United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1982
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Results by town. Red indicates towns carried by Ray Shamie, blue indicates towns carried by Ted Kennedy.
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 1982 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held on November 2, 1982. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy won re-election to his fourth full term.
Major candidates
Democratic
- Ted Kennedy - incumbent U.S. Senator elected in 1962 and reelected in 1964, 1970, and 1976. Ran for president in 1980.
Republican
- Ray Shamie - a millionaire businessman and metalwork entrepreneur.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Edward M. Kennedy | 1,247,084 | 60.81 | -8.50 | |
| Republican | Ray Shamie | 784,602 | 38.26 | +9.25 | |
| Libertarian | Howard S. Katz | 18,878 | 0.92 | +0.92 | |
| All others | 205 | 0.01 | +0.00 | ||
| Total votes | 2,050,769 | 70.26% | |||
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