2006 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

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2006 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
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Nominee Ted Kennedy Kenneth Chase
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,500,738661,532
Percentage69.30%30.55%
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Kennedy:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Chase:     50–60%     80–90%
U.S. senator before election

Ted Kennedy
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Ted Kennedy
Democratic

The 2006 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democrat Ted Kennedy won re-election to his ninth (his eighth full) term. This would be Kennedy's last election to the Senate; he died three years later of brain cancer, with which he was diagnosed in 2008. Senator Kennedy was the fourth longest-serving Senator in U.S. history, having served for nearly 47 years.

Contents

Republican primary

Candidates

Campaign

At the Massachusetts Republican Party Convention [1] Kenneth Chase received the official endorsement with a majority of delegates, though both candidates qualified for the September primary. Former White House Chief-of-Staff Andrew Card also received 3 votes. [2]

Results

Republican primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kenneth Chase 35,497 50.94%
Republican Kevin Scott34,17949.05%
Total votes69,676 100.00

General election

Candidates

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [4] Solid DNovember 6, 2006
Sabato's Crystal Ball [5] Safe DNovember 6, 2006
Rothenberg Political Report [6] Safe DNovember 6, 2006
Real Clear Politics [7] Safe DNovember 6, 2006

Polling

SourceDate MoE Ted
Kennedy (D)		Kenneth
Chase (R)		Undecided
Suffolk University [8] October 20–23, 2006±4.9%60%26%14%
Boston Globe [9] October 22–25, 2006±4.1%66%25%6%

Results

Kennedy won every county in the state, winning at least 60% in each county. [10] Kennedy served his ninth, and final, term until his death on August 25, 2009 (here, the completion of John F. Kennedy's unexpired term is considered to be Ted Kennedy's first term).

General election [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Ted Kennedy (incumbent) 1,500,738 69.30 −3.39
Republican Kenneth Chase661,53230.55+17.7
Majority839,20638.75
Turnout 2,165,490
Democratic hold Swing Decrease2.svg 20.8

Results by county

2006 United States Senate election in Massachusetts (by county) [10]
CountyKennedy - D %Kennedy - D #Chase - R %Chase - R #Others %Others #Total #
Barnstable 60.2%63,41237.4%39,4712.4%2,517105,400
Berkshire 77.3%36,13520.1%9,3822.6%1,23146,748
Bristol 68.0%115,12528.5%48,2043.6%6,050169,379
Dukes 74.5%5,73522.5%1,7343.0%2307,699
Essex 63.7%166,00332.3%84,1504.0%10,335260,488
Franklin 74.7%21,51722.8%6,5702.5%71528,802
Hampden 63.8%87,43032.1%44,0404.1%5,575137,045
Hampshire 73.7%41,86723.7%13,4962.6%1,47656,839
Middlesex 68.7%369,68527.9%150,2573.4%18,502538,444
Nantucket 68.4%2,75929.1%1,1722.5%1014,032
Norfolk 66.0%172,76630.2%79,0873.7%9,793261,646
Plymouth 60.6%111,19836.3%66,574301%5,735183,507
Suffolk 78.3%142,01815.9%28,7535.8%10,494181,265
Worcester 62.8%165,08833.8%88,9423.4%8,811262,841

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2006 Massachusetts GOP State Convention". Archived from the original on April 18, 2006. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Hub Politics: Lowell 2006". Archived from the original on June 18, 2006. Retrieved May 5, 2006.
  3. ↑ Massachusetts primary results Boston.com, last updated 11:04 AM, September 20, 2006
  4. ↑ "2006 Senate Race Ratings for November 6, 2006" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 5, 2008. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Election Eve 2006: THE FINAL PREDICTIONS". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  6. ↑ "2006 Senate Ratings". Senate Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Election 2006". Real Clear Politics. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  8. ↑ Suffolk University Archived March 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ Boston Globe
  10. 1 2 "Elections". Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved February 10, 2024.
  11. ↑ 2006 General Election Results - US Senate Boston.com as of 2:47 PM EST November 8, 2006
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