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Date Type Results
Nov 03, 2020 General Election
 Edward J. Markey(I)
2,357,809
66.15% 		 Kevin J. O'Connor
1,177,765
33.04% 		 Shiva Ayyadurai (W)
21,134
0.59% 		  Write-In (W)
7,428
0.21%
Sep 01, 2020 Primary Election
 Vermin Supreme (W)
27
0.79% 		  Write-In (W)
3,390
99.21%
Sep 01, 2020 Primary Election
 Kevin J. O'Connor
158,590
59.71% 		 Shiva Ayyadurai
104,782
39.45% 		  Write-In (W)
2,245
0.85%
Sep 01, 2020 Primary Election
 Edward J. Markey(I)
782,694
55.35% 		 Joseph P. Kennedy, III
629,359
44.51% 		  Write-In (W)
1,935
0.14%
Nov 04, 2014 General Election
 Edward J. Markey(I)
1,289,944
61.87% 		 Brian J. Herr
791,950
37.98% 		  Others (W)
3,072
0.15% 		 Brian R. Muello (W)
6
0.00%
Sep 09, 2014 Primary Election
 Edward J. Markey(I)
402,433
98.29% 		  Others (W)
6,986
1.71%
Jun 25, 2013 Special Election
 Edward J. Markey
645,429
54.80% 		 Gabriel Gomez
525,307
44.60% 		 Richard Heos
4,550
0.39% 		  Write-In (W)
2,504
0.21%
Apr 30, 2013 Primary Election
 Edward J. Markey
311,219
57.35% 		 Stephen F. Lynch
230,335
42.44% 		  Write-In (W)
1,150
0.21%
Apr 30, 2013 Primary Election
 Gabriel Gomez
96,057
50.75% 		 Michael J. Sullivan
67,946
35.89% 		 Daniel B. Winslow
24,662
13.03% 		  Write-In (W)
628
0.33%
Jan 30, 2013 Appointment
 William "Mo" Cowan
1
100.00%
Nov 04, 2008 General Election
 John F. Kerry(I)
1,971,974
65.86% 		 Jeff Beatty
926,044
30.93% 		 Robert J. Underwood
93,713
3.13% 		  Others (W)
2,516
0.08%
Sep 16, 2008 Primary Election
 John F. Kerry(I)
342,446
68.85% 		 Ed O'Reilly
154,395
31.04% 		  Write-In
538
0.11%
Sep 16, 2008 Primary Election
 Jeff Beatty
51,787
98.03% 		  Write-In
1,043
1.97%
Nov 05, 2002 General Election
 John F. Kerry(I)
1,605,976
80.03% 		 Michael Cloud
369,807
18.43% 		 Randall Caroline Forsberg (W)
24,898
1.24% 		  Others (W)
6,077
0.30%
Sep 17, 2002 Primary Election
 John F. Kerry(I)
615,517
99.36% 		  Others (W)
3,979
0.64%
Sep 17, 2002 Primary Election
 Michael Cloud
1,427
98.48% 		  Write-In
22
1.52%
Nov 05, 1996 General Election
 John F. Kerry(I)
1,334,345
52.21% 		 William F. "Bill" Weld
1,142,837
44.71% 		 Susan C. Gallagher-Long
70,013
2.74% 		 Robert C. Stowe
7,176
0.28% 		  Others (W)
1,515
0.06%
Sep 17, 1996 Primary Election
 William F. "Bill" Weld
72,600
98.62% 		  Others (W)
1,019
1.38%
Sep 17, 1996 Primary Election
 John F. Kerry(I)
221,213
98.62% 		  Others (W)
3,095
1.38%
Nov 06, 1990 General Election
 John F. Kerry(I)
1,321,712
57.06% 		 Jim Rappaport
992,917
42.87% 		  Others (W)
1,583
0.07%
Sep 18, 1990 Primary Election
 Jim Rappaport
265,093
66.12% 		 Daniel W. Daly
135,647
33.83% 		  Others (W)
202
0.05%
Nov 06, 1984 General Election
 John F. Kerry
1,392,981
55.05% 		 Raymond Shamie
1,136,806
44.93% 		  Others (W)
408
0.02% 		 William Hurst (W)
0
0.00%
Sep 18, 1984 Primary Election
 Raymond Shamie
173,851
62.38% 		 Elliot L. Richardson
104,761
37.59% 		  Others (W)
70
0.03%
Sep 18, 1984 Primary Election
 John F. Kerry
322,470
40.83% 		 James M. Shannon
297,941
37.72% 		 David M. Bartley
85,910
10.88% 		 Michael Joseph Connolly
82,999
10.51% 		  Others (W)
502
0.06%
Nov 07, 1978 General Election
 Paul Tsongas
1,093,283
55.06% 		 Edward W. Brooke III(I)
890,584
44.85% 		  Others (W)
1,833
0.09%
Sep 19, 1978 Primary Election
 Edward W. Brooke III(I)
146,351
53.25% 		 Avi Nelson
128,388
46.72% 		  Others (W)
78
0.03%
Sep 19, 1978 Primary Election
 Paul Tsongas
296,915
35.55% 		 Paul Guzzi
258,960
31.01% 		 Kathleen Sullivan Alioto
161,036
19.28% 		 Howard Phillips
65,397
7.83% 		 Elaine Noble
52,464
6.28% 		  Others (W)
379
0.05%
Nov 07, 1972 General Election
 Edward W. Brooke III(I)
1,505,932
63.52% 		 John Droney
823,278
34.73% 		 Donald Gurewitz
41,369
1.75% 		  Write-In (W)
97
0.00%
Sep 19, 1972 Primary Election
 John Droney
215,523
45.05% 		 Gerald F. O'Leary
169,876
35.50% 		 John Pierce Lynch
92,979
19.43% 		  Others (W)
81
0.02%
Nov 08, 1966 General Election
 Edward W. Brooke III
1,213,473
60.68% 		 Endicott Peabody
774,761
38.74% 		 Lawrence Gilfedder
6,790
0.34% 		 Mark R. Shaw
4,833
0.24% 		  Others (W)
92
0.00%
Sep 13, 1966 Primary Election
 Endicott Peabody
320,967
50.35% 		 John F. Collins
265,016
41.58% 		 Thomas Boylston Adams
51,435
8.07%
Nov 08, 1960 General Election
 Leverett Saltonstall(I)
1,358,556
56.19% 		 Thomas J. O'Connor
1,050,725
43.46% 		 Lawrence Gilfedder
5,735
0.24% 		 Mark R. Shaw
2,794
0.12% 		  Others (W)
3
0.00%
Sep 13, 1960 Primary Election
 Thomas J. O'Connor
270,081
48.33% 		 Foster Furcolo
217,939
39.00% 		 Edmund C. Buckley
70,744
12.66% 		  Write-In (W)
34
0.01%
Nov 02, 1954 General Election
 Leverett Saltonstall(I)
956,605
50.54% 		 Foster Furcolo
927,899
49.02% 		 Thelma Ingersoll
5,353
0.28% 		 Harold J. Ireland
2,832
0.15% 		  Scattering (W)
21
0.00%
Sep 14, 1954 Primary Election
 Foster Furcolo
207,232
59.13% 		 Joseph L. Murphy
79,463
22.67% 		 John I. Fitzgerald
63,752
18.19% 		  Others (W)
3
0.00%
Nov 02, 1948 General Election
 Leverett Saltonstall(I)
1,088,475
52.95% 		 John I. Fitzgerald
954,398
46.42% 		 Henning A. Blomen
9,266
0.45% 		 E. Tallmadge Root
3,652
0.18% 		  Write-In (W)
7
0.00%
Sep 14, 1948 Primary Election
 John I. Fitzgerald
79,663
30.26% 		 Richard M. Russell
64,191
24.38% 		 Francis D. "Cap" Harrigan
44,395
16.86% 		 John D. Lynch
42,087
15.99% 		 Joseph A. Langone, Jr.
32,895
12.50% 		  Others (W)
14
0.01%
Nov 07, 1944 Special Election
 Leverett Saltonstall
1,228,754
64.28% 		 John H. Corcoran
667,086
34.90% 		 Bernard G. Kelly
12,296
0.64% 		 E. Tallmadge Root
3,269
0.17% 		  Write-In (W)
17
0.00%
Jul 11, 1944 Primary Election
 John H. Corcoran
62,537
33.90% 		 Joseph Lee
47,514
25.76% 		 Richard M. Russell
47,080
25.52% 		 Joseph A. Langone, Jr.
27,317
14.81% 		  Others (W)
9
0.00%
Feb 07, 1944 Appointment
 Sinclair Weeks
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1942 General Election
 Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.(I)
721,239
52.44% 		 Joseph E. Casey
641,042
46.61% 		 George Lyman Paine
4,802
0.35% 		 Horace I. Hillis
4,781
0.35% 		 George L. Thompson
3,577
0.26% 		  Scattering
3
0.00%
Sep 15, 1942 Primary Election
 Joseph E. Casey
108,251
45.47% 		 John Francis "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald
80,456
33.79% 		 Joseph Lee
32,260
13.55% 		 Daniel H. Coakley
17,105
7.18% 		  Others (W)
18
0.01%
Nov 03, 1936 General Election
 Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
875,160
48.53% 		 James M. Curley
739,751
41.02% 		 Thomas C. O'Brien
134,245
7.44% 		 Alonzo B. Cook
11,519
0.64% 		 Guy M. Gray
9,906
0.55% 		 Albert Sprague Coolidge
9,763
0.54% 		 Moses H. Gulesian
7,408
0.41%
  Ernest L. Dodge
7,091
0.39% 		 Charles Flaherty
4,821
0.27% 		 Wilbur D. Moon
3,677
0.20% 		  Others (W)
16
0.00%
Sep 15, 1936 Primary Election
 James M. Curley
245,606
62.97% 		 Robert E. Greenwood
104,615
26.82% 		 Thomas C. O'Brien
39,035
10.01% 		  Others (W)
806
0.21%
Sep 15, 1936 Primary Election
 Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
356,756
83.99% 		 Alonzo B. Cook
42,261
9.95% 		 Guy M. Gray
18,076
4.26% 		 Thomas C. O'Brien
6,834
1.61% 		  Others (W)
821
0.19%
Nov 04, 1930 General Election
 Marcus A. Coolidge
651,939
54.01% 		 William M. Butler
539,226
44.67% 		 Sylvester J. McBride
7,244
0.60% 		 Oscar Kinsalas
4,640
0.38% 		 Max Lerner
3,962
0.33% 		  Write-In (W)
25
0.00%
Sep 16, 1930 Primary Election
 Marcus A. Coolidge
81,451
40.71% 		 Joseph F. O'Connell
54,829
27.41% 		 Thomas C. O'Brien
45,272
22.63% 		 Eugene Foss
12,824
6.41% 		 Peter J. Joyce
5,680
2.84% 		  Others (W)
2
0.00%
Sep 16, 1930 Primary Election
 William M. Butler
163,336
47.61% 		 Eben S. Draper
156,745
45.69% 		 Andrew J. Gillis
22,996
6.70% 		  Others (W)
10
0.00%
Nov 04, 1924 General Election
 Frederick H. Gillett
566,188
50.26% 		 David I. Walsh(I)
547,600
48.61% 		 Antoinette F. Konikow
12,716
1.13% 		  Others (W)
22
0.00%
Sep 09, 1924 Primary Election
 Frederick H. Gillett
145,879
45.33% 		 Louis A. Coolidge
93,680
29.11% 		 Frederick W. Dallinger
82,251
25.56% 		  Others (W)
16
0.00%
Nov 05, 1918 General Election
 David I. Walsh
207,478
49.65% 		 John Wingate Weeks(I)
188,287
45.06% 		 Thomas W. Lawson
21,985
5.26% 		  Scattering (W)
92
0.02%
Jan 14, 1913 General Election
 John Wingate Weeks
160
58.82% 		 Sherman L. Whipple
80
29.41% 		 John Graham Brooks
5
1.84% 		 John F. Meaney
3
1.10% 		 James B. Carroll
3
1.10% 		 Charles A. DeCourey
3
1.10% 		 John A. Thayer
2
0.74%
  John Francis "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald
2
0.74% 		 Charles Sumner Hamlin
2
0.74% 		 Roland D. Sawyer
1
0.37% 		 Joseph C. Pelletier
1
0.37% 		 John A. Keliher
1
0.37% 		 Andrew J. Peters
1
0.37%
  Philip J. O'Connell
1
0.37% 		 Richard Olney
1
0.37% 		 John P. Sweeney
1
0.37% 		 Harvey H. Pratt
1
0.37% 		 George Fred Williams
1
0.37% 		 Joseph Henry O'Neil
1
0.37%
  Robert Luce
1
0.37% 		 Curtis Guild, Jr.
1
0.37%
Jan 15, 1907 General Election
 Winthrop Murray Crane(I)
207
79.31% 		 James B. Carroll
49
18.77% 		 George Fred Williams
3
1.15% 		 Joseph Henry O'Neil
1
0.38% 		 John A. Sullivan
1
0.38%
Jan 17, 1905 Special Election
 Winthrop Murray Crane(I)
204
75.56% 		 John R. Thayer
65
24.07% 		 John Davis Long
1
0.37%
Oct 11, 1904 Appointment
 Winthrop Murray Crane
1
100.00%
Jan 15, 1901 General Election
 George Frisbie Hoar(I)
198
77.65% 		 Richard Olney
56
21.96% 		 Charles H. Bradley
1
0.39%
Nov 03, 1894 General Election
 George Frisbie Hoar(I)
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1888 General Election
 George Frisbie Hoar(I)
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1882 General Election
 George Frisbie Hoar(I)
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1876 General Election
 George Frisbie Hoar
1
100.00%
Mar 11, 1873 Appointment
 George S. Boutwell
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1870 General Election
 Henry Wilson(I)
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1864 General Election
 Henry Wilson(I)
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1858 General Election
 Henry Wilson(I)
1
100.00%
Jan 31, 1855 Special Election
 Henry Wilson
255
62.81% 		 Nahum F. Bryant
85
20.94% 		 Julius Rockwell(I)
20
4.93% 		 Ephraim M. Wright
16
3.94% 		 Alfred B. Ely
9
2.22% 		 Marshall P. Wilder
3
0.74% 		 John G. Palfrey
3
0.74%
  Jonathan Peirce
3
0.74% 		 Charles A. Phelps
3
0.74% 		 Nathaniel P. Banks
2
0.49% 		 George S. Boutwell
2
0.49% 		 Charles Luscom
1
0.25% 		 Melvin Copeland
1
0.25%
  Samuel Hoar
1
0.25% 		 Henry W. Bishop
1
0.25% 		 Richard H. Dana
1
0.25%
Jun 02, 1854 Appointment
 Julius Rockwell
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1852 General Election
 Edward Everett
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1846 General Election
 John Davis(I)
1
100.00%
Mar 24, 1845 Appointment
 John Davis
1
100.00%
Jan 13, 1841 General Election
 Isaac Chapman Bates
280
69.14% 		 Marcus Morton
119
29.38% 		 John Quincy Adams
3
0.74% 		 Levi Lincoln
1
0.25% 		 Franklin Dexter
1
0.25% 		 George Nixon Briggs
1
0.25%
Jan 12, 1841 Appointment
 Isaac Chapman Bates
1
100.00% 		 Marcus Morton
0
0.00%
Nov 03, 1834 General Election
 John Davis
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1828 General Election
 Nathaniel Silsbee(I)
1
100.00%
May 30, 1826 Appointment
 Nathaniel Silsbee
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1822 General Election
 James Lloyd(I)
1
100.00%
Jun 04, 1822 Appointment
 James Lloyd
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1816 General Election
 Harrison Gray Otis
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1810 General Election
 Joseph Bradley Varnum
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1804 General Election
 Timothy Pickering(I)
1
100.00%
Mar 03, 1803 Appointment
 Timothy Pickering
1
100.00%
Jun 05, 1800 Appointment
 Dwight Foster
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1798 General Election
 Samuel Dexter
102
65.38% 		  Scattering
54
34.62%
Jun 10, 1796 Appointment
 Theodore Sedgwick
107
69.48% 		 Edward H. Robbins
43
27.92% 		 Levi Lincoln
2
1.30% 		 Nathan Dane
1
0.65% 		 Thomson Joseph Skinner
1
0.65%
Nov 03, 1792 General Election
 Caleb Strong(I)
1
100.00%
Feb 03, 1789 General Election
 Caleb Strong
152
36.10% 		 Charles Jarvis
79
18.76% 		 Theodore Sedgwick
67
15.91% 		  Others
64
15.20% 		 John Lowell
59
14.01%

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