United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1970

United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1970

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Nominee Ted Kennedy Josiah Spaulding Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,202,856 715,978 Percentage 62.2% 37.0%
Results by town. Red indicates towns carried by Josiah Spaulding, blue indicates towns carried by Ted Kennedy.
U.S. Senator before election Ted Kennedy Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy Democratic

Ted Kennedy
Democratic

Ted Kennedy
Democratic

The 1970 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held on November 3, 1970. The incumbent Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy defeated his challengers. This was Kennedy's first election run since the 1969 Chappaquiddick incident.