1964 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

The United States Senate election of 1964 in Massachusetts was held on November 3, 1964, with the incumbent Democratic senator, Ted Kennedy, defeating his challengers. Much of the campaign-appearance burden on behalf of Ted Kennedy fell on his wife, Joan, because of Ted's serious back injury in a plane crash.

1964 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

November 3, 1964
 
Nominee Ted Kennedy Howard J. Whitmore, Jr.
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,716,907 587,663
Percentage 74.26% 25.42%

Municipal Results

U.S. senator before election

Ted Kennedy
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Ted Kennedy
Democratic

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Senator Kennedy was unopposed for renomination.

1964 Democratic U.S. Senate primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ted Kennedy 608,791 99.99
Write-in All others 32 0.01
Total votes 608,823 100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Whitmore was unopposed for the Republican nomination.

1964 Republican U.S. Senate primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Howard J. Whitmore, Jr. 172,078 99.95
Write-in All others 86 0.05
Total votes 172,164 100.00

Independents and third parties

Socialist Workers

  • Lawrence Gilfedder, perennial candidate[2]

Prohibition

  • Grace F. Luder, candidate for Congress in 1950 and 1952[3]

Results

1964 U.S. Senate election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Ted Kennedy 1,716,907 74.26 21.30
Republican Howard J. Whitmore, Jr. 587,663 25.42 19.08
Socialist Labor Lawrence Gilfedder 4,745 0.21 0.03
Prohibition Grace F. Luder 2,700 0.12 0.05
Write-in All others 13 0.00
Total votes 1,202,856 100.00

See also

  • United States Senate elections, 1964

References

Notes
  1. Howard J. Whitmore, Jr. at ourcampaigns.com
  2. Lawrence Gilfedder at ourcampaigns.com
  3. Grace F. Luder at ourcampaigns.com
Sources
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