Electoral history of Ted Kennedy

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Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA)

Electoral history of Ted Kennedy, United States Senator from Massachusetts (1962–2009) and, at the time of his death, the second most senior member of the Senate.

1962 U.S. Senate special election in Massachusetts
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ted Kennedy 559,303 69.33
Democratic Edward J. McCormack Jr. 247,403 30.67
Total votes 806,706 100.00
General election
Democratic Ted Kennedy 1,162,611 55.44
Republican George C. Lodge 877,668 41.85
Independent H. Stuart Hughes 50,013 2.38
Socialist Labor Lawrence Gilfedder 5,330 0.25
Prohibition Mark R. Shaw 1,439 0.07
Total votes 2,097,081 100.00
Democratic hold
1964 U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ted Kennedy (incumbent) 608,791 99.99
Write-in 32 0.01
Total votes 608,823 100.00
General election
Democratic Ted Kennedy (incumbent) 1,716,907 74.26
Republican Howard J. Whitmore Jr. 587,663 25.42
Socialist Labor Lawrence Gilfedder 4,745 0.21
Prohibition Grace F. Luder 2,700 0.12
Total votes 2,312,028 100.00
Democratic hold
1970 U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ted Kennedy (incumbent) 1,202,856 62.16
Republican Josiah Spaulding 715,978 37.00
Socialist Labor Lawrence Gilfedder 10,378 0.54
Prohibition Mark R. Shaw 5,944 0.31
Total votes 1,935,156 100.00
Democratic hold
1976 U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ted Kennedy (incumbent) 534,725 73.86
Democratic Robert Dinsmore 117,496 16.23
Democratic Frederick C. Langone 59,315 8.19
Democratic Bernard Shannon (withdrawn) 12,399 1.71
Write-in 53 0.01
Total votes 723,988 100.00
General election
Democratic Ted Kennedy (incumbent) 1,726,657 69.31
Republican Michael Robertson 722,641 29.01
Socialist Workers Carol Henderson Evans 26,283 1.06
U.S. Labor H. Graham Lowry 15,517 0.62
Write-in 157 0.01
Total votes 2,491,255 100.00
Democratic hold
1982 U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ted Kennedy (incumbent) 1,247,084 60.81
Republican Ray Shamie 784,602 38.26
Libertarian Howard S. Katz 18,878 0.92
Write-in 205 0.01
Total votes 2,050,769 100.00
Democratic hold
1988 U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ted Kennedy (incumbent) 1,693,344 64.97
Republican Joe Malone 884,267 33.93
New Alliance Mary Fridley 15,208 0.58
Libertarian Freda Lee Nason 13,199 0.51
Write-in 207 0.01
Total votes 2,606,225 100.00
Democratic hold
1994 U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ted Kennedy (incumbent) 391,637 98.87
Democratic Others 4,498 1.13
Total votes 396,135 100.00
General election
Democratic Ted Kennedy (incumbent) 1,266,011 58.07
Republican Mitt Romney 894,005 41.01
Libertarian Lauraleigh Dozier 14,484 0.66
LaRouche Was Right William A. Ferguson Jr. 4,776 0.22
Write-in 688 0.03
Total votes 2,179,964 100.00
Democratic hold
2000 U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ted Kennedy (incumbent) 1,889,494 72.69
Republican Jack Robinson III 334,341 12.86
Libertarian Carla Howell 308,860 11.88
Constitution Philip F. Lawler 42,113 1.62
Independent Dale E. Friedgen 13,687 0.53
Independent Philip Hyde III 8,452 0.33
Write-in 2,473 0.10
Total votes 2,734,006 100.00
Democratic hold
2006 U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts
Party Candidate Votes %
General election
Democratic Ted Kennedy (incumbent) 1,500,738 69.30
Republican Kenneth Chase 661,532 30.55
Total votes 2,165,490 100.00
Democratic hold

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