1982 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

The 1982 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held on November 2, 1982. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy won re-election to his fifth (his fourth full) term.

1982 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

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Nominee Ted Kennedy Ray Shamie Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,247,084 784,602 Percentage 60.81% 38.26%

County results Municipality results Kennedy:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Shamie:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

U.S. senator before election Ted Kennedy Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy Democratic

General election

Candidates

• Howard S. Katz (Libertarian)
• Ted Kennedy, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1962 (Democratic)
• Ray Shamie, metalwork entrepreneur (Republican)

Results

General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Ted Kennedy (Incumbent)	1,247,084	60.81	−8.50
	Republican	Ray Shamie	784,602	38.26	+9.25
	Libertarian	Howard S. Katz	18,878	0.92	+0.92
		All others	205	0.01	+0.00
Total votes			2,050,769	70.26%
	Democratic hold

See also

• 1982 United States Senate elections

External links

• 1982 Congressional Election results