United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 2000

United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 2000

November 7, 2000

 
Nominee Ted Kennedy Jack E. Robinson III Carla Howell
Party Democratic Republican Libertarian
Popular vote 1,889,494 334,341 308 860
Percentage 72.7% 12.9% 11.9%

County results

U.S. Senator before election

Ted Kennedy
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Ted Kennedy
Democratic

The 2000 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held on November 7, 2000. It ran concurrently with the U.S. presidential election and elections to the U.S. Senate in other states, as well as elections to the House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy won re-election to his seventh full term. The election was notable for a strong third-party performance from Libertarian Carla Howell, who finished less than a percent behind Republican Jack E. Robinson.

Candidates

Democratic

Libertarian

Republican

Results

General election results [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Ted Kennedy (Incumbent) 1,889,494 72.69%
Republican Jack E. Robinson 334,341 12.86%
Libertarian Carla Howell 308,860 11.88%
Constitution Philip F. Lawler 42,113 1.62% +1.62
Independent Dale E. Friedgen 13,687 0.53% N/A
Timesizing Not Downsizing Philip Hyde III 8,452 0.33% +0.33
Others All others 2,473 0.10%
Total votes 2,734,006 100

See also

References

  1. "2000 ELECTION STATISTICS". house.gov. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
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