1990 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

1990 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
	November 6, 1990
	Kerry: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% ; Rappaport: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% ; Tie 40–50%
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. This was the first time a Democrat was re-elected to this Senate seat.

Republican primary

Candidates

Jim Rappaport, real estate developer
Daniel W. Daly, former Massachusetts Undersecretary of Economic Affairs

Results

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

John Kerry (D), incumbent U.S. Senator
Jim Rappaport (R), real estate developer

Results

1990 U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John Kerry (incumbent)	1,321,712	57.06%	2.01
	Republican	Jim Rappaport	992,917	42.87%	2.06
	Write-in		1,583	0.07%	0.05
Total votes			2,316,212	100.00%
	Democratic hold

References

^ "Our Campaigns - MA US Senate- R Primary Race - Sep 18, 1990". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
^ "PD43+ » 1990 U.S. Senate General Election".
^ Dendy, Dallas L. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 1990" (PDF).

[1] "Our Campaigns - MA US Senate- R Primary Race - Sep 18, 1990". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved April 14, 2018.

[2] "PD43+ » 1990 U.S. Senate General Election".

[3] Dendy, Dallas L. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 1990" (PDF).

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Candidates

Results

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