United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 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.

Contents 1 Candidates 1.1 Democratic Party 1.2 Republican Party 2 Results 3 External links and references

[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] 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] External links and references

• 1988 Congressional Election results

v • d • e 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)