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1990 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

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1990 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

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Nominee John Kerry Jim Rappaport
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,321,712 992,917
Percentage 57.06% 42.87%

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

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.

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%
Write-in 202 0.05%
Total votes 400,740 100.00%

General election

Candidates

Results

Results by county
1990 U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic John Kerry (incumbent) 1,321,712 57.06% Increase2.01
Republican Jim Rappaport 992,917 42.87% Decrease2.06
Write-in 1,583 0.07% Increase0.05
Total votes 2,316,212 100.00%
Democratic hold

See also

References

  1. ^ "Our Campaigns - MA US Senate- R Primary Race - Sep 18, 1990". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  2. ^ https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/94527/
  3. ^ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1990election.pdf