United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 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.

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, 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] Results

General election
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] External links and references

• 2000 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)