United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1984

United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1984
Massachusetts
November 6, 1984
 
Nominee John Kerry Ray Shamie
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,393,150 1,136,913
Percentage 55.06% 44.94%

Results by town. Red indicates towns carried by Ray Shamie, blue indicates towns carried by John Kerry.
Senator before election

Paul Tsongas
Democratic

 Elected Senator

John Kerry
Democratic

The Massachusetts Senate election of 1984 was held in November 1984. Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts John Kerry was elected to succeed Senator Paul Tsongas who had to retire following a battle with cancer.

Candidates

Democratic Party

Republican Party

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

See also

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=118291
  2. ↑ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=118376


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