Massachusetts United States Senate election, 1988

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The United States Senate election of 1988 in Massachusetts was held on November 1, 1988 with the incumbent Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy defeating his challengers.

1 Results
2 Candidates
- 2.1 Democratic Party
- 2.2 Republican Party
3 External links and references

[edit] Results

Massachusetts United States Senate election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Edward M. Kennedy	1,693,344	64.97	+4.16
	Republican	Joseph D. Malone	884,267	33.93	-4.33
	New Alliance	Mary Fridley	15,208	0.58	+0.58
	Libertarian	Freda Lee Nason	13,199	0.51	-0.41
		All others	207	0.01	+0
Total votes			2,606,225	87.77%

[edit] Candidates

[edit] Democratic Party

Senator Ted Kennedy - incumbent Senator elected in 1962 and reelected in 1964, 1970, 1976, and 1982. Ran for president in 1980, and was subsequently reelected in 1994, 2000, and 2006.

[edit] Republican Party

Joseph D. Malone- Subsequently elected to State Tresurer in 1990 and reelected in 1994. Later ran an abortive campaign for Governor in 1998.

[edit] External links and references

1988 Congressional Election results

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