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1964 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

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Field	Value
election_name	1964 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
country	Massachusetts
flag_year	1908
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1962 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts
previous_year	1962 (special)
next_election	1970 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
next_year	1970
election_date	November 3, 1964
image_size	x150px
image1	File:Ted Kennedy 1964 (3x4 cropped).jpg
nominee1	Ted Kennedy
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote1	1,716,907
percentage1	74.26%
image2	File:1953 Howard Whitmore Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
nominee2	Howard J. Whitmore Jr.
party2	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote2	587,663
percentage2	25.42%
map_image	{{switcher
default	1
map_size	250px
map_caption	Kennedy:
Whitmore:
title	U.S. Senator
before_election	Ted Kennedy
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	Ted Kennedy
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)

|[[File:1964 United States Senate election in Massachusetts results map by county.svg|300px]] |County results |[[File:1964 United States Senate Election in Massachusetts by Municipality.svg|300px|]] |Municipality results Whitmore:

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.

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 brother'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.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Ted Kennedy, incumbent Senator since 1962

Results

Senator Kennedy was unopposed for renomination.

Republican primary

Candidates

Howard J. Whitmore Jr., former State Representative and mayor of Newton

Results

Whitmore was unopposed for the Republican nomination.

General election

Candidates

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

References

Notes

Sources

Campaigning from a Hospital Bed Recordings of Telephone Calls between Edward Kennedy and President Lyndon Johnson during the 1964 campaign

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