The election coincided with the 1964 United States presidential election, which was won by incumbent Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson in a landslide, as well as the Senate election in neighboring New York which was won by Kennedy's older brother Robert. It took place less than a year after the assassination of the incumbent Senator's eldest surviving brother, PresidentJohn F. Kennedy. The two surviving Kennedy brothers thus benefited from both an overall national swing to the Democrats and public sympathy following their sibling's murder. Much of the campaign-appearance burden in Massachusetts on behalf of Ted Kennedy fell on his wife, Joan, because of Ted's serious back injury in a plane crash.
Ted Kennedy recorded his highest-ever percentage of the vote in this election, although he won a larger margin of victory against divided opposition in 2000.
Recordings of Telephone Calls between Edward Kennedy and President Lyndon Johnson during the 1964 campaign
January 01, 1970
1964, united, states, senate, election, massachusetts, held, november, 1964, with, incumbent, democratic, senator, kennedy, easily, defeating, republican, challenger, howard, whitmore, 1962, special, november, 1964, 1970, nominee, kennedy, howard, whitmore, pa. The 1964 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held on November 3 1964 with the incumbent Democratic senator Ted Kennedy easily defeating his Republican challenger Howard J Whitmore Jr 1964 United States Senate election in Massachusetts 1962 special November 3 1964 1970 Nominee Ted Kennedy Howard J Whitmore Jr Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1 716 907 587 663 Percentage 74 26 25 42 County resultsMunicipality resultsKennedy 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 Whitmore 40 50 50 60 60 70 U S senator before election Ted Kennedy Democratic Elected U S Senator Ted Kennedy Democratic The election coincided with the 1964 United States presidential election which was won by incumbent Democrat Lyndon B Johnson in a landslide as well as the Senate election in neighboring New York which was won by Kennedy s older brother Robert It took place less than a year after the assassination of the incumbent Senator s eldest surviving brother President John F Kennedy The two surviving Kennedy brothers thus benefited from both an overall national swing to the Democrats and public sympathy following their sibling s murder Much of the campaign appearance burden in Massachusetts on behalf of Ted Kennedy fell on his wife Joan because of Ted s serious back injury in a plane crash Ted Kennedy recorded his highest ever percentage of the vote in this election although he won a larger margin of victory against divided opposition in 2000 Contents 1 Democratic primary 1 1 Candidates 1 2 Results 2 Republican primary 2 1 Candidates 2 2 Results 3 General election 3 1 Candidates 3 2 Results 4 See also 5 External links 6 ReferencesDemocratic primary editCandidates edit Ted Kennedy incumbent Senator since 1962 Results edit Senator Kennedy was unopposed for renomination 1964 Democratic U S Senate primary Party Candidate Votes Democratic Ted Kennedy incumbent 608 791 99 99 Write in All others 32 0 01 Total votes 608 823 100 00Republican primary editCandidates edit Howard J Whitmore Jr former State Representative and mayor of Newton Results edit 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 General election editCandidates edit Lawrence Gilfedder perennial candidate Socialist Workers Ted Kennedy incumbent Senator since 1962 Democratic Grace F Luder candidate for Congress in 1950 and 1952 Prohibition Howard J Whitmore Jr former State Representative and mayor of Newton Republican Results edit 1964 U S Senate election Party Candidate Votes Democratic Ted Kennedy incumbent 1 716 907 74 26 nbsp 21 30 Republican Howard J Whitmore Jr 587 663 25 42 nbsp 19 08 Socialist Labor Lawrence Gilfedder 4 745 0 21 nbsp 0 03 Prohibition Grace F Luder 2 700 0 12 nbsp 0 05 Write in All others 13 0 00 Total votes 1 202 856 100 00See also editUnited States Senate elections 1964External links editRace details at ourcampaigns comReferences editNotes Sources Campaigning from a Hospital Bed Recordings of Telephone Calls between Edward Kennedy and President Lyndon Johnson during the 1964 campaign Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1964 United States Senate election in Massachusetts amp oldid 1215261942, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
