United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1970
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The United States Senate election of 1970 in Massachusetts was held on November 3, 1970. The incumbent Democratic
Senator Ted Kennedy
defeated his challengers. This was Kennedy's first election run since the 1969 Chappaquiddick incident.
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
Senator Ted Kennedy
Ted Kennedy
Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy was a United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party. Serving almost 47 years, he was the second most senior member of the Senate when he died and is the fourth-longest-serving senator in United States history...
defeated his challengers. This was Kennedy's first election run since the 1969 Chappaquiddick incident.
Democratic
- Ted KennedyTed KennedyEdward Moore "Ted" Kennedy was a United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party. Serving almost 47 years, he was the second most senior member of the Senate when he died and is the fourth-longest-serving senator in United States history...
- Incumbent Senator first elected in 1962United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, 1962The United States Senate special election of 1962 in Massachusetts was held on November 6, 1962.-History:Senator John F. Kennedy resigned the seat to become President of the United States after winning the presidential election in 1960. Benjamin A...
(to John Kennedy's unexpired term) and elected to a full term in 1964United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1964The United States Senate election of 1964 in Massachusetts was held on November 3, 1964 with the incumbent Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy defeating his challengers...
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Republican
- Josiah SpauldingJosiah SpauldingJosiah Augustus "Si" Spaulding was an American businessman, attorney, and politician.-Education and military service:...
- Businessman and RepublicanRepublican Party (United States)The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
leader in Massachusetts. He led a group of delegates at the 1968 Republican National Convention1968 Republican National ConventionThe 1968 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States was held in at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Dade County, Florida, from August 5 to August 8, 1968....
who unsuccessfully sought to nominate Nelson A. Rockefeller over Richard NixonRichard NixonRichard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...
. - John J. McCarthy, State Commissioner of Administration and Finance from 1965-1967.
Prohibition
- Mark R. ShawMark R. ShawMark R. Shaw was a Prohibition Party candidate for the U.S. Senate from Massachusetts in 1946, 1952, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1966 and 1970. He was also the party's candidate for governor of that state in 1948 and in 1956...
- Former Prohibition Party candidate for U.S. Senator from Massachusetts in 1946, 1952, 1958, 1969, 1962, and 1966. He was the party's candidate for governor of Massachusetts in 1948 and 1956. In 1964, he was the Prohibition Party's candidate for vice-president of the United States.
Primaries
General election
External links and reference
- Race details at ourcampaigns.com