The 2000 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held on November 7, 2000. It ran concurrently with the U.S. presidential election and elections to the

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in other states, as well as elections to the

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and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator

Ted Kennedy Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Massachusetts for almost 47 years, from 1962 until his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic ...

easily won re-election to his eighth (a seventh full) term. For only the second (and final) time in his career, Kennedy polled more than 70% of the vote. The election was notable for a strong third-party performance from Libertarian

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, who finished less than a percent behind

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Jack E. Robinson III. The divided opposition enabled Kennedy to record his highest-ever margin of victory, although he recorded a higher percentage of the popular vote in 1964, and also to win every municipality in the state for the only time in his career.

General election

Candidates

* Dale E. Friedgen (Independent) *

, political activist and

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advocate (Libertarian) * Philip Hyde III (Timesizing Not Downsizing) *

, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1962 (Democratic) * Philip F. Lawler (Constitution) * Jack E. Robinson III, perennial candidate (Republican)

Results

References

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General election

Candidates

Results

See also

References