1976 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

The 1976 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy won re-election to his third full term.

1976 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
November 2, 1976
 
Nominee Ted Kennedy Michael Robertson
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,726,657 722,641
Percentage 69.3% 29.0%
County results
U.S. senator before election

Ted Kennedy
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

Ted Kennedy
Democratic

Elections in Massachusetts

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared
  • Robert Emmet Dinsmore, candidate for Boston City Council in 1971
  • Ted Kennedy, incumbent U.S. Senator
  • Frederick C. Langone, Member of the Boston City Council

Withdrawn
  • Albert Onessimo
  • Bernard P. Shannon (endorsed Dinsmore)

Results
1976 Democratic U.S. Senate Primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ted Kennedy (incumbent) 534,725 73.86%
Democratic Robert Dinsmore 117,496 16.23%
Democratic Frederick C. Langone 59,315 8.19%
Democratic Bernard Shannon (withdrawn) 12,399 1.71%
Write-in All others 53 0.01%
Total votes 723,988 100.00%
Democratic primary results

Republican primary

Candidates
  • Michael Robertson, businessman[2]

Results

Robertson was unopposed for the Republican nomination.

Results
General election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Edward M. Kennedy (Incumbent) 1,726,657 69.31 7.15
Republican Michael S. Robertson 722,641 29.01 7.99
Socialist Workers Carol Henderson Evans 26,283 1.06 0.52
U.S. Labor H. Graham Lowry 15,517 0.62 N/A
Write-in All others 157 0.01
Total votes 2,491,255 85.55%

See also

References
  1. "Our Campaigns - MA US Senate - D Primary Race - Sep 18, 1984". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VXkqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hl0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6481,1961525&dq=michael+robertson&hl=en
  3. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1976election.pdf


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