United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1976

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United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1976

← 1970 November 2, 1976 1982 →
  Edward Kennedy.jpg
Nominee Ted Kennedy Michael Robertson
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,726,657 722,641
Percentage 69.3% 29.0%

Massachusetts Election Results by County, all Democratic.svg
County results

U.S. senator before election

Ted Kennedy
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Ted Kennedy
Democratic

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 1976 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy won re-election to his third full term.

Major candidates

Democratic

  • Ted Kennedy, incumbent U.S. Senator elected in 1962 and reelected in 1964 and 1970.

Republican

  • Michael Robertson, businessman[1]

Results

General election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Edward M. Kennedy 1,726,657 69.31 +7.15
Republican Micheal S. Robertson 722,641 29.01 -7.99
Socialist Workers Carol Henderson Evans 26,283 1.06 +0.52
U.S. Labor H. Graham Lowry 15,517 0.62
All others 157 0.01
Total votes 2,491,255 85.55%

References

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