State Rep. Carole Fiola, a Democrat who has represented parts of Fall River and Freetown in the State House since 2013, won reelection on Tuesday night with 6,833 votes, according to unofficial numbers.

 

Robert Anctil, her Republican challenger, finished with 4,588 votes.

 

Fiola will continue representing the 6th Bristol district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Her district includes most of Fall River’s North End and the Assonet section of Freetown.

 

Fiola had strong support in Fall River, where she garnered 6,165 votes to Anctil's 3,896 -- a 61% to 38% margin. In Freetown, however, Fiola lost to Anctil, 668 to 692 votes.

 

Before her election to the House, Fiola served on the Governor’s Council for a decade and worked several marketing and economic development jobs in Fall River.

 

Anctil, a former Berkley selectman, was part of a wave of GOP challengers in reliably blue districts in Greater Fall River this year, motivated in part by recent Republican successes in the region.

 

Contacted on Tuesday night after results were available, Anctil said he had no comment.

 

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