Give you a statement and table with its title in Markdown format, please determine whether the statement is supported or refuted by, or is unrelated to the table. It'a binary classification problem, you should choose the answer between supported and refuted. Table cells in one row are seperated by '|', and different rows are seperated by '
'.

Table:
| district | incumbent | party | first elected | result | candidates |
| massachusetts 1 | silvio conte | republican | 1958 | re - elected | silvio conte (r) unopposed |
| massachusetts 2 | edward boland | democratic | 1952 | re - elected | edward boland (d) 72.6% thomas p swank (r) 27.4% |
| massachusetts 3 | joseph d early | democratic | 1974 | re - elected | joseph d early (d) unopposed |
| massachusetts 4 | barney frank | democratic | 1980 | re - elected | barney frank (d) 59.5% margaret heckler (r) 40.5% |
| massachusetts 7 | ed markey | democratic | 1976 | re - elected | ed markey (d) 77.8% david m basile (r) 22.2% |
Title:
united states house of representatives elections , 1982
Statement:
ed markey was first elected to the republican party in 1976
Answer:
refuted