United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1984

1978 ←

November 5, 1984

→ 1990



Nominee	John Kerry	Ray Shamie
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	1,393,150	1,136,913
Percentage	55.06%	44.94%

Senator before election

Paul Tsongas
Democratic

Elected Senator

John Kerry
Democratic

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The Massachusetts Senate election of 1984 was held in November 1984. Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts John Kerry was elected to succeed out-going Senator Paul Tsongas.

1 Candidates
- 1.1 Democratic Party
- 1.2 Republican Party
2 Results
- 2.1 Primaries
- 2.2 General election
3 See also
4 Further reading
5 References

Candidates

Democratic Party

John Kerry - Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, was elected to the open seat
David M. Bartley - Former Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1969–1975) and Secretary of of Administration and Finance (1981–1983)
Michael Connolly - Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts since 1979 and a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1973-1978
James Shannon - Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 5th congressional district since 1979.

Republican Party

Ray Shamie- Ran for Senate in 1982 against Ted Kennedy.
Elliot Richardson - Former United States Secretary of Commerce (1976–1977), United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1975–1976), United States Attorney General (1973), United States Secretary of Defense (1973), United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (1970–1973), Under Secretary of State (1969–1970), Massachusetts Attorney General (1967–1969), and Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (1965–1967)

Results

Primaries

Democratic Primary ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John Kerry	322,470	40.83
	Democratic	James Shannon	297,941	37.72
	Democratic	David M. Bartley	85,910	10.88
	Democratic	Michael Connolly	82,999	10.51
		All others	502	0.06

Republican Primary ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Ray Shamie	173,851	62.38
	Republican	Elliot Richardson	104,761	37.59
		All others	70	0.03

General election

General election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John Kerry	1,393,150	55.06
	Republican	Ray Shamie	1,136,913	44.94
		All others	408	0.02
Turnout			2,530,063

References

Recent Elections in Massachusetts

General	1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012

Mass. Senate	2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012

Mass. House	2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012

Governor (with winners)	1839 (Morton), …, 1948 (Dever), 1950 (Dever), 1952 (Herter), 1954 (Herter), 1956 (Furcolo), 1958 (Furcolo), 1960 (Volpe), 1962 (Peabody), 1964 (Volpe), 1966 (Volpe), 1970 (Sargent), 1974 (Dukakis), 1978 (King), 1982 (Dukakis), 1986 (Dukakis), 1990 (Weld), 1994 (Weld), 1998 (Cellucci), 2002 (Romney), 2006 (Patrick), 2010 (Patrick), 2014

Gov. Council	2002, 2006, 2010, 2012

U.S. President	1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012

U. S. Senate (with winners)	Class 1: 1875 (Dawes), 1881 (Dawes), 1887 (Dawes), 1893 (Lodge Sr.), 1898 (Lodge Sr.), 1904 (Lodge Sr.), 1910 (Lodge Sr.), 1916 (Lodge Sr.), 1922 (Lodge Sr.), 1926 [sp] (Walsh), 1928 (Walsh), 1934 (Walsh), 1940 (Walsh), 1946 (Lodge Jr.), 1952 (J. Kennedy), 1958 (J. Kennedy), 1962 [sp] (T. Kennedy), 1964 (T. Kennedy), 1970 (T. Kennedy), 1976 (T. Kennedy), 1982 (T. Kennedy), 1988 (T. Kennedy), 1994 (T. Kennedy), 2000 (T. Kennedy), 2006 (T. Kennedy), 2010 [sp] (Brown), 2012 Class 2: 1918 (Walsh), 1924 (Gillett), 1930 (Coolidge), 1936 (Lodge Jr.), 1942 (Lodge Jr.), 1944 [sp] (Saltonstall), 1948 (Saltonstall), 1954 (Saltonstall), 1960 (Saltonstall), 1966 (Brooke), 1972 (Brooke), 1978 (Tsongas), 1984 (Kerry), 1990 (Kerry), 1996 (Kerry), 2002 (Kerry), 2008 (Kerry), 2014

U. S. House	2001 [sp: 9th dist.], 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007 [sp: 5th dist.], 2008, 2010, 2012

See also: Political party strength in Massachusetts