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1970 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

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election_name1970 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
countryMassachusetts
flag_year1908
typepresidential
ongoingno
previous_election1964 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
previous_year1964
next_election1976 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
next_year1976
election_dateNovember 3, 1970
image1File:Edward Kennedy 1966 (cropped).jpg
nominee1**Ted Kennedy**
party1Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote1**1,202,856**
percentage1**62.16%**
image2JosiahSpaulding.png
nominee2Josiah Spaulding
party2Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote2715,978
percentage237.00%
map_image{{switcher
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map_size250px
map_caption**Kennedy:**
**Spaulding:**
titleU.S. Senator
before_electionTed Kennedy
before_partyDemocratic Party (United States)
after_electionTed Kennedy
after_partyDemocratic Party (United States)

|[[File:1970 United States Senate election in Massachusetts results map by county.svg|300px]] |County results |[[File:1970 United States Senate Election in Massachusetts by Municipality.svg|300px|]] |Municipality results Spaulding:
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.

This was the last election in which Ted Kennedy lost any Massachusetts county, as well as the only regularly scheduled one in which he did not sweep the commonwealth's counties. Spaulding carried Barnstable, Dukes, Franklin, and Nantucket Counties.

Republican primary

Candidates

  • Josiah Spaulding, businessman
  • John J. McCarthy, Commissioner of Administration and Finance

Results

General election

Candidates

  • Ted Kennedy, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1962 (Democratic)
  • Lawrence Gilfedder (Socialist Labor)
  • Mark R. Shaw, perennial candidate and Prohibition nominee for vice president in 1964 (Prohibition)
  • Josiah Spaulding, businessman (Republican)

Results

References

References

  1. [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=6859 Josiah Spaulding] at ourcampaigns.com
  2. "Our Campaigns - MA US Senate- R Primary Race - Sep 15, 1970".
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