United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 2014

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See also: Massachusetts general election, 2014
United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 2014
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  Edward Markey, official portrait, 114th Congress.jpg No image.svg
Nominee Ed Markey Brian Herr
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,285,736 789,378
Percentage 61.96% 38.04%
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Results by town. Blue indicates towns carried by Ed Markey, red indicates towns carried by Brian Herr.
U.S. senator before election

Ed Markey
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

Ed Markey
Democratic

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 2014 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held on November 4, 2014 to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, concurrently with the election of the Governor of Massachusetts, other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

Incumbent Democratic Senator Ed Markey ran for re-election to a first full term in office.[1] Primary elections were held on September 9, 2014. Markey was unopposed for the Democratic nomination; Hopkinton Selectman Brian Herr was also unopposed for the Republican nomination.

Background

Incumbent Democratic Senator John Kerry, serving since 1985, had planned to run for re-election to a sixth term, but it was announced on December 15, 2012 that Kerry would be nominated as United States Secretary of State under President Barack Obama. Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick appointed Mo Cowan as a temporary replacement for Kerry after he was confirmed as Secretary of State and resigned his Senate seat. There was a special election on June 25, 2013 to finish the term, in which Democrat Ed Markey was elected.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrew

Declined

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Did not qualify

Declined

Independent

Candidates

Withdrew

  • Bruce Skarin, government research scientist[9][17]

General election

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Ed
Markey (D)		 Brian
Herr (R)		 Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling October 30–November 2, 2014 887 ± 3.3% 52% 38% — 10%
WNEU October 21–30, 2014 430 LV ± 5% 54% 34% — 12%
522 RV ± 4% 53% 31% — 17%
Suffolk University October 27–29, 2014 500 ± 4.4% 48.8% 33.8% — 17.4%
Umass Amherst October 20–27, 2014 591 LV ± 4.4% 53% 37% — 9%
800 RV ± 3.8% 52% 32% — 15%
WBUR/MassINC October 22–25, 2014 494 ± 4.4% 57% 32% 1% 9%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov October 16–23, 2014 2,218 ± 3% 54% 32% 0% 14%
WBUR/MassINC October 1–4, 2014 504 ± 4.4% 56% 30% 1% 13%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov September 20–October 1, 2014 2,389 ± 2% 54% 31% 1% 14%
Suffolk University September 25–28, 2014 500 ± 4.4% 53.8% 30.4% — 15.8%
WNEU September 20–28, 2014 416 LV ± 5% 56% 34% — 10%
536 RV ± 4% 52% 34% — 14%
WBUR/MassINC September 16–21, 2014 502 ± 4.4% 58% 30% 1% 11%
Rasmussen Reports September 16–17, 2014 750 ± 4% 49% 31% 5% 15%
Boston Globe September 14–16, 2014 407 ± 4.85% 53% 27% — 21%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov July 5–24, 2014 1,846 ± 4.9% 61% 34% 2% 3%

Results

Results by county
General election results[18]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ed Markey (Incumbent) 1,285,736 61.96
Republican Brian Herr 789,378 38.04
Total votes 2,075,114 100
Democratic hold

See also

References

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External links

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