United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1978

November 7, 1978



Nominee	Paul Tsongas	Edward Brooke
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	1,093,283	890,584
Percentage	55.06%	44.85%

Results by town. Red indicates towns carried by Edward Brooke, blue indicates towns carried by Paul Tsongas.

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Edward Brooke
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Elected Senator

Paul Tsongas
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The United States Senate election of 1978 in Massachusetts was held on November 7, 1978, with the incumbent Republican Senator Edward Brooke being defeated by then Democratic Congressman Paul E. Tsongas.

Candidates

Republican

Edward Brooke, incumbent Senator, former Massachusetts Attorney General.
Avi Nelson, radio-television host.

Democratic

Paul Tsongas, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 5th congressional district since 1975.
Kathleen Sullivan, then member of the Boston School Committee. Daughter of New England Patriots owner Billy Sullivan (1915-1998) and later wife of former Mayor of San Francisco Joseph Alioto .
Paul Guzzi, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth since 1975, Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1971-1975.
Elaine Noble, Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives since 1975. Noble was the first openly gay or lesbian candidate elected to a state legislature.
Howard Phillips, Former Nixon Administration official. Served as the acting Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity in 1973.

Results

Primaries

Republican primary ^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Edward Brooke	146,351	53.25
Republican	Avi Nelson	128,388	46.27
	All others	78	0.03

Democratic primary ^[2]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Paul Tsongas	296,915	35.55
Democratic	Paul Guzzi	258,960	31.01
Democratic	Kathleen Sullivan Alioto	161,036	19.28
Democratic	Howard Phillips	65,397	7.83
Democratic	Elaine Noble	52,464	6.28
	All others	379	0.05

General election

General election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paul E. Tsongas	1,093,283	55.06
	Republican	Edward Brooke	890,584	44.85
		All others	1,833	0.09
Total votes			1,985,700	68.01

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1978 Congressional Election results

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