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United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1984

United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1984
Massachusetts
← 1978 November 6, 1984 1990 →
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Nominee John Kerry Ray Shamie
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,393,150 1,136,913
Percentage 55.06% 44.94%

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Results by town. Red indicates towns carried by Ray Shamie, blue indicates towns carried by John Kerry.

Senator before election

Paul Tsongas
Democratic

Elected Senator

John Kerry
Democratic


Paul Tsongas
Democratic

John Kerry
Democratic

The Massachusetts Senate election of 1984 was held in November 1984. The election was won by Democrat John Kerry, the Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts who remained Senator until 2013 when he resigned to become U.S. Secretary of State. One-term incumbent Paul Tsongas declined to seek re-election and retired from the Senate following a battle with cancer.



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