1976 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
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The 1976 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy won re-election to his fourth (his third full) term.
Democratic primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Declared
[edit]- Robert Emmet Dinsmore, candidate for Boston City Council in 1971
- Ted Kennedy, incumbent U.S. Senator
- Frederick C. Langone, member of the Boston City Council
Withdrawn
[edit]- Albert Onessimo
- Bernard P. Shannon (endorsed Dinsmore)
Results
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ted Kennedy (incumbent) | 534,725 | 73.86% | |
Democratic | Robert Dinsmore | 117,496 | 16.23% | |
Democratic | Frederick C. Langone | 59,315 | 8.19% | |
Democratic | Bernard Shannon (withdrawn) | 12,399 | 1.71% | |
Write-in | All others | 53 | 0.01% | |
Total votes | 723,988 | 100.00% |
Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Michael Robertson, businessman[2]
Results
[edit]Robertson was unopposed for the Republican nomination.
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Edward M. Kennedy (Incumbent) | 1,726,657 | 69.31 | ![]() | |
Republican | Michael S. Robertson | 722,641 | 29.01 | ![]() | |
Socialist Workers | Carol Henderson Evans | 26,283 | 1.06 | ![]() | |
U.S. Labor | H. Graham Lowry | 15,517 | 0.62 | N/A | |
Write-in | All others | 157 | 0.01 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 2,491,255 | 85.55% | |||
Democratic hold | Swing |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Our Campaigns - MA US Senate - D Primary Race - Sep 18, 1984". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
- ^ "St. Petersburg Times - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1976" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 20.