1990 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

The 1990 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held on November 6, 1990. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator John Kerry was reelected to his second term. This was the first time a Democrat was re-elected to this Senate seat.

1990 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

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Nominee John Kerry Jim Rappaport Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,321,712 992,917 Percentage 57.06% 42.87%

County results Municipality results Kerry:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Rappaport:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Tie      40–50%

U.S. senator before election John Kerry Democratic Elected U.S. Senator John Kerry Democratic

Republican primary

Candidates

• Jim Rappaport, real estate developer
• Daniel W. Daly, former Massachusetts Undersecretary of Economic Affairs

Results

Republican primary results by municipality

Massachusetts United States Senate Republican primary, 1990^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Rappaport	265,093	66.12%
	Republican	Daniel W. Daly	135,647	33.38%
	Write-in		202	0.05%
Total votes			400,740	100.00%

General election

Candidates

• John Kerry (D), incumbent U.S. Senator
• Jim Rappaport (R), real estate developer

Results

1990 U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John Kerry (incumbent)	1,321,712	57.06%	2.01
	Republican	Jim Rappaport	992,917	42.87%	2.06
	Write-in		1,583	0.07%	0.05
Total votes			2,316,212	100.00%
	Democratic hold

See also

• 1990 United States Senate elections