Our Campaigns - MA US Senate Race - Nov 07, 1978

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RACE DETAILS

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> United States > Massachusetts > Senate Class II

Office

Senate

Type

General Election

Filing Deadline

June 01, 1978 - 12:00pm Central

Polls Open

November 07, 1978 - 06:00am Central

Polls Close

November 07, 1978 - 11:00pm Central

Term Start

January 03, 1979 - 12:00pm

Term End

January 03, 1985 - 12:00pm

Turnout

79.91% Registered 34.90% Total Population

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Last Modified

RP June 25, 2003 11:49am

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LAST GENERAL ELECTION
	Party	Republican	Won	11/07/1972
	Name	Edward W. Brooke III	Votes	1,505,932 (63.53%)
	Term	01/03/1973 - 01/03/1979	Margin	682,654 (+28.80%)

NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
	Party	Democratic	Won	11/06/1984
	Name	John Kerry	Votes	1,393,150 (54.99%)
	Term	01/03/1985 - 01/03/1991	Margin	253,237 (+10.00%)

PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Sep 19, 1978	MA US Senate- R Primary	Edward W. Brooke III
Sep 19, 1978	MA US Senate- D Primary	Paul Tsongas

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Rep. Paul Tsongas

(I) Sen. Edward W. Brooke III

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Uncertified Votes

1,093,283 (55.06%)

890,584 (44.85%)

1,833 (0.09%)

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-202,699 (-10.21%)

-1,091,450 (-54.97%)

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AENM	Angry Russian
R	Moving to Miami
D	Tsongas Democrat

I	Silver Dime
D	Barney Frank [L]
Laf-W	Craverguy
R	TurnerforCongress
R	Rockefeller Republican

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