1988 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

The 1988 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held on November 8, 1988. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy won re-election to his sixth (his fifth full) term.

1988 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

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Nominee Ted Kennedy Joe Malone Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,693,344 884,267 Percentage 64.97% 33.93%

County results Municipality results Kennedy:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Malone:      40–50%      50–60% Tie:      40–50%

U.S. senator before election Ted Kennedy Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy Democratic

General election

Candidates

• Mary Fridley (New Alliance)
• Ted Kennedy, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1962 (Democratic)
• Joe Malone, political activist (Republican)
• Freda Lee Nason (Libertarian)

Results

1988 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Ted Kennedy (incumbent)	1,693,344	64.97%	4.16
	Republican	Joe Malone	884,267	33.93%	4.33
	New Alliance	Mary Fridley	15,208	0.58%	N/A
	Libertarian	Freda Lee Nason	13,199	0.51%	0.41
	Write-in		207	0.01	+0
Total votes			2,606,225	100.00%
	Democratic hold

See also

• 1988 United States Senate elections

External links

• 1988 Congressional Election results