Massachusetts United States Senate election, 2006

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The 2006 Massachusetts U.S. Senate election took place on November 7, 2006. Ted Kennedy, the incumbent since late 1962, is one of the most prominent liberal statesmen in American politics. As he represents heavily Democratic Massachusetts, it is unlikely he will face a competitive Republican challenger.

The filing deadline for major parties was June 6, 2006. The primary was on September 19, 2006.^[1]

Contents 1 Candidates 1.1 Democratic Party 1.2 Republican Party 1.2.1 Lost in the primary 2 Opinion Polls 3 Election Results 3.1 General election 3.2 Republican Primary 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Candidates

[edit] Democratic Party

• Ted Kennedy - Incumbent Senator

[edit] Republican Party

At the Massachusetts GOP Convention, Ken Chase received the official endorsement with a majority of delegates, though both candidates qualified for the September primary. Former White House Chief-of-Staff Andy Card also received 3 votes.^[2]

• Kenneth Chase - Language school owner and GOP activist

[edit] Lost in the primary

• Kevin Scott - Businessman, former Wakefield Selectman

[edit] Opinion Polls

Source	Date	MoE	Kennedy (D)	Chase (R)	Und.
Boston Globe	Oct 22 - 25, 2006	±4.1%	66%	25%	6%
Suffolk University	Oct 20 - 23, 2006	±4.9%	60%	26%	14%

[edit] Election Results

[edit] General election

As of 2:47 PM EST November 8, 2006^[3]

2006 United States Senate election, Massachusetts[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Edward Kennedy (incumbent)	1,497,304	69.46%	-3.15%[4]
	Republican	Kenneth Chase	658,374	30.54%	+17.66%[4]
Majority			838,930	38.92%	-20.81%
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

[edit] Republican Primary

Republican senatorial primary[5] (100% reporting)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kenneth Chase	35,497	50.9%	N/A
	Republican	Kevin Scott	34,179	49.1%	N/A

[edit] See also

• United States Senate elections, 2006

[edit] References

1. ^ politics1.com
2. ^ Hub Politics: Lowell 2006
3. ^ ^{a b} 2006 General Election Results - US Senate Boston.com as of 2:47 PM EST November 8, 2006
4. ^ ^{a b} Election 2000 Results from CNN.com
5. ^ Massachusetts primary results Boston.com, last updated 11:04 AM, Sept 20, 2006

[edit] External links

• Ted Kennedy official campaign site
• Kevin Scott official campaign site
• Kenneth Chase official campaign site

Recent Massachusetts elections (with winners)
General		2002, 2004, 2006, 2008
State
	State Senate:	2002, 2004, 2006, 2008
	State House:	2002, 2004, 2006, 2008
	Governor:	1982 (Dukakis), 1986 (Dukakis), 1990 (Weld), 1994 (Weld), 1998 (Cellucci), 2002 (Romney), 2006 (Patrick), 2010
	Council:	2002, 2004, 2006, 2008
Federal	U.S. Senate:	Class 1: 1982 (Kennedy), 1988 (Kennedy), 1994 (Kennedy), 2000 (Kennedy), 2006 (Kennedy), 2012 Class 2: 1978 (Tsongas), 1984 (Kerry), 1990 (Kerry), 1996 (Kerry), 2002 (Kerry), 2008
	U.S. House:	2002, 2004, 2006, 2008
	President :	2000, 2004, 2008