Massachusetts United States Senate election, 1996

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The United States Senate election of 1996 in Massachusetts was held on November 5, 1996 with the incumbent Democratic Senator John Kerry defeating his Republican challenger, Governor Bill Weld.

On November 29, 1995, Governor Bill Weld announced his candidacy for the Senate seat occupied by Senator Kerry with a formal announcement on March 27, 1996. The first debate between Weld and Kerry was held in Faneuil Hall on April 8 with a second debate held on June 3. A third debate was held at the Emerson Majestic Theater on July 2. The Weld and Kerry campaigns agreed to eight debates and a spending cap of $6.9 million negotiated at Senator Kerry's Beacon Hill mansion on August 7; Senator Kerry later mortgaged his Beacon Hill mansion to raise funds in October. On the same day the spending cap was agreed upon, Governor Weld jumped into the Charles River after signing a bill and spoke at the 1996 Republican National Convention on August 14 before debating Senator Kerry again on August 19. Senator Kerry spoke at the 1996 Democratic National Convention and debated Governor Weld again on September 16.

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[edit] Major events

[edit] Candidates

[edit] Democratic Party

  • Senator John Kerry - incumbent Senator elected in 1984 and reelected in 1990. Subsequently reelected in 2002.

[edit] Republican Party

  • Governor William Weld - incumbent governor of Massachusetts, elected in 1990 and re-elected in 1994.

[edit] Conservative Party

  • Susan C. Gallagher - a pro-life conservative.

[edit] Natural Law Party

  • Robert C. Stowe

[edit] Results

Massachusetts United States Senate election, 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic John Kerry 1,334,135 52.2
Republican Bill Weld 1,143,120 44.7
Conservative Susan C. Gallagher 70,007 2.7
Natural Law Robert C. Stowe 7,169 0.3
All others 1,511 0.1
Turnout 2,555,942

[edit] See also

[edit] External links and references

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


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