2006 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
January 01, 1970
The 2006 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held November 7, 2006. IncumbentDemocratTed Kennedy won re-election to his ninth (his eighth full) term. This would be Kennedy's last election to the Senate; he died three years later of brain cancer, with which he was diagnosed in 2008. Senator Kennedy was the fourth longest-serving Senator in U.S. history, having served for nearly 47 years.
2006 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
At the Massachusetts Republican Party Convention[1] Kenneth Chase received the official endorsement with a majority of delegates, though both candidates qualified for the September primary. Former White House Chief-of-Staff Andrew Card also received 3 votes.[2]
Kennedy won every county in the state, winning at least 60% in each county.[8] Kennedy served his ninth, and final, term until his death on August 25, 2009 (here, the completion of John Kennedy's unexpired term is considered to be Ted Kennedy's first term).
2006, united, states, senate, election, massachusetts, held, november, 2006, incumbent, democrat, kennedy, election, ninth, eighth, full, term, this, would, kennedy, last, election, senate, died, three, years, later, brain, cancer, with, which, diagnosed, 2008. The 2006 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held November 7 2006 Incumbent Democrat Ted Kennedy won re election to his ninth his eighth full term This would be Kennedy s last election to the Senate he died three years later of brain cancer with which he was diagnosed in 2008 Senator Kennedy was the fourth longest serving Senator in U S history having served for nearly 47 years 2006 United States Senate election in Massachusetts 2000 November 7 2006 2010 special Nominee Ted Kennedy Kenneth Chase Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1 500 738 661 532 Percentage 69 30 30 55 County resultsMunicipality resultsPrecinct resultsKennedy 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 gt 90 Chase 50 60 80 90 U S senator before election Ted Kennedy Democratic Elected U S Senator Ted Kennedy Democratic Contents 1 Republican primary 1 1 Candidates 1 2 Campaign 1 3 Results 2 General election 2 1 Candidates 2 2 Predictions 2 3 Polling 2 4 Results 2 5 Results by county 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksRepublican primary editCandidates edit Kenneth Chase language school owner and activist Kevin Scott businessman and former Wakefield Selectman Campaign edit At the Massachusetts Republican Party Convention 1 Kenneth Chase received the official endorsement with a majority of delegates though both candidates qualified for the September primary Former White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card also received 3 votes 2 Results edit Republican primary results 3 Party Candidate Votes Republican Kenneth Chase 35 497 50 94 Republican Kevin Scott 34 179 49 05 Total votes 69 676 100 00General election editCandidates edit Ted Kennedy D incumbent U S Senator since 1962 Kenneth Chase R language school owner and Republican activist Predictions edit Source Ranking As of The Cook Political Report 4 Solid D November 6 2006 Sabato s Crystal Ball 5 Safe D November 6 2006 Rothenberg Political Report 6 Safe D November 6 2006 Real Clear Politics 7 Safe D November 6 2006 Polling edit Source Date MoE TedKennedy D KennethChase R Undecided Suffolk University Archived March 13 2007 at the Wayback Machine October 20 23 2006 4 9 60 26 14 Boston Globe October 22 25 2006 4 1 66 25 6 Results edit Kennedy won every county in the state winning at least 60 in each county 8 Kennedy served his ninth and final term until his death on August 25 2009 here the completion of John Kennedy s unexpired term is considered to be Ted Kennedy s first term General election 9 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Ted Kennedy incumbent 1 500 738 69 30 3 1 10 Republican Kenneth Chase 661 532 30 55 17 7 Majority 839 206 38 75 Turnout 2 165 490 Democratic hold Swing nbsp 20 8 Results by county edit 2006 United States Senate election in Massachusetts by county 8 County Kennedy D Kennedy D Chase R Chase R Others Others Total Barnstable 60 2 63 412 37 4 39 471 2 4 2 517 105 400 Berkshire 77 3 36 135 20 1 9 382 2 6 1 231 46 748 Bristol 68 0 115 125 28 5 48 204 3 6 6 050 169 379 Dukes 74 5 5 735 22 5 1 734 3 0 230 7 699 Essex 63 7 166 003 32 3 84 150 4 0 10 335 260 488 Franklin 74 7 21 517 22 8 6 570 2 5 715 28 802 Hampden 63 8 87 430 32 1 44 040 4 1 5 575 137 045 Hampshire 73 7 41 867 23 7 13 496 2 6 1 476 56 839 Middlesex 68 7 369 685 27 9 150 257 3 4 18 502 538 444 Nantucket 68 4 2 759 29 1 1 172 2 5 101 4 032 Norfolk 66 0 172 766 30 2 79 087 3 7 9 793 261 646 Plymouth 60 6 111 198 36 3 66 574 301 5 735 183 507 Suffolk 78 3 142 018 15 9 28 753 5 8 10 494 181 265 Worcester 62 8 165 088 33 8 88 942 3 4 8 811 262 841See also edit2006 United States Senate electionsReferences edit 2006 Massachusetts GOP State Convention Archived from the original on April 18 2006 Retrieved April 7 2019 Hub Politics Lowell 2006 Archived from the original on June 18 2006 Retrieved May 5 2006 Massachusetts primary results Boston com last updated 11 04 AM September 20 2006 2006 Senate Race Ratings for November 6 2006 PDF The Cook Political Report Archived from the original PDF on June 5 2008 Retrieved September 30 2021 Election Eve 2006 THE FINAL PREDICTIONS Sabato s Crystal Ball Retrieved June 25 2021 2006 Senate Ratings Senate Ratings The Rothenberg Political Report Retrieved June 25 2021 Election 2006 Real Clear Politics Retrieved June 25 2021 a b Elections Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Retrieved February 10 2024 2006 General Election Results US Senate Boston com as of 2 47 PM EST November 8 2006 Election 2000 Results from CNN comExternal links editTed Kennedy official campaign site Kevin Scott official campaign site Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2006 United States Senate election in Massachusetts amp oldid 1216713313, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
