · won by 71,874 votes

John Joseph Moakley DemocraticWINNER61.96%

124,534 votes

Robert W. HoranIndependent26.2%

52,660 votes

Other candidates received the remaining 11.8% 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.