district        incumbent       party  first elected        result                                         candidates
0   massachusetts 2    edward boland  democratic           1952  re - elected                        edward boland (d) unopposed
1   massachusetts 3   philip philbin  democratic           1942  re - elected                       philip philbin (d) unopposed
2   massachusetts 4   harold donohue  democratic           1946  re - elected  harold donohue (d) 64.5% robert n scola (r) 35.5%
3   massachusetts 6  william h bates  republican           1950  re - elected   william h bates (r) 65.9% mary kennedy (d) 34.1%
4   massachusetts 7    thomas j lane  democratic           1941  re - elected                        thomas j lane (d) unopposed
5  massachusetts 11      tip o'neill  democratic           1952  re - elected                          tip o'neill (d) unopposed

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