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Election 1964 Results

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1964 US Senate election in Massachusetts

Ted Kennedy (Democrat) beat Howard Whitmore Jr. (Republican) in Massachusetts in 1964, 74.3% to 25.4%, a margin of 48.8 points and 1,129,244 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1958, when John F. Kennedy won.

Democrats led in 14 of the 14 counties as they stood then. The largest, Middlesex, cast 570,766 votes and went to the Democrat by 45.9 points. The closest was Nantucket, where 376 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ted Kennedy won Democratic 1,716,907 74.3%
Howard Whitmore Jr. Republican 587,663 25.4%
All other candidates 7,458 0.3%
Total2,312,028

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Middlesex 415,226 72.7% 153,399 26.9% 2,141 570,766 D+45.9
Essex 206,027 73.1% 74,799 26.5% 917 281,743 D+46.6
Suffolk 242,285 86.1% 37,887 13.5% 1,099 281,271 D+72.7
Worcester 202,443 74.5% 68,584 25.3% 585 271,612 D+49.3
Norfolk 175,197 68.6% 79,459 31.1% 646 255,302 D+37.5
Bristol 150,241 80.5% 35,989 19.3% 375 186,605 D+61.2
Hampden 129,633 75.1% 42,257 24.5% 782 172,672 D+50.6
Plymouth 80,225 66.5% 40,214 33.3% 278 120,717 D+33.1
Berkshire 44,992 72.4% 16,889 27.2% 299 62,180 D+45.2
Hampshire 31,463 72.3% 11,937 27.4% 144 43,544 D+44.8
Barnstable 19,814 56.2% 15,362 43.6% 98 35,274 D+12.6
Franklin 16,283 64.1% 9,026 35.5% 83 25,392 D+28.6
Dukes 2,017 63.1% 1,176 36.8% 6 3,199 D+26.3
Nantucket 1,061 60.6% 685 39.1% 5 1,751 D+21.5

Counties as they stood in 1964; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Massachusetts Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Elizabeth Warren (D) D+19.8
2020 Ed Markey (D) D+33.1
2018 Elizabeth A. Warren (D) D+24.2
2014 Ed Markey (D) D+23.9
2012 Elizabeth Warren (D) D+7.5
2008 John Kerry (D) D+34.9
2006 Ted Kennedy (D) D+38.8
2002 John Kerry (D) D+80.0
2000 Ted Kennedy (D) D+56.9
1996 John F. Kerry (D) D+7.5
1994 Edward M. Kennedy (D) D+17.1
1990 John Kerry (D) D+14.2
1988 Edward M. Kennedy (D) D+31.0
1984 John F. Kerry (D) D+10.1
1982 Edward M. Kennedy (D) D+22.6
1978 Paul E. Tsongas (D) D+10.2
1976 Edward M. Kennedy (D) D+40.3
1972 Edward Brooke (R) R+28.8
1970 Ted Kennedy (D) D+25.2
1966 Edward Brooke (R) R+21.9
1964 Ted Kennedy (D) D+48.8
1960 Leverett Saltonstall (R) R+12.7
1958 John F. Kennedy (D) D+47.0
1954 Leverett Saltonstall (R) R+1.5
1952 John F. Kennedy (D) D+3.0
1948 Leverett Saltonstall (R) R+6.5
1946 Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R) R+19.8
1942 Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R) R+5.8
1940 David I. Walsh (D) D+12.8
1936 Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R) R+7.5
1934 David I. Walsh (D) D+22.0
1930 Marcus A. Coolidge (D) D+9.3
1928 David I. Walsh (D) D+8.2
1924 Frederick H. Gillett (R) R+1.7
1922 Henry Cabot Lodge (R) R+0.8
1918 David I. Walsh (D) D+4.6
1916 Henry Cabot Lodge (R) R+6.4