John F. Tierney
Electoral history

John F. Tierney

Section Title: Electoral history
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U.S. House, 6th District of Massachusetts (General Election)

Year	Winning candidate	Party	Pct	Opponent	Party	Pct	Opponent	Party	Pct

1994	Peter G. Torkildsen (inc.)	Republican	50.5%	John F. Tierney	Democratic	47.4%	Benjamin A. Gatchell	Independent	2.1%

1996	John F. Tierney	Democratic	49.3%	Peter G. Torkildsen (inc.)	Republican	49.2%	Martin J. McNulty	Independent	1.6%

1998	John F. Tierney (inc.)	Democratic	54.6%	Peter G. Torkildsen	Republican	42.4%	Randal C. Fritz	Independent	3.0%

2000	John F. Tierney (inc.)	Democratic	71.1%	Paul McCarthy	Republican	28.9%

2002	John F. Tierney (inc.)	Democratic	68.3%	Mark C. Smith	Republican	31.7%

2004	John F. Tierney (inc.)	Democratic	70.0%	Stephen P. O'Malley, Jr.	Republican	30.0%

2006	John F. Tierney (inc.)	Democratic	69.7%	Richard W. Barton	Republican	30.3%

2008	John F. Tierney (inc.)	Democratic	70.5%	Richard A. Baker	Republican	29.5%

2010	John F. Tierney (inc.)	Democratic	56.9%	Bill Hudak	Republican	43.1%

2012	John F. Tierney (inc.)	Democratic	48.2%	Richard Tisei	Republican	47.2%	Daniel Fishman	Libertarian	4.6%

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Tierney was elected in the 2010 election against Republican opponent Bill Hudak.

final_sentence: Tierney was elected in the 2010 election against Republican opponent Bill Hudak.