Elections contested by Ted Kennedy
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.
United States Senate races
1962
Democratic primary for the
1962 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts:
[1]
1962 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts:
[2]
1964
1964 United States Senate election in Massachusetts:
[3]
1970
1970 United States Senate election in Massachusetts:
[4]
1976
Democratic primary for the
1976 United States Senate election in Massachusetts:
[5]
1976 United States Senate election in Massachusetts:
[6]
1982
1982 United States Senate election in Massachusetts:
[7]
1988
1988 United States Senate election in Massachusetts:
[8]
1994
Democratic primary for the
1994 United States Senate election in Massachusetts:
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Ted Kennedy (inc.) – 391,637 (98.87%)
- Others – 4,498 (1.14%)
1994 United States Senate election in Massachusetts:
[10]
2000
Democratic primary for the
2000 United States Senate election in Massachusetts:
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Ted Kennedy (inc.) – 236,883 (98.97%)
- Others – 2,467 (1.03%)
2000 United States Senate election in Massachusetts:
[12]
2006
2006 United States Senate election in Massachusetts:
[13]
Presidential and vice-presidential races
1964
1964 Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary:
[14]
- All votes were cast as
write-ins
1968
1968 Democratic Party presidential primaries:
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Eugene McCarthy – 2,914,933 (38.73%)
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Robert F. Kennedy – 2,305,148 (30.63%)
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Stephen M. Young – 549,140 (7.30%)
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Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) – 383,590 (5.10%)
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Thomas C. Lynch – 380,286 (5.05%)
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Roger D. Branigin – 238,700 (3.17%)
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George Smathers – 236,242 (3.14%)
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Hubert Humphrey – 166,463 (2.21%)
- Unpledged delegates – 161,143 (2.14%)
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Scott Kelly – 128,899 (1.71%)
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George Wallace – 34,489 (0.46%)
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Richard Nixon – 13,610 (0.18%)
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Ronald Reagan – 5,309 (0.07%)
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Ted Kennedy – 4,052 (0.05%)
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Paul C. Fisher – 506 (0.01%)
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John G. Crommelin – 186 (0.00%)
1968 Democratic National Convention (presidential tally):
[16]
1968 Democratic National Convention (vice-presidential tally):
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1968
Liberal Party presidential convention:
[18]
1972
1972 Democratic Party presidential primaries:
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Hubert Humphrey – 4,121,372 (25.77%)
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George McGovern – 4,053,451 (25.34%)
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George Wallace – 3,755,424 (23.48%)
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Edmund Muskie – 1,840,217 (11.51%)
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Eugene McCarthy – 553,990 (3.46%)
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Henry M. Jackson – 505,198 (3.16%)
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Shirley Chisholm – 430,703 (2.69%)
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Terry Sanford – 331,415 (2.07%)
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John Lindsay – 196,406 (1.23%)
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Samuel Yorty – 79,446 (0.50%)
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Wilbur Mills – 37,401 (0.23%)
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Walter E. Fauntroy – 21,217 (0.13%)
- Unpledged – 19,533 (0.12%)
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Ted Kennedy – 16,693 (0.10%)
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Vance Hartke – 11,798 (0.07%)
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Patsy Mink – 8,286 (0.05%)
- None – 6,269 (0.04%)
1972 Democratic National Convention (presidential tally):
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1972 Democratic National Convention (vice-presidential tally):
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Thomas Eagleton – 1,742 (59.07%)
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Frances Farenthold – 405 (13.73%)
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Mike Gravel – 226 (7.66%)
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Endicott Peabody – 108 (3.66%)
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Clay Smothers – 74 (2.51%)
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Birch Bayh – 62 (2.10%)
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Peter W. Rodino – 57 (1.93%)
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Jimmy Carter – 30 (1.02%)
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Shirley Chisholm – 20 (0.68%)
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Moon Landrieu – 19 (0.64%)
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Edward T. Breathitt – 18 (0.61%)
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Ted Kennedy – 15 (0.51%)
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Fred R. Harris – 14 (0.48%)
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Richard G. Hatcher – 11 (0.37%)
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Harold Hughes – 10 (0.34%)
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Joseph Montoya – 9 (0.31%)
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William L. Guy – 8 (0.27%)
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Adlai Stevenson III – 8 (0.27%)
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Robert Bergland,
Hodding Carter,
César Chávez,
Wilbur Mills – 5 each (0.17%)
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Wendell Anderson,
Stanley Arnold,
Ron Dellums,
John J. Houlihan,
Roberto A. Mondragon – 4 each (0.14%)
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Reubin O'Donovan Askew,
Herman Badillo,
Eugene McCarthy,
Claiborne Pell,
Terry Sanford – 3 each (0.10%)
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Ramsey Clark,
Richard J. Daley,
John DeCarlo,
Ernest Gruening,
Roger Mudd,
Edmund Muskie,
Claude Pepper,
Abraham A. Ribicoff,
Hoyt Patrick Taylor Jr.,
Leonard F. Woodcock,
Bruno Agnoli – 2 each (0.07%)
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Ernest Albright,
William A. Barrett,
Daniel Berrigan,
Philip Berrigan,
Julian Bond,
Skipper Bowles,
Archibald Burton,
Phillip Burton, William Chappell,
Lawton Chiles,
Frank Church,
Robert Drinan,
Nick Galifianakis,
John Z. Goodrich, Michael Griffin,
Martha Griffiths, Charles Hamilton,
Patricia Harris,
Jim Hunt,
Daniel Inouye,
Henry M. Jackson,
Robery Kariss,
Allard K. Lowenstein,
Mao Zedong,
Eleanor McGovern,
Martha Beall Mitchell,
Ralph Nader,
George Norcross III,
Jerry Rubin, Fred Seaman,
Joe Smith,
Benjamin Spock,
Patrick Tavolacci,
George Wallace – 1 each (0.03%)
1976
1976 Democratic Party presidential primaries:
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Jimmy Carter – 6,235,609 (39.27%)
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Jerry Brown – 2,449,374 (15.43%)
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George Wallace – 1,955,388 (12.31%)
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Mo Udall – 1,611,754 (10.15%)
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Henry M. Jackson – 1,134,375 (7.14%)
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Frank Church – 830,818 (5.23%)
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Robert Byrd – 340,309 (2.14%)
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Sargent Shriver – 304,399 (1.92%)
- Unpledged – 283,437 (1.79%)
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Ellen McCormack – 238,027 (1.50%)
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Fred R. Harris – 234,568 (1.48%)
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Milton Shapp – 88,254 (0.56%)
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Birch Bayh – 86,438 (0.54%)
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Hubert Humphrey – 61,992 (0.39%)
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Ted Kennedy – 19,805 (0.13%)
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Lloyd Bentsen – 4,046 (0.03%)
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Terry Sanford – 404 (0.00%)
1976 Democratic National Convention (presidential tally):
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Jimmy Carter – 2,239 (74.48%)
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Mo Udall – 330 (10.98%)
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Jerry Brown – 301 (10.01%)
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George Wallace – 57 (1.90%)
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Ellen McCormack – 22 (0.73%)
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Frank Church – 19 (0.63%)
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Hubert Humphrey – 10 (0.33%)
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Henry M. Jackson – 10 (0.33%)
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Fred R. Harris – 9 (0.30%)
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Milton Shapp,
Robert Byrd – 2 each (0.07%)
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Hugh Carey,
Cesar Chavez,
Leon Jaworski,
Barbara Jordan,
Ted Kennedy,
George McGovern,
Edmund Muskie,
Jennings Randolph,
Fred Stover – 1 each (0.03%)
1980
1980 Democratic Party presidential primaries:
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1980 Democratic National Convention (presidential tally):
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Jimmy Carter (inc.) – 2,123 (64.04%)
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Ted Kennedy – 1,151 (34.72%)
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William Proxmire – 10 (0.30%)
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Koryne Kaneski Horbal,
Scott M. Matheson Sr. – 5 each (0.15%)
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Ron Dellums – 3 (0.09%)
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Robert Byrd,
John Culver,
Kent Hance,
Jennings Randolph,
Warren Spannaus,
Alice Tripp – 2 each (0.06%)
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Jerry Brown,
Dale Bumpers,
Hugh L. Carey,
Walter Mondale,
Edmund Muskie,
Thomas J. Steed – 1 each (0.03%)
See also
References
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Our Campaigns – MA US Senate – D Primary Race – Sep 18, 1962
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"Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 1962" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 17.
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Our Campaigns – MA US Senate Race – Nov 03, 1964
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Our Campaigns – MA US Senate Race – Nov 03, 1970
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Our Campaigns – MA US Senate -D Primary Race – Sep 14, 1976
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Our Campaigns – MA US Senate Race – Nov 02, 1976
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Our Campaigns – MA US Senate Race – Nov 05, 1982
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Our Campaigns – MA US Senate Race – Nov 08, 1988
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Our Campaigns – MA US Senate- D Primary Race – Sep 20, 1994
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Our Campaigns – MA US Senate Race – Nov 08, 1994
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Our Campaigns – MA US Senate- D Primary Race – Jun 13, 2000
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Our Campaigns – MA US Senate Race – Nov 07, 2000
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Our Campaigns – MA US Senate Race – Nov 07, 2006
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Our Campaigns – MA US President – D Primary Race – Apr 28, 1964
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Our Campaigns – US President – D Primaries Race – Mar 12, 1968
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Our Campaigns – US President – D Convention Race – Aug 26, 1968
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Our Campaigns – US Vice President – D Convention Race – Jul 26, 1968
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Our Campaigns – NY US President – L Convention Race – Sep 04, 1968
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Our Campaigns – US President – D Primaries Race – Mar 07, 1972
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Our Campaigns – US President – D Convention Race – Jul 10, 1972
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Our Campaigns – US Vice President – D Convention Race – Jul 10, 1972
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Our Campaigns – US President – D Primaries Race – Feb 01, 1976
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Our Campaigns – US President – D Convention Race – Jul 12, 1976
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Our Campaigns – US President – D Primaries Race – Feb 26, 1980
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Our Campaigns – US President – D Convention Race – Aug 11, 1980