United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1964

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The United States Senate election of 1964 in Massachusetts was held on November 3, 1964 with the incumbent Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy defeating his challengers.

Contents

[edit] Candidates

[edit] Democratic

[edit] Republican

[edit] Socialist Workers

  • Lawrence Gilfedder - Canidate for Lt. Governor in 1948. Ran for Governor in 1952 and 1954. Ran for Senate in 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, and 1970. [2]

[edit] Prohibition

[edit] Results

General election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Edward M. Kennedy 1,716,907 74.26 +21.3
Republican Howard J. Whitmore, Jr. 587,663 25.42 -19.08
Socialist Labor Lawrence Gilfedder 4,745 0.21 -0.03
Prohibition Party Grace F. Luder 2,700 0.12 +0.05

[edit] External links and reference

  1. ^ Howard J. Whitmore, Jr. at ourcampaigns.com
  2. ^ Lawrence Gilfedder at ourcampaigns.com
  3. ^ Grace F. Luder at ourcampaigns.com
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