Massachusetts United States Senate election, 2000

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The United States Senate election of 2000 in Massachusetts was held on November 7, 2000 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, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Edward M. Kennedy	1,889,494	72.69	+14.62
	Republican	Jack E. Robinson	334,341	12.86	-28.15
	Libertarian	Carla Howell	308,860	11.88	+11.22
	Constitution	Philip F. Lawler	42,113	1.62	+1.62
	Independent	Dale E. Friedgen	13,687	0.53	+0.53
	Timesizing Not Downsizing	Philip Hyde III	8,452	0.33	+0.33
		All others	2,473	0.10	+0.07
Total votes			2,599,420	64.84

[edit] Candidates

[edit] Democratic Party

Senator Ted Kennedy - incumbent Senator elected in 1962 and reelected in 1964 1970, 1976, 1982, 1988, and 1994. Ran for president in 1980, and was subsequently reelected in 2006.

[edit] Republican Party

Jack E. Robinson- Frequent Candidate in Massachusetts, suffered an embarressing Domestic scandal during the campaign.

[edit] External links and references

2000 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