United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1988

United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1988
United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1988
Massachusetts
1982 ←
November 1, 1988
→ 1994

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Nominee Ted Kennedy Joseph D. Malone
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,693,344 884,267
Percentage 64.97% 33.93%

Massachusetts Election Results by County, all Democratic.svg

County Results

Senator before election

Ted Kennedy
Democratic

Elected Senator

Ted Kennedy
Democratic

The United States Senate election of 1988 in Massachusetts was held on November 1, 1988. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy won re-election.

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Major candidates

Democratic

  • Ted Kennedy - incumbent U.S. Senator elected in 1962 and reelected in 1964, 1970, 1976, and 1982. He also ran for president in 1980.

Republican

  • Joseph D. Malone- Subsequently elected to State Treasurer in 1990 and reelected in 1994. Later ran an abortive campaign for Governor in 1998.

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%%

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