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For related races, see 1976 United States Senate elections.
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 fourth (his third full) term.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Declared
- Robert Emmet Dinsmore, candidate for Boston City Council in 1971
- Ted Kennedy, incumbent U.S. Senator
- Frederick C. Langone, member of the Boston City Council
Withdrawn
- Albert Onessimo
- Bernard P. Shannon (endorsed Dinsmore)
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ted Kennedy (incumbent) | 534,725 | 73.86% | |
Democratic | Robert Dinsmore | 117,496 | 16.23% | |
Democratic | Frederick C. Langone | 59,315 | 8.19% | |
Democratic | Bernard Shannon (withdrawn) | 12,399 | 1.71% | |
Write-in | All others | 53 | 0.01% | |
Total votes | 723,988 | 100.00% |
Republican primary
Candidates
- Michael Robertson, businessman[2]
Results
Robertson was unopposed for the Republican nomination.
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Edward M. Kennedy (Incumbent) | 1,726,657 | 69.31 | 7.15 | |
Republican | Michael 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 | N/A | |
Write-in | All others | 157 | 0.01 | ||
Total votes | 2,491,255 | 85.55% | |||
Democratic hold | Swing |
See also
References
- ^ "Our Campaigns - MA US Senate - D Primary Race - Sep 18, 1984". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
- ^ "St. Petersburg Times - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1976" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 20.
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