United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1984

United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1984

November 6, 1984

Nominee John Kerry Ray Shamie Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,393,150 1,136,913 Percentage 55.06% 44.94%

Results by town. Red indicates towns carried by Ray Shamie, blue indicates towns carried by John Kerry.

Senator before election Paul Tsongas Democratic Elected Senator John Kerry Democratic

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The Massachusetts Senate election of 1984 was held in November 1984. Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts John Kerry was elected to succeed Senator Paul Tsongas who had to retire following a battle with cancer.

Candidates

Democratic Party

• John Kerry - Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, was elected to the open seat
• David M. Bartley - Former Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1969–1975) and Secretary of Administration and Finance (1981–1983)
• Michael Connolly - Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts since 1979 and a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1973–1978
• James Shannon - Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 5th congressional district since 1979.

Republican Party

• Ray Shamie- Ran for Senate in 1982 against Ted Kennedy.
• Elliot Richardson - Former United States Secretary of Commerce (1976–1977), United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1975–1976), United States Attorney General (1973), United States Secretary of Defense (1973), United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (1970–1973), Under Secretary of State (1969–1970), Massachusetts Attorney General (1967–1969), and Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (1965–1967)

Results

Primaries

General election

See also

• U.S. presidential election, 1984

Further reading

• Kranish, Michael, Brian C. Mooney, and Nina J. Easton. John F. Kerry: The Complete Biography by the Boston Globe Reporters Who Know Him Best, PublicAffairs, 2004. ISBN 1-58648-273-4.

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