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RACES
Date Type Results [Show Primaries]
Nov 03, 2020 General Election
 Edward J. Markey(I)
2,357,809
66.15%
 Kevin J. O'Connor
1,177,765
33.04%
 Shiva Ayyadurai(W)
21,134
0.59%
  Write-In(W)
7,428
0.21%
 Vermin Supreme(W)
0
0.00%
Nov 04, 2014 General Election
 Edward J. Markey(I)
1,289,944
61.87%
 Brian J. Herr
791,950
37.98%
  Others(W)
3,072
0.15%
 Brian R. Muello(W)
6
0.00%
Jun 25, 2013 Special Election
 Edward J. Markey
645,429
54.80%
 Gabriel Gomez
525,307
44.60%
 Richard Heos
4,550
0.39%
  Write-In(W)
2,504
0.21%
 Jack E. Robinson III
0
0.00%
 Daniel Fishman
0
0.00%
 Laura Garza
0
0.00%
Jan 30, 2013 Appointment
 William "Mo" Cowan
1
100.00%
Nov 04, 2008 General Election
 John F. Kerry(I)
1,971,974
65.86%
 Jeff Beatty
926,044
30.93%
 Robert J. Underwood
93,713
3.13%
  Others(W)
2,516
0.08%
Nov 05, 2002 General Election
 John F. Kerry(I)
1,605,976
80.03%
 Michael Cloud
369,807
18.43%
 Randall Caroline Forsberg(W)
24,898
1.24%
  Others(W)
6,077
0.30%
Nov 05, 1996 General Election
 John F. Kerry(I)
1,334,345
52.21%
 William F. "Bill" Weld
1,142,837
44.71%
 Susan C. Gallagher-Long
70,013
2.74%
 Robert C. Stowe
7,176
0.28%
  Others(W)
1,515
0.06%
Nov 06, 1990 General Election
 John F. Kerry(I)
1,321,712
57.06%
 Jim Rappaport
992,917
42.87%
  Others(W)
1,583
0.07%
Nov 06, 1984 General Election
 John F. Kerry
1,392,981
55.05%
 Raymond Shamie
1,136,806
44.93%
  Others(W)
408
0.02%
 William Hurst(W)
0
0.00%
Nov 07, 1978 General Election
 Paul Tsongas
1,093,283
55.06%
 Edward W. Brooke III(I)
890,584
44.85%
  Others(W)
1,833
0.09%
Nov 07, 1972 General Election
 Edward W. Brooke III(I)
1,505,932
63.52%
 John Droney
823,278
34.73%
 Donald Gurewitz
41,369
1.75%
  Write-In(W)
97
0.00%
Nov 08, 1966 General Election
 Edward W. Brooke III
1,213,473
60.68%
 Endicott Peabody
774,761
38.74%
 Lawrence Gilfedder
6,790
0.34%
 Mark R. Shaw
4,833
0.24%
  Others(W)
92
0.00%
Nov 08, 1960 General Election
 Leverett Saltonstall(I)
1,358,556
56.19%
 Thomas J. O'Connor
1,050,725
43.46%
 Lawrence Gilfedder
5,735
0.24%
 Mark R. Shaw
2,794
0.12%
  Others(W)
3
0.00%
Nov 02, 1954 General Election
 Leverett Saltonstall(I)
956,605
50.54%
 Foster Furcolo
927,899
49.02%
 Thelma Ingersoll
5,353
0.28%
 Harold J. Ireland
2,832
0.15%
  Scattering(W)
21
0.00%
Nov 02, 1948 General Election
 Leverett Saltonstall(I)
1,088,475
52.95%
 John I. Fitzgerald
954,398
46.42%
 Henning A. Blomen
9,266
0.45%
 E. Tallmadge Root
3,652
0.18%
  Write-In(W)
7
0.00%
Nov 07, 1944 Special Election
 Leverett Saltonstall
1,228,754
64.28%
 John H. Corcoran
667,086
34.90%
 Bernard G. Kelly
12,296
0.64%
 E. Tallmadge Root
3,269
0.17%
  Write-In(W)
17
0.00%
Feb 07, 1944 Appointment
 Sinclair Weeks
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1942 General Election
 Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.(I)
721,239
52.44%
 Joseph E. Casey
641,042
46.61%
 George Lyman Paine
4,802
0.35%
 Horace I. Hillis
4,781
0.35%
 George L. Thompson
3,577
0.26%
  Scattering
3
0.00%
Nov 03, 1936 General Election
 Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
875,160
48.53%
 James M. Curley
739,751
41.02%
 Thomas C. O'Brien
134,245
7.44%
 Alonzo B. Cook
11,519
0.64%
 Guy M. Gray
9,906
0.55%
 Albert Sprague Coolidge
9,763
0.54%
 Moses H. Gulesian
7,408
0.41%
  Ernest L. Dodge
7,091
0.39%
 Charles Flaherty
4,821
0.27%
 Wilbur D. Moon
3,677
0.20%
  Others(W)
16
0.00%
Nov 04, 1930 General Election
 Marcus A. Coolidge
651,939
54.01%
 William M. Butler
539,226
44.67%
 Sylvester J. McBride
7,244
0.60%
 Oscar Kinsalas
4,640
0.38%
 Max Lerner
3,962
0.33%
  Write-In(W)
25
0.00%
Nov 04, 1924 General Election
 Frederick H. Gillett
566,188
50.26%
 David I. Walsh(I)
547,600
48.61%
 Antoinette F. Konikow
12,716
1.13%
  Others(W)
22
0.00%
Nov 05, 1918 General Election
 David I. Walsh
207,478
49.65%
 John Wingate Weeks(I)
188,287
45.06%
 Thomas W. Lawson
21,985
5.26%
  Scattering(W)
92
0.02%
Jan 14, 1913 General Election
 John Wingate Weeks
160
58.82%
 Sherman L. Whipple
80
29.41%
 John Graham Brooks
5
1.84%
 John F. Meaney
3
1.10%
 James B. Carroll
3
1.10%
 Charles A. DeCourey
3
1.10%
 John A. Thayer
2
0.74%
  John Francis "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald
2
0.74%
 Charles Sumner Hamlin
2
0.74%
 Roland D. Sawyer
1
0.37%
 Joseph C. Pelletier
1
0.37%
 John A. Keliher
1
0.37%
 Andrew J. Peters
1
0.37%
  Philip J. O'Connell
1
0.37%
 Richard Olney
1
0.37%
 John P. Sweeney
1
0.37%
 Harvey H. Pratt
1
0.37%
 George Fred Williams
1
0.37%
 Joseph Henry O'Neil
1
0.37%
  Robert Luce
1
0.37%
 Curtis Guild, Jr.
1
0.37%
Jan 15, 1907 General Election
 Winthrop Murray Crane(I)
207
79.31%
 James B. Carroll
49
18.77%
 George Fred Williams
3
1.15%
 Joseph Henry O'Neil
1
0.38%
 John A. Sullivan
1
0.38%
Jan 17, 1905 Special Election
 Winthrop Murray Crane(I)
204
75.56%
 John R. Thayer
65
24.07%
 John Davis Long
1
0.37%
Oct 11, 1904 Appointment
 Winthrop Murray Crane
1
100.00%
Jan 15, 1901 General Election
 George Frisbie Hoar(I)
198
77.65%
 Richard Olney
56
21.96%
 Charles H. Bradley
1
0.39%
Nov 03, 1894 General Election
 George Frisbie Hoar(I)
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1888 General Election
 George Frisbie Hoar(I)
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1882 General Election
 George Frisbie Hoar(I)
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1876 General Election
 George Frisbie Hoar
1
100.00%
Mar 11, 1873 Appointment
 George S. Boutwell
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1870 General Election
 Henry Wilson(I)
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1864 General Election
 Henry Wilson(I)
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1858 General Election
 Henry Wilson(I)
1
100.00%
Jan 31, 1855 Special Election
 Henry Wilson
255
62.81%
 Nahum F. Bryant
85
20.94%
 Julius Rockwell(I)
20
4.93%
 Ephraim M. Wright
16
3.94%
 Alfred B. Ely
9
2.22%
 Marshall P. Wilder
3
0.74%
 John G. Palfrey
3
0.74%
  Jonathan Peirce
3
0.74%
 Charles A. Phelps
3
0.74%
 Nathaniel P. Banks
2
0.49%
 George S. Boutwell
2
0.49%
 Charles Luscom
1
0.25%
 Melvin Copeland
1
0.25%
  Samuel Hoar
1
0.25%
 Henry W. Bishop
1
0.25%
 Richard H. Dana
1
0.25%
Jun 02, 1854 Appointment
 Julius Rockwell
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1852 General Election
 Edward Everett
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1846 General Election
 John Davis(I)
1
100.00%
Mar 24, 1845 Appointment
 John Davis
1
100.00%
Jan 13, 1841 General Election
 Isaac Chapman Bates
280
69.14%
 Marcus Morton
119
29.38%
 John Quincy Adams
3
0.74%
 Levi Lincoln
1
0.25%
 Franklin Dexter
1
0.25%
 George Nixon Briggs
1
0.25%
Jan 12, 1841 Appointment
 Isaac Chapman Bates
1
100.00%
 Marcus Morton
0
0.00%
Nov 03, 1834 General Election
 John Davis
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1828 General Election
 Nathaniel Silsbee(I)
1
100.00%
May 30, 1826 Appointment
 Nathaniel Silsbee
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1822 General Election
 James Lloyd(I)
1
100.00%
Jun 04, 1822 Appointment
 James Lloyd
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1816 General Election
 Harrison Gray Otis
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1810 General Election
 Joseph Bradley Varnum
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1804 General Election
 Timothy Pickering(I)
1
100.00%
Mar 03, 1803 Appointment
 Timothy Pickering
1
100.00%
Jun 05, 1800 Appointment
 Dwight Foster
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1798 General Election
 Samuel Dexter
102
65.38%
  Scattering
54
34.62%
Jun 10, 1796 Appointment
 Theodore Sedgwick
107
69.48%
 Edward H. Robbins
43
27.92%
 Levi Lincoln
2
1.30%
 Nathan Dane
1
0.65%
 Thomson Joseph Skinner
1
0.65%
Nov 03, 1792 General Election
 Caleb Strong(I)
1
100.00%
Feb 03, 1789 General Election
 Caleb Strong
152
36.10%
 Charles Jarvis
79
18.76%
 Theodore Sedgwick
67
15.91%
  Others
64
15.20%
 John Lowell
59
14.01%

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