He was elected 10 years later after the incident in 1986. I’ll get that information shortly.
I found this interesting. Although they are divorced Delahunt still has his ex-wife on the payroll:
And Katharina Delahunt, Rep. Bill Delahunts (D-Mass.) ex-wife, who earns $2,200 a month, has managed the six-term Democrats campaign since he got into state politics in 1972 (Delahunts daughter, a professional photographer, also earned $410 in the last quarter for her services).
http://hill5.thehill.com/homenews/senate/58909-family-benefits-from-lawmakers-campaigns
Delahunt was first elected after a primary battle against Phil Johnston of Marshfield and Ian Bowles of Woods Hole. Johnston was initially declared the winner. A recount conducted in a handful of contested towns preserved Johnston’s victory though by a narrower margin. Following the recount, Delahunt sought judicial review in the Massachusetts Superior Court and Judge Elizabeth Donvan conducted a de novo review of the contested ballots and declared Delahunt the victor by a 108-vote margin. The case appealed to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, which upheld the lower court ruling. The case is also noteworthy for the issue of “hanging chads” in punch-card voting machines.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Delahunt