1980 United States presidential election in Massachusetts
Massachusetts was very narrowly carried by the Republican nominee , former Governor Ronald Reagan of California , over incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter of Georgia and Independent candidate Congressman John B . Anderson of Illinois . 
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