United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1982

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The United States Senate election of 1982 in Massachusetts was held on November 2, 1982 with the incumbent Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy defeating his challengers.

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[edit] Candidates

[edit] Democratic Party

  • Senator Ted Kennedy - incumbent Senator elected in 1962 and reelected in 1964, 1970, and 1976. Ran for president in 1980, and was subsequently reelected in 1988, 1994, 2000, and 2006.

[edit] Republican Party

[edit] Results

General election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Edward M. Kennedy 1,247,084 60.81 -8.50
Republican Ray Shamie 784,602 38.26 +9.25
Libertarian Howard S. Katz 18,878 0.92 +0.92
All others 205 0.01 +0.00
Total votes 2,050,769 70.26%

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Recent Elections in Massachusetts (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: 1964 (T. Kennedy), 1970 (T. Kennedy), 1976 (T. Kennedy), 1982 (T. Kennedy), 1988 (T. Kennedy), 1994 (T. Kennedy), 2000 (T. Kennedy), 2006 (T. Kennedy), 2012
Class 2: 1936 (Lodge), …, 1966 (Brooke), 1972 (Brooke), 1978 (Tsongas), 1984 (Kerry), 1990 (Kerry), 1996 (Kerry), 2002 (Kerry), 2008
U.S. House 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007 (5th), 2008
President 2000, 2004, 2008 (D prim), (R prim)
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