1990 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

The 1990 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held on November 6, 1990. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator John Kerry was reelected to his second term.

1990 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
November 6, 1990
 
Nominee John Kerry Jim Rappaport
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,321,712 992,917
Percentage 54.5% 41.0%
Results by town. Red indicates towns carried by Jim Rappaport, blue indicates towns carried by John Kerry.
U.S. senator before election

John Kerry
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

John Kerry
Democratic

Republican primary

Candidates
  • Jim Rappaport, real estate developer
  • Daniel W. Daly, former Massachusetts Undersecretary of Economic Affairs

Results
Republican primary results by municipality
Massachusetts United States Senate Republican primary, 1990[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Rappaport 265,093 66.12%
Republican Daniel W. Daly 135,647 33.38%
All others 202 0.05%

General election

Candidates

Results
Results by county
General election results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Kerry (incumbent) 1,321,712 54.51%
Republican Jim Rappaport 992,917 40.95%
Independent David Pover 109,950 4.54%
Turnout 2,424,579 100.00%

See also
  • United States Senate elections, 1990 and 1991
Elections in Massachusetts

References
  1. "Our Campaigns - MA US Senate- R Primary Race - Sep 18, 1990". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  2. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1990election.pdf
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