1970 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
The 1970 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held on November 3, 1970. The incumbent Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy defeated his challengers. This was Kennedy's first election run since the 1969 Chappaquiddick incident. Kennedy won 62.2% of the vote, down from the 74.3% that he won in the previous election in 1964, indicating that Chappaquiddick did affect his popularity.
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This was the last election in which Ted Kennedy lost any Massachusetts county. Spaulding carried Barnstable, Dukes, Franklin, and Nantucket Counties.
Republican primary
Candidates
- Josiah Spaulding, businessman[1]
- John J. McCarthy, Commissioner of Administration and Finance
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Republican | Josiah Spaulding | 109,306 | 57.32 | ||
| Republican | John J. McCarthy | 81,356 | 42.66 | ||
General election
Candidates
- Ted Kennedy (Democratic) - incumbent U.S. Senator first elected in 1962 (to John Kennedy's unexpired term) and elected to a full term in 1964
- Lawrence Gilfedder (Socialist Labor)
- Mark R. Shaw (Prohibition) - Former Prohibition Party candidate for U.S. Senator from Massachusetts in 1946, 1952, 1958, 1969, 1962, and 1966. He was the party's candidate for governor of Massachusetts in 1948 and 1956. In 1964, he was the Prohibition Party's candidate for vice president of the United States.[3]
- Josiah Spaulding (Republican) - businessman
Results
Results by county
Republican >= 50%
Democrat >= 50%
Democrat >= 60%
Democrat >= 70%
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Edward M. Kennedy (incumbent) | 1,202,856 | 62.16% |  12.1 | |
| Republican | Josiah Spaulding | 715,978 | 37.00% |  11.58 | |
| Socialist Labor | Lawrence Gilfedder | 10,378 | 0.54% | 0.33 | |
| Prohibition | Mark R. Shaw | 5,944 | 0.31% | 0.19 | |
See also
External links
- Race details at ourcampaigns.com
References
- Josiah Spaulding at ourcampaigns.com
- http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=349912
- Mark R. Shaw at ourcampaigns.com
February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009
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